Statutes and legal framework
The Statutes of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) govern the policy applicable to the organisation. In particular, they define the main bodies of the SNSF and their areas of competence.
Organisation
- Regulations on scientific misconduct (Research Integrity
Regulations, RI Regulations) of 12 July 2016 (PDF) - Regulations of the Commission on Research Integrity
of 12 July 2016 (PDF) - Regulations on the compensation of the Foundation Council, Executive Committee of the Foundation Council, National Research Council and Research Commissions of the Swiss National Science Foundation (Compensation Regulations) of 25 September 2015 (PDF)
- Regulations on the compensation of experts of 20 January 2016 (PDF)
- Election Regulations for the National Research Council
of 25 January 2008 (PDF) - Organisational Regulations of the National Research Council
of 14 November 2007 (PDF) - Regulations on grants for research semesters for members of
the Research Council who leave office
1 November 2011 (PDF) - Organisational Regulations of the National Research Programmes (NRPs) of 14 July 2015 (PDF)
- Organisational regulations of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council of 14 December 2007 (PDF)
- Regulations for the Gender Equality Commission of the SNSF
of 07.05.2014 (PDF) - Reglement für die interne Revision des SNF vom 01.01.2008 (PDF)
- Compliance Committee (PDF)
- Regulations on scientific misconduct (Research Integrity
Funding process
The regulations and the implementation regulations for the Statutes comprehensively regulate the organisation, tasks and funding schemes of the SNSF.
The regulations concerning specific funding schemes can be found on the page of the relevant funding scheme.
Funding
At the level of federal legislation, the Research and Innovation Promotion Act (RIPA), in particular, provides the legal basis for the activities of the SNSF.
Federal legislation