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19/Feb/2020
SNSF-funded researchers are obliged to make their data publicly accessible – provided there are no legal or ethical issues that stand in the way. A report now shows how researchers are implementing the guidelines.
Open research data: positive interim result after two years: Details
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14/Feb/2020
The SNSF awards Doc.CH grants to 24 young researchers who wish to write a doctoral thesis in the humanities and social sciences. They receive 228,000 francs per grant on average.
Doc.CH: SNSF supports 24 doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences: Details
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11/Feb/2020
Prosthetic hands restore only some of the function lost through amputation. But combining electrical signals from forearm muscles with other sources of information, such as eye tracking, promises better prostheses. A study funded by the SNSF gives specialists access to valuable new data.
Eye-tracking data improves prosthetic hands: Details
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07/Feb/2020
On 11 February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the SNSF's social media channels will be reserved for stories about women researchers. The aim is to enhance the visibility of their research projects.
#SNSFequality: social media activities on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Details
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06/Feb/2020
In the next funding period, the SNSF will consolidate its career funding schemes. The last two calls for Doc.Mobility and Early Postdoc.Mobility will take place in 2020.
Mobility fellowships and Doc.CH as of 2021 : Details
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05/Feb/2020
Every year since 1920, the Marcel Benoist Foundation has awarded the Swiss Science Prize. On its hundredth anniversary, the CHF 250,000 prize will be awarded in the field of biology and medicine. Nominations can be submitted from now until 27 March.
Who will win the 100th Marcel Benoist Swiss Science Prize? Send nominations now: Details
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04/Feb/2020
Investing 10.2 million francs, the SNSF and Innosuisse are funding ten excellent research projects that show economic and societal potential.
BRIDGE Discovery: from wind turbines to neuropsychological tests: Details
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31/Jan/2020
The SNSF is testing a new, standardised structure for CVs. All researchers applying for project funding in biology and medicine in spring 2020 will be part of the pilot project “SciCV”. The aim is to facilitate comparisons between applicants and make track record assessment more transparent.
SciCV – SNSF tests new CV format in biology and medicine: Details
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31/Jan/2020
The SNSF Foundation Council has elected Jürg Stahl as its new President. The former president of the National Council replaces Felicitas Pauss, who had led the Foundation Council as interim president since April 2018.
Jürg Stahl is the new President of the SNSF Foundation Council: Details
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30/Jan/2020
The SNSF has signed a Lead Agency agreement with the Italian province of South Tyrol. The submission deadline is once a year on 1 April.
Simplified cooperation with South Tyrol: Details
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28/Jan/2020
NRP 77 "Digital Transformation" is starting with 37 research projects. Its aim is to increase our knowledge about the opportunities and risks of digitalisation.
NRP 77 "Digital Transformation" starts with 37 projects: Details
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27/Jan/2020
Integration of refugees, adaption of crops to climate change, replacing pesticides with essential oils: three of the new COST projects financed by the SNSF address these topics.
International networks: 19 COST projects in Switzerland: Details
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17/Jan/2020
At a ceremony in Bern, political scientist Dominik Hangartner received the 2019 National Latsis Prize, worth 100,000 francs.
Dominik Hangartner receives the National Latsis Prize 2019: Details
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14/Jan/2020
More than 300 researchers have generated innovations and knowledge within the framework of the National Research Programmes “Energy Turnaround” (NRP 70) and “Managing Energy Consumption” (NRP 71) for implementing Switzerland’s Energy Strategy 2050. The programmes have now ended, and the Swiss National Science Foundation has published a joint summary titled “National Research Programme Energy”.
Transforming the energy system is possible – if we set our minds to it: Details
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18/Dec/2019
The second call of the Eccellenza scheme has generated a great deal of interest. Based on the call, the SNSF will now fund 45 outstanding researchers.
Aiming for a permanent professorship: Details