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11.03.201044 new SNSF-funded SNSF professorships

In conclusion to its eleventh call for proposals, the Swiss National Science Fo...

10.03.2010td-net: Swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research 2010

The swiss-academies award for transdisciplinary research supported by Stiftung ...

04.03.2010From “Horizons”: Intense political campaigns help to educate

Only a limited number of referendum campaigns end up swaying opinion in Switzer...

04.03.2010'Horizons' looks at virtual autopsies

The digital future of forensics is in Switzerland. Researchers from the Nationa...

03.03.2010ESF: Call for new EUROCORES Themes

EUROCORES Themes proposals are "bottom-up" initiatives for the creati...

19.02.2010Science communication carries results around the globe

A natural signal from a maize plant can be genetically activated, re-enabling m...

19.02.2010Gudrun Sander implementation officer of NRP 60

18.02.2010Call for funding applications: R’Equip 2010

The SNSF launches the call for proposals 2010 of the R’Equip program. Under R'E...

16.02.2010Guide 2010 – an overview of National Centres of Competence

The SNSF Guide 2010 brochure provides an overview of the current status of the ...

05.02.2010Explaining science imaginatively

An exhibition in Geneva reveals the secrets of modern genetic research in an en...

03.02.2010Call for funding applications: SNSF Professorships

With the SNSF Professorships, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) enab...

28.01.2010Lead Agency Agreement with Luxembourg

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Luxembourg National Resear...

28.01.2010Launch of a new funding instrument called “International Exploratory Workshops”

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) will launch the “International Exp...

28.01.2010Dominik Büchel implementation officer of NRP 65

27.01.2010ESF: EUROCORES - Call für Outline Proposals

The European Science Foundation (ESF) launches new Eurocores programmes and ope...

25.01.2010ERA-Net EuroNanoMed: eight projects supported

A panel of international experts has recommended to support 8 out of 26 project...

21.01.2010Active promotion of women in research: 41 new MHV subsidies awarded

2009 was a record year for submissions to the Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV) Programm...

18.01.2010SNSF Website now available in Italian as well

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18.01.201029 new prestigious grants for Switzerland

On 14 January, the European Research Council (ERC) published the results of the...

14.01.2010ESF: Call for European Collaborative Research Projects (ECRP)

The European Science Foundation has published a Call for Proposals for the Euro...

14.01.2010In spite of positive developments in Europe: equal opportunities don’t just happen

The European Commission publication, “She Figures 2009”, shows increasing growt...

08.01.2010Life-work balance – an issue for both women and men

How can an academic career with its intellectual challenges be reconciled with ...

05.01.20103D cinema for the human spine

Picture from research: New, more accurate screening method

21.12.2009NRP 64 is seeking an implementation officer

nano-tera.ch: nine more projects chosen

nano-tera.ch, the Swiss initiative in engineering sciences, will invest with in...

18.12.2009Call for funding applications: ProDoc - Doctoral Programmes

The SNSF and the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS) suppor...

17.12.2009Call for funding applications: PROSPER

With PROSPER, the Division Biology and Medicine of the Swiss National Scienc...

17.12.2009Call for funding applications: SCORE

With SCORE, the Division Biology and Medicine of the Swiss National Science ...

17.12.2009TV special: Helping paraplegics to walk again

Research spawns hope: paralysed patients can relearn mobility after sufferin...

10.12.2009When trade legislation protects the climate

How can global trade regulation and climate protection be harmonised? Just in t...

09.12.2009NCCR sesam: A Positive Review for the SNSF from the Swiss Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations

The Swiss Federal Supervisory Board for Foundations gave the Swiss National Sci...

26.11.2009SNSF: Application submissions for October 2009 reach record high

Applications for independent project funding submitted to the Swiss National Sc...

26.11.2009Technological edge owed to partnership with basis researchers

NCCR Quantum photonics spin off "id Quantique" has made the headli...

25.11.2009Cooperating for Success: Benefits of Research Partnerships with Developing Countries

The latest publication “Cooperating for Success” of the Commission for Research...

13.11.2009Call for funding applications: Ambizione

With Ambizione, the SNSF would like to promot...

13.11.2009Democracy researchers seek public opinion

The National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) "Democracy" focu...

11.11.2009Future of the doctoral programme ProDoc

For the 2012/13-2016 funding period the CRUS plans to focus on funding doctoral...

30.10.2009Call for funding applications: Fellowships for advanced researchers

These Fellowships enable young scientists planning to follow an academic ...

28.10.2009Ambizione, SCORE & PROSPER: Awards 2009

The SNSF funds young academics in all disciplines through its Ambizione, SCORE ...

28.10.2009SNSF’s equal access website: certification for good accessibility

The “Access for all” foundation has examined the Swiss National Science Foundat...

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