mastodon 4.7.2The Swiss National Science Foundation ( #SNSF ) funds excellent research at universities and other institutions – from chemistry to medicine to sociology.
We invest in researchers and their ideas 🔬🌱📚
Impressum: https://www.snf.ch/en/hlIRadd9hpPlLtpM/page/imprint
🏝️🪱 A treasure buried in the sand
Thanks to the marine worm Arenicola marina, which carries oxygen 40 times more efficiently than humans, biologist Franck Zal has developed medical solutions that are revolutionising wound care for severe burn victims.
⁉️ The SNSF is reforming its career funding. A new postdoctoral funding scheme will be launched in 2028 to replace both Postdoc.Mobility and Ambizione. The aim is to offer greater flexibility and a high level of autonomy.
For more info ➡️
In 2025, the SNSF funded 2,400 new research projects with 1.2 billion Swiss francs. 💡 🚀 This will allow both established researchers and early-career researchers to realise their ground-breaking ideas.
More figures ➡️ https://sohub.io/7ynr
Call for proposals Investigator initiated clinical trials: The Swiss National Science Foundation is supporting clinical studies on topics that are outside the industry focus. Submission deadline: 26 May 2026 (letter of intent).
🔬The Swiss Science Council (SSC) embodies an independent and long-term vision of the ERI system. This expertise is essential to the competitiveness of Swiss #research. This is why the SNSF opposes its dissolution.
Read more ➡️ https://sohub.io/lag9
“To thrive as researchers in academia, it is essential for women to feel not only welcome and included, but also safe, in particular from sexual harassment.” Kathryn Hess Bellwald, SNSF Academic Board
🎓👩🔬 Today, on Sexual Harassment Awareness Day #SH2026, we highlight the importance of safe work environments.
#Artemis - Space exploration would not have been possible without the mathematical talent of scientists like Katherine Johnson 👩🏾🏫.
Her expertise in analytical geometry made NASA’s first manned spaceflights possible. 🚀 🌌
More info on the impact of basic research along with further examples can be found here ➡️ www.snsf.ch/basic-research
⚔️⚖️ Could the earlier announcement of #international sanctions have prevented the #war in Ukraine? Possibly, according to a computer model developed by a team from HEC Lausanne and Sciences Po Paris.
🔬⚛️ 9 projects, CHF 17.4 million: the #BRIDGE #Quantum Call 2025 by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF and Innosuisse strengthens applied research and innovation in quantum technologies.
More information 👉 https://sohub.io/ii6z
🔬🍲 Tobias Gerfin, CEO of Kuhn Rikon, explains why maintaining close ties with the world of academic research remains crucial, even for Switzerland's well-established manufacturer of kitchenware and cookware.
For more info ➡️ https://sohub.io/lmnu
🥘 #BasicResearch and industry are working together to cook up innovation. The example of Kuhn Rikon shows that materials science is central to enabling pan manufacturers to maintain and improve their production.
Read more ➡️ https://sohub.io/lmnu
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 The Federal Council has dispatched the bilateral agreements III to Parliament. Their confirmation will pave the way for the definitive implementation of the package – and for discussions on Switzerland’s participation in the next European research and innovation programmes starting in 2028.
More info ➡️ https://sohub.io/fw6k
🚄⚡🔋 Till Ruemenapp, Head of Corporate Research in Switzerland for the leading electrical engineering and technology company ABB, describes the productive collaboration between basic research and industry that is driving progress towards the future.
For more information: https://sohub.io/64uw
🐻❄️🦟🏡 Encountering polar bears in the #PolarIce, mosquitoes in the #jungle and suspicious people in a Swiss village: #Horizons accompanies daredevils on #Research Expeditions.
And also reveals the dark side of these grand #adventures 👉 https://www.horizons-mag.ch/
🤝🌍 The signing of the Switzerland-EU package of agreements by Guy Parmelin and Ursula von der Leyen consolidates the foundations of Switzerland's strong scientific position and promotes research, innovation and the economy.
🔥 👩⚕️ 🫘 From the treatment of severe burns to the cultivation of plant proteins: The SNSF is supporting 16 Swiss projects with more than 7 million francs as part of the COST European funding programme.
🌍🌐 The second CIFAR Radical Interdisciplinary Forum focused on the Arctic. 45 early-career researchers from around the world gathered in Geneva to tackle important research questions together.
New antibiotics are needed to avoid “returning to a time when even common infections could prove fatal.”💊
🔎 Roche’s Michael Lobritz explains why this is only possible thanks to strong academic research: https://www.snf.ch/en/F2ncm8DmDibVIsj0/news/antibiotics-and-basic-research
⏰ The clock is ticking… You have until 23 February to nominate researchers in the #LifeSciences (biology and medicine) for the 2026 #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize.
