SNSF professorships

The new SNSF Eccellenza scheme replaces SNSF Professorships starting 2018.

The first call for SNSF Eccellenza was launched on November 15, 2017 with the submission deadline being on February 15, 2018.

It is still possible to submit a SNSF Professorship prolongation application of a maximum of two years (more information available under "How To").

SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowships and SNSF Eccellenza Grants are intended for highly qualified young researchers who aspire to a permanent professorship. Eccellenza supports them in achieving their goal as leaders of a generously funded research project with their own team at a Swiss higher education institution.

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Tax incentives need to be straightforward

10.10.2018

By studying the effects of Basel’s electricity levy, researchers at the University of Lucerne investigated how tax incentives work in practice and how their impact on energy consumption could be increased.

Tax incentives need to be straightforward: Details
Healthy eating thanks to gut bacteria

30.08.2018

Mice with a lower calorie intake live longer and are both healthier and leaner. A team of researchers funded by the SNSF may have found the reason for this positive effect: much of it is down to gut microbial communities and how they affect the immune system. The researchers also found compounds that mimic caloric restriction and may transform obesity treatments.

Healthy eating thanks to gut bacteria: Details
Drones survey African wildlife

11.07.2018

In collaboration with a nature reserve in Namibia, researchers funded by the SNSF are developing a new approach to counting animals: combining drone flights and automated image analysis.

Drones survey African wildlife: Details
Diamond watch components

18.06.2018

SNSF-funded researchers have developed a new technique for carving materials to create micromechanical systems. In particular, they have created a miniscule watch component out of synthetic single-crystal diamond.

Diamond watch components: Details
More electricity without additional lines

04.06.2018

Social opposition to new high-voltage lines is delaying modernisation of the power grid. Two projects of the National Research Programmes “Energy Turnaround” and “Managing Energy Consumption” have determined the optimum design of hybrid overhead lines needed to increase the capacity of the power transmission grid and, at the same time, win popular acceptance for the new technology.

More electricity without additional lines: Details
Monitoring the heart of the Alps

30.04.2018

Switzerland coordinates an extensive network of 600 seismographs stretching from Perpignan to Prague. The data obtained will enable better estimates of earthquake risk in Alpine regions.

Monitoring the heart of the Alps: Details
39 new SNSF professorships

01.03.2018

In February 2018, the SNSF awarded 39 new SNSF professorships to outstanding young researchers. They will take up their posts at six Swiss universities and both federal institutes of technology. In future, the SNSF will provide support to assistant professors under the new career funding scheme SNSF Eccellenza.

39 new SNSF professorships: Details
Energy consumption of baby boomers

17.01.2018

Many people live at home up to a ripe old age without needing much outside help. In a study conducted for the National Research Programme "Managing Energy Consumption", researchers have examined how much energy could be saved in elderly people's households and why this saving potential is not being exploited.

Energy consumption of baby boomers: Details
First measurement of a molecule’s charge

15.01.2018

For the first time, scientists have precisely measured the effective electrical charge of a single molecule in solution. This fundamental insight of an SNSF Professor could also pave the way for future medical diagnostics.

First measurement of a molecule’s charge: Details
Plankton swim against the current

12.12.2017

Copepods swim together in a swarm even in turbulent currents. Researchers funded by the SNSF have observed the behaviour of fish food with high-speed cameras.

Plankton swim against the current: Details

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