The members of the Foundation Council are drawn from the most important organisations in the Swiss research community (higher education institutions, the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities, the academies, etc.) and include representatives from politics and industry nominated by the Federal Council. The Executive Committee is composed of members of the Foundation Council.
Its responsibilities include the election of members of the Research Council as well as the approval of the financial budget, key regulations and the service agreements with the federal government.
Presiding Board
President
Gabriele Gendotti, lic. iur., former Cantonal Councillor, Tessin
Vice-President
Prof. Felicitas Pauss, representative SCNAT
Representatives of the universities and Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne
-
University of Basel
Prof. Edwin Constable* -
University of Berne
Prof. Daniel Candinas* -
University of Fribourg
Prof. Thomas Hunkeler -
University of Geneva
Prof. . Jean-Luc Veuthey* -
University of Lausanne
Prof. Franziska Krings* -
University of Lucerne
Prof. Martin Baumann -
University of Neuchâtel
Prof. Simona Pekarek Doehler -
University of St Gallen
Prof. Kuno Schedler* -
University of the italian-speaking part of Switzerland
Prof. Bertil Cottier -
University of Zurich
Prof. Thomas Hengartner* -
Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk* -
Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ)
Prof. Sabine Werner*
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Representatives of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
-
ASSH
Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Genève -
ASSM
Prof. Peter Meier-Abt, Bâle -
SATW
Prof. Maurice Campagna, Bern
Dr. Monica Duca Widmer, Taverne -
SCNAT
Prof. Felicitas Pauss*, Genève
Prof. Marcel Tanner, Bâle
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Representatives of the universities of applied sciences and of teacher education
-
HES-SO
Dr. Luciana Vaccaro* -
HES SUPSI
Prof. Maria Caiata Zufferey -
FHS OS
Prof. Barbara Fontanellaz -
HSLU
Prof. Markus Hodel -
ZHDK
Prof. Thomas D. Meier -
FHNW
Prof. Falko Schlottig -
PHSG
Prof. Erwin Beck* -
HEPL
Prof. Guillaume Vanhulst
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Cooptations
-
Non-commercial research centres outside academia
Prof. Susan Gasser, Friedrich Miescher Institut -
Research institutes of the ETH Domain
Prof. Janet Hering, EAWAG -
ETH Board
Dr. Fritz Schiesser, ETH-Rat -
swissuniversities
Prof. Marc-André Gonin, university of applied sciences Bern -
Young researchers' organisations
Dr. Nenad Stojanovic, actionuni -
At the invitation of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Prof. Denis Duboule*
EPF Lausanne and University of Geneva
Nadine Felix, dir.
Stiftung Mercator Schweiz
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Members elected by the Federal Council
- Lic. phil. Judith Bucher
VPOD, Zurich - Gregor Haefliger*, dep. Director,
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) - Anne-Catherine Lyon
Cantonal Councillor, Vaud - Gabriele Gendotti*
Former Cantonal Councillor, Tessin - Dr. Barbara Haering
Ex-National Council, Zurich - Dr. René Imhof
former Dir. Pharmaresearch F. Hoffmann-La Roche SA, Basle - Dipl. Phys. Ulrich Looser*
economiesuisse - Prof. Martina Hirayama
Director, ZHAW, Winterthour
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Organisational regulations of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council (PDF, 141 KB)