As its highest body, the Foundation Council ensures that the SNSF is on mission to fulfil the purpose of the foundation. It supervises the activities of the bodies of the SNSF. Based on a recommendation from the National Research Council, it approves the principles of the SNSF's funding policy and, in particular, the multi-year programme. The Foundation Council is responsible for approving the annual statement and the annual report. It is composed of up to 45 members that include representatives of the federal government, the higher education institutions, the Swiss Academies of Arts & Sciences as well as of other organisations of the Swiss science sector.
The Executive Committee prepares agenda items of the Foundation Council and it directly supervises the activities of the National Research Council and the Administrative Offices. It elects the members of the Research Council and - together with the president of the Research Council - the Executive Management of the Administrative Offices. The Executive Committee also approves the service level agreement with the Swiss Confederation.
Presidency
President
Jürg Stahl
Vice President
Prof. Maria Schönbächler, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Representatives of the universities and Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne
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University of Berne
Prof. Daniel Candinas * -
University of Fribourg
Prof. Katharina Fromm * -
University of Lausanne
Prof. Franciska Krings * -
University of the italian-speaking part of Switzerland
Prof. Benedetto Lepori -
University of Neuchâtel
Prof. Simona Pekarek Doehler -
University of Basel
Prof. Torsten Schwede * -
University of St Gallen
Prof. Thomas Markus Zellweger -
University of Geneva
Prof. Dominique Soldati-Favre * -
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk * -
University of Lucerne
Prof. Gisela Michel -
University of Zurich
Prof. Stefanie Walter* -
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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SATW
Prof. Konstantinos Boulouchos -
ASSH
Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros -
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno, Basel -
ASSM
Prof. Daniel Scheidegger -
SCNAT
Prof. Maria Schönbächler *
Prof. Marcel Tanner
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Representatives of the universities of applied sciences and of teacher education
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PHSG
Prof. Horst Biedermann* -
HES SUPSI
Prof. Maria Caiata Zufferey -
HSLU
Prof. Markus Hodel -
FH Graubünden
Prof. Jürg Kessler -
IUFE, Geneva (University of Teacher Education)
Prof. Isabelle Mili -
ZHAW
Prof. Jean-Marc Piveteau -
FHNW
Prof. Falko Schlottig -
HES-SO
Dr. Luciana Vaccaro*
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Cooptations
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Non-commercial research centres outside academia
Prof. Ron Appel, SIB -
Research institutes of the ETH Domain
Dr. Thierry Strässle, Director a.i. Paul Scherrer Institut -
ETH Rat
Prof. Michael Hengartner -
swissuniversities
Dr. Anne Crausaz Esseiva -
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
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Gebert-Rüf Stiftung
Dr. Pascale Vonmont
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Members elected by the Federal Council
- Jürg Stahl
President of Swiss Olympic
* - Dr. Gregor Haefliger*, dep. Director,
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) - Dipl. Phys. Ulrich Looser*
BLR&Partners AG - Cesla Amarelle
Minister of the canton of Vaud (Department of Education, Youth and Culture)
- Monika Knill
Minister of the canton of Thurgau (Department for Education and Culture)
- Natascha Wey
General secretary, VPOD/SSP (trade union for public service employees)
- Dr. René Imhof
Cellular Neuroscience CNS Discovery F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
* 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