Transitional measures of the SNSF: Scientific Steering Committee
The Scientific Steering Committee will oversee evaluation and funding activities in relation to the SNSF's transitional measures: the SNSF Advanced Grants, the SNSF Starting Grants and the SNSF Consolidator Grants.
The members of the Scientific Steering Committee set up by the SNSF have been announced. They are the President of the National Research Council and further high-level researchers, three of whom are also members of the Specialised Committee Careers of the Research Council. The Committee's main purpose is to oversee project evaluation and funding activities in relation to the SNSF's transitional measures: the SNSF Advanced Grants, the SNSF Starting Grants and the SNSF Consolidator Grants. In addition, its members will monitor adherence to best practices and compliance with the SNSF rules regarding conflicts of interest.
Members of the Scientific Steering Committee:
President of the National Research Council
- Matthias Egger
Representatives of the disciplines
Humanities and social sciences
- Valérie Camos (University of Fribourg); psychology
- Gabriele Rippl (University of Bern); anglophone literary studies
Mathematics, natural and engineering sciences
- Laura Baudis (University of Zurich); experimental physics
- Francesco Stellacci (EPFL); materials science and engineering
- Stuart Lane (University of Lausanne); environmental sciences, geosciences
- Stefan Willitsch (University of Basel); physical chemistry
Biology and medicine
- Alexander Schier (University of Basel); developmental biology and neurobiology
- Sophie Martin (University of Lausanne); cell biology and microbiology
- Jess Snedeker (ETHZ & Balgrist University Hospital): biomechanics in orthopaed