Foundation Council and Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
The SNSF is a foundation under private law with a public funding mandate.
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
- 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. Etienne Piguet - 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. Harald Brune * - 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
- University of Berne
Representatives of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
- SATW
Prof. Konstantinos Boulouchos - ASSH
Prof. Claudine Burton-Jeangros - a+
Prof. Dr. Antonio Loprieno, Basel - ASSM
Prof. George Thalmann - SCNAT
Prof. Maria Schönbächler *
Prof. Marcel Tanner
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
- SATW
Representatives of the universities of applied sciences and of teacher education
- PHSG
Prof. Horst Biedermann* - HES SUPSI
Prof. Maria Caiata Zufferey - BFH
Prof. Sebastian Wörwag - 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. Christine Pirinoli
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
- PHSG
Cooptations
- Non-commercial research centres outside academia
Prof. Christophe Dessimoz, SIB - Research institutes of the ETH Domain
Dr. Thierry Strässle, chief of staff and vice director, Paul Scherrer Institut - ETH Rat
Prof. Michael Hengartner - swissuniversities
Dr. Stefanie Wyssenbach - Young researchers' organisations
Rachel Demolis - At the invitation of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
Prof. Denis Duboule*
EPF Lausanne and University of Geneva - Gebert-Rüf Stiftung
Dr. Pascale Vonmont - Eos Entrepreneurs Foundation
Dr. Erna Karrer – Rüedi
* Member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council
- Non-commercial research centres outside academia
Members elected by the Federal Council
- Jürg Stahl
President of Swiss Olympic * - Dr. Nicole Schaad*, a. i.
Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation (SBFI) - Dipl. Phys. Ulrich Looser
BLR&Partners AG - Prof. Cesla Amarelle
- Monika Knill
Minister of the canton of Thurgau (Department for Education and Culture) - Dr. Anja Isabella König*
Geschäftsführerin, Novartis Venture Funds - 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
- Jürg Stahl
Regulations
- Organisational regulations of the Executive Committee of the (PDF)
- Foundation Council (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)