These are the four winning images as well as the eleven distinctions awarded by the international jury in May 2017. In total, 239 researchers registered 497 entries for the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2017.
The winners
Distinctions
Exhibition
The "SNSF Scientific Image Competition" exhibition, organised by the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography (5-28 May 2017), focuses on the 15 pictures selected by the jury, but also shows a number of other entries.
The images were on display at other venues in Switzerland and abroad in the course of 2017.
Online gallery
Many of the images are presented in an online gallery. Follow the images from the competition on Twitter using the hashtag #SwissScienceImage.