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12/Dec/2019
From now on, even more researchers with childcare duties are eligible for an SNSF Flexibility Grant.
Flexibility Grant: research and childcare are compatible: Details
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11/Dec/2019
By 2020, all SNSF-funded publications should be freely accessible after six months at the latest. In an open letter, the SNSF has asked leading publishers to shorten their embargo periods.
Embargo periods: open letter to publishers: Details
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10/Dec/2019
Planetary researchers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz will tonight receive the Nobel Prize in Physics. Quotes from two courageous scientists and longstanding SNSF grant holders.
How team Mayor/Queloz won the Nobel Prize: Details
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09/Dec/2019
The SNSF finances interdisciplinary research with its Sinergia programme. 23 new projects involving 79 researchers will receive a grant. The success rate for this call was 40%.
50 million francs for Sinergia projects: Details
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05/Dec/2019
More women in scientific leadership positions - this is the goal of AcademiaNet, the European database listing outstanding women researchers. Starting in January, it will be run by the SNSF.
SNSF to run AcademiaNet platform for women researchers: Details
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05/Dec/2019
What would be the consequences of failed negotiations over an electricity agreement between Switzerland and the EU? Researchers from EPFL and the University of St. Gallen have investigated this question within the scope of the "National Research Programme Energy", shining a light on how it will affect the Swiss electricity sector, overall economic development and the obtainment of climate goals.
Switzerland's influence on European energy policy continues to decline: Details
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05/Dec/2019
The dose makes the poison. Really? Isn't it rather the legal limit that defines toxicity? Read all about chemicals, their use and how we have become suspicious of them.
Research magazine Horizons: Living in a toxic world: Details
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04/Dec/2019
The first Spark call has been a great success: the SNSF will support 284 projects with 27 million francs. 354 researchers will be taking part.
Budget of Spark pilot project almost trebled: Details
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02/Dec/2019
Patient safety in intensive care units could be significantly improved if false alarms could be greatly reduced and critical complications such as epileptic seizures could be predicted. This is where the "ICU Cockpit" project of the National Research Programme "Big Data" (NRP 75) comes in: The large amounts of data from intensive care medicine will be used to develop procedures for early warning systems and therapeutic recommendations.
Big Data makes intensive care better: Details
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28/Nov/2019
Simplified submission process: the SNSF has signed a Lead Agency agreement with the Czech funding organisation (GACR).
Joint projects with the Czech Republic: Details
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21/Nov/2019
European network QuantERA: 12 transnational projects on quantum technologies receive more than 14 million francs. Two involve researchers in Switzerland who are funded by the SNSF.
Quantum technology: more security and improved imaging: Details
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19/Nov/2019
Capturing the beauty of science: the Swiss National Science Foundation is once again holding its photo and short video competition in 2020. Nadine Wietlisbach, director of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, will chair the jury. The images will be exhibited for the first time at the Biel/Bienne Photography Festival in May and will be freely available to the public and the media.
The 2020 SNSF Scientific Image Competition is underway: Details
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14/Nov/2019
Present your research confidently and be understood by all. Registration for the 2020 media courses is now open.
SNSF media courses: sign up now for the 2020 course programme: Details
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08/Nov/2019
La professeure de théorie des matériaux Nicola Spaldin a reçu des mains du conseiller fédéral Guy Parmelin, le 7 novembre 2019, le Prix scientifique suisse Marcel Benoist.
Marcel Benoist prize awarded for pioneering work in multiferroics: Details
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06/Nov/2019
Latsis Prize 2019: Dominik Hangartner's research brings cool-headed analysis to the heated debate on migration: Details