NCCR Management
NCCR Director
Prof. Christoph Weder
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials
Polymer Chemistry
Adolphe Merkle Institute
Université de Fribourg
Chemin des Verdiers 4
CH-1700 Fribourg
Tel. +41 (0) 26 300 92 65
E-Mail
christoph.weder@unifr.ch
Management / Coordination
Dr. Ana Cordeiro
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials
Adolphe Merkle Institute
Université de Fribourg
Chemin des Verdiers 4
CH-1700 Fribourg
Tel. +41 (0) 26 300 91 72
E-Mail
ana.cordeiro@unifr.ch /
info@bioinspired-materials.ch
NCCRs are financed through grants awarded by the SNSF, but also from other sources. The home institution involved in the NCCR also contributes a substantial amount of money. The available overall budget of the NCCR is further increased by monetary contributions from the project participants and third-party funds, which are generally invested by industrial companies.
The SNSF is financing the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials in its first funding period.
Financing 2014 – 2017 (Swiss Francs)
| Time-frame |
|---|
|
Funding source | 2014 – 2017 |
| SNSF grant | 12'000'000 |
| Funds of University of Fribourg | 7’332’182 |
| Group funds of the project participants | 6’994’459 |
| External funds | 822’498 |
| Total | 27’149’139 |
For each NCCR, the SNSF appoints a Review Panel composed of renowned experts whose task it is to evaluate scientific quality and the progress made in NCCR projects. The Review Panel of the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials consists of the following experts:
- Prof. Joanna Aizenberg, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, US
- Prof. Hans-Jürgen Butt, Physik der Grenzflächen, Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, DE
- Prof. Stephen Craig, Department of Chemistry, Duke University, US
- Prof. Kenneth A. Dawson, School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, IE
- Prof. Eva Marie Harth, Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, US
- Prof. Phillip B. Messersmith, Departments of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, US
- Prof. Meital Reches, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL
In addition, the National Research Council appoints three of its members as representatives to the panel:
- Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (Chair), SNSF, Division Programmes, EPFL
- Prof. Jan Carmeliet, SNSF, Division Programmes, ETH Zurich
- Dr. Marc Bohner, SNSF, Division Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences
Contact person at the SNSF:
Dr. Kathrin Peter
NCCR Team
Swiss National Science Foundation
Wildhainweg 3
3001 Berne
Phone +41 (0) 31 308 21 85
E-mail
kathrin.peter@snf.ch
National Centres of Competence in Research leave their mark on the research landscape well beyond the SNSF funding period. They help to define key topics and sustainably change Swiss research structures. Thus NCCRs can lead to the creation of new professorships and courses of study as well as new infrastructures or platforms at the universities involved.
NCCRs operate as a network in which a large number of scientific partners are active. Working within these networks has borne fruit in the form of new research approaches and excellent scientific contributions.
Structures created by this NCCR until now:
The National Centres of Competence in Research not only engage in cutting-edge research, they also play an important role in transferring knowledge and new technologies to the economy and to society at large. They lead to the formation of start-ups, and the new insights have the potential to awaken the interest of politicians, globally active companies and the public at large.
Communication and knowledge transfer of the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials:
The National Centres of Competence in Research consciously promote promising young researchers and are committed to equal opportunities for men and women in research.
Measures taken by the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials to promote young researchers and gender equality: