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19/Jun/2019
With SPIRIT, the SNSF is further expanding its support for knowledge exchange between Swiss researchers and researchers from selected partner countries. Pre-proposals may be submitted all year round.
SPIRIT promotes international cooperation: Details
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18/Jun/2019
The SNSF has agreed to jointly fund projects together with the Danish funding agency within the scope of an international co-investigator scheme.
Simplified cooperation with Denmark: Details
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13/Jun/2019
The demands of the women's strike on 14 June 2019 also concern science. The SNSF supports women researchers in a variety of ways. This on its own will not suffice, however.
Research in Switzerland needs gender equality: Details
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13/Jun/2019
Researchers who receive SNSF funding should make their results freely available. But to date only around 50% of publications have been set to open access. From now on, the SNSF will systematically verify whether researchers are meeting the requirement.
Pushing for 100%: Stronger effort needed for open access publications: Details
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12/Jun/2019
The SNSF is investing 39.8 million francs in another series of Sinergia projects involving more than one discipline. 50 researchers will receive funding.
Interdisciplinary, collaborative and innovative - 16 Sinergia projects: Details
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11/Jun/2019
Research with open-ended results is of vital importance to our society. The SNSF is launching a campaign to promote basic research featuring various Instagram posts and a series of animated videos on Youtube.
Benefits of basic research: Details
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06/Jun/2019
The SNSF and the JSPS, a Japanese partner organisation, have selected eight joint research projects after a stringent, competition-based selection process.
Swiss-Japanese research cooperation: glaciers, DNA and software: Details
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06/Jun/2019
Beware of the dangers of research! The new Horizons travels to conflict zones around the world and meets the courageous men and women who take risks in the pursuit of knowledge.
Research magazine Horizons: Research in crisis zones: Details
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28/May/2019
The SNSF has made available 3.4 million francs for clinical trials initiated by researchers.
Three new "Investigator Initiated Clinical Trials" approved : Details
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23/May/2019
Do Swiss researchers share their data with other researchers and with the public? And if not, why? Which data repositories and other channels do they use for data sharing? A large-scale survey by the SNSF and swissuniversities offers some answers.
75% of researchers make their data accessible: Details
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22/May/2019
The SNSF has set four priorities in its forthcoming multi-year programme. This will help Swiss research to overcome challenges and fulfil its potential.
SNSF funding 2021-2024: New opportunities for Swiss research: Details
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22/May/2019
In its first two years, the BRIDGE funding programme has financed 81 projects at the interface of basic science and science-based innovation. The programme conducted by SNSF and Innosuisse has already generated 16 start-ups.
Successful bridge-building in the innovation sector: Details
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20/May/2019
Specialists in medieval French literature at the University of Zurich invited high-school students to explore the origins of unicorns, dragons and mermaids.
Discovering French literature through bestiaries: Details
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14/May/2019
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is closing a gap in its research funding portfolio: its new funding scheme Spark focuses on promising or daring ideas that would otherwise fall between the cracks.
It's the idea that counts: Spark supports original research projects: Details
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13/May/2019
A study funded by the SNSF shows that in winter, weak sunlight prevents the Swiss population from producing sufficient levels of vitamin D.
Daily doses of vitamin D are unreachable during Swiss winter: Details