NCCR SwissMAP
2014 series
Home institutions: University of Geneva, ETH Zurich
Physicists use the language of mathematics to describe the processes that they observe. However, mathematics is more than a language. It is also a collection of complex, evolving ideas. At the threshold between theoretical physics and mathematics – where the mathematician’s stringency and the physicist’s intuition bear the greatest fruit – both sides benefit from closer cooperation. The NCCR "SwissMAP – The Mathematics of Physics" aims to take this melding of minds to the next level and establish an internationally renowned Swiss Institute for Advanced Research in Mathematics and Physics. The objective is to create a place where researchers can focus on fundamental questions, such as whether string theory really is suitable for describing all of the known force fields and interactions in a uniform Theory of Everything.
Further information on the NCCR:
Contact details
NCCR Management
NCCR Director
Prof. Stanislav Smirnov
Director, NCCR SwissMAP
Section de mathématiques
Université de Genève
2-4 rue du Lièvre
Case postale 64
CH-1211 Genève 4
Phone: +41 (0) 22 379 11 49
Email: stanislav.smirnov@unige.chCo-Director
Prof. Giovanni Felder
Co-Director, NCCR SwissMAP
Departement Mathematik
ETH Zürich
Rämistrasse 101
HG G 46
CH-8092 Zürich
Phone: +41 (0) 44 632 34 09
Email: felder@math.ethz.chManagement / Coordination
Dr. Elise Raphael
NCCR SwissMAP
Section de mathématiques
Université de Genève
7-9 rue du Conseil Général
Case postale 64
1211 Genève 4, Switzerland
Phone: +41(0) 22 379 11 44
Email: elise.raphael@unige.chFunding
NCCRs are financed through grants awarded by the SNSF, but also from other sources. The home institutions involved in the NCCR also contribute 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 SwissMAP in its second funding period.
Financing 2014 – 2021 (Swiss francs)
Funding source
2014-2017
2018-2021
2022-2026
SNSF grant*
11'200'000
10'640'000
Funds from the Geneva University*
3’200’000
3'201'600
Funds from the ETH Zurich*
3’700’000
4'700'000
Group funds of the project participants
10'614'917
12'852'992
External funds
0
0
* contractually agreed funding
Evaluation / Review Panel
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 SwissMAP consists of the following experts:
Contact person at the SNSF:
Dr. Stefan Bachmann
NCCR Team
Swiss National Science Foundation
Wildhainweg 3
CH-3001 Berne
Phone: +41 (0) 31 308 23 49
Email: stefan.bachmann@snf.ch