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 ad interim
Prof. Felicitas Pauss, representative SCNAT
Representatives of the universities and Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne
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University of Basel
Prof. Edwin Constable* -
University of Berne
Prof. Daniel Candinas* -
University of Fribourg
Prof. Thomas Hunkeler -
University of Geneva
Prof. Dominique Soldati-Favre* -
University of Lausanne
Prof. Franciska Krings* -
University of Lucerne
Prof. Alexander Trechsel -
University of Neuchâtel
Prof. Simona Pekarek Doehler -
University of St Gallen
Prof. Kuno Schedler* -
University of the italian-speaking part of Switzerland
Prof. Benedetto Lepori -
University of Zurich
Prof. Stefanie Walter -
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
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ASSH
Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Genève -
ASSM
Prof. Daniel Scheidegger -
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
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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. Horst Biedermann -
HEPL
Prof. Guillaume Vanhulst
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Cooptations
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Non-commercial research centres outside academia
Prof. Ron Appel, SIB (from 28.9.2018) -
Research institutes of the ETH Domain
Prof. Janet Hering, EAWAG -
ETH Board
Dr. Fritz Schiesser, ETH-Rat -
swissuniversities
Prof. Werner Wicki, PH Lucerne -
Young researchers' organisations
Katharina Prautsch -
At the invitation of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Prof. Denis Duboule*
EPF Lausanne and University of Geneva
Pascale Vonmont
Gebert-Rüf Stiftung
* 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
- Dr. Barbara Haering
Ex-National Council, Zurich - Dr. René Imhof
former Dir. Pharmaresearch F. Hoffmann-La Roche SA, Basle - Dipl. Phys. Ulrich Looser*
economiesuisse
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Organisational regulations of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council (PDF, 141 KB)
Compliance Committee
The Compliance Committee supports the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council in its supervisory function with regard to the scientific activities of the SNSF. The Compliance Committee reports to the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council and is elected by the latter. It has five members. The person responsible for compliance within the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council assumes the presidency.
The Compliance Committee systematically assesses the legality and adequacy of funding decisions as well as the organization of compliance (totality of measures for guaranteeing legality and adequacy) and proposes improvements.
Members
- Prof. Franciska Krings (president, member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council responsible for compliance)
- Prof. Howard Riezman
- Prof. em. Klaus Müller
- Prof. Monika Roth
- Dr. Dorothea Sturn
Regulations for the Compliance Committee of the Swiss National Science Foundation of 01.03.2013