📷 Franca Pedrazzetti
Essential, but to be used as sparingly as possible: new antibiotics are not profitable. ❌💰
🔬 Academic research is therefore vital to maintaining innovation in this field, explains Roche's Michael Lobritz.
His interview ➡️ https://sohub.io/fhei
New call for proposals BRIDGE Discovery for experienced researchers, who wish to implement their research and innovation projects. Submission deadline: 28 April 2026.
🏭🥂🏫 Knowledge sharing, access to cutting-edge equipment, supervision of internships...
Collaborations between packaging technology giant BOBST and academia enable the company to remain at the cutting edge and recruit young local talent.
📢 Switzerland-India call: The SNSF is launching a call for proposals with the Indian Department of Biotechnology and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for research projects in the field of One Health.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 5 May 2026
❗📣 The SNSF is reforming its career #funding. The final calls for Ambizione and Postdoc.Mobility will take place in 2026 and 2027. The eligibility criteria have been adapted to focus on the schemes’ key target groups.
➡️ https://www.snf.ch/en/kaczpDec5cVYJrJK/news/postdocmobility-ambizione-adaptations
🔬💊⚛️ In the 1950s, Dorothy Hodgkin developed X-ray crystallography of biomolecules, making it possible to ‘see’ their exact structure for the first time. This breakthrough is still used today to develop and optimise new medicines.
More information: https://sohub.io/qhst
“To thrive as researchers in academia, it is essential for women to feel not only welcome and included, but also safe, in particular from sexual harassment.” Kathryn Hess Bellwald, SNSF Academic Board
🎓👩🔬 Today, on Sexual Harassment Awareness Day #SH2026, we highlight the importance of safe work environments.
On 14 June, Switzerland will vote on the "No 10 Million Switzerland" initiative. The SNSF is concerned that a yes vote could jeopardise access to #HorizonEurope and the recruitment of talented researchers.
👉 Find out more here: https://sohub.io/yj48
Want to nominate the next winner of the Swiss Science Prize Latsis? 🏆
⏰The call for nominations for researchers in the fields of mathematics, natural and engineering sciences (excluding life sciences) is open until 16 March 2026. 🗺️ 🏺 ⚖️
🦠 🩸 In burn victims, #bacteria can enter the #bloodstream, which can lead to #sepsis. A SNSF-funded study shows that women are almost twice as likely to be affected. This came as a surprise to the researchers.
⚡🚆 Till Ruemenapp, Head of ABB Corporate Research in Switzerland, explains how the Swiss academic ecosystem and the engineering group's research centre have joined forces to drive progress.
➡️ https://www.snf.ch/en/mjKwaJbrpMfsUUiW/news/the-quiet-hum-of-innovation-driving-railways-forward
ℹ️ New National Research Programmes
The Federal Council has tasked the SNSF with implementing three NRPs on the themes of "Mental Health of Adolescents", "Digital Resilience" and "Deglobalisation and Resilience". 🧠🌍
For more info ➡️ https://sohub.io/9iq6
📢 Call for proposals JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
This programme enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months.
🗓️Submission deadline: 23 April 2026.
🥘 #BasicResearch and industry are working together to cook up innovation. The example of Kuhn Rikon shows that materials science is central to enabling pan manufacturers to maintain and improve their production.
For more info ➡️ https://sohub.io/lmnu
📢 Call for proposals JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026
This programme enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months.
🗓️Submission deadline: 23 April 2026.
⚠️☢️ For many, radioactivity is synonymous with danger. But without this discovery, which earned Marie Curie two Nobel Prizes, there would be no radiotherapy, which is now frequently used to treat cancer.
👉 www.snsf.ch/basic-research
“For the victims. For Switzerland.” The initiative to make amends for the harm done to children subjected to compulsory welfare measures led to a counterproposal by Parliament to compensate the victims in 2016. Proof that historical research can have a tangible impact on the present. 📚🇨🇭
More info on the impact of basic research along with further examples can be found here ➡️ https://sohub.io/lz16
🇨🇭🤝 🇰🇷 Science is an important pillar in Switzerland's bilateral relations with South Korea. The SNSF is supporting 10 projects in the field of quantum technologies by Swiss and South Korean researchers with almost 8 million Swiss francs. 🔬
➡️ https://sohub.io/8ktd
📣 Call for proposals: The SNSF and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) are launching a call on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.
📆 Submission deadline: 17 June 2026
📦 Signed, sealed, delivered! BOBST is one of the world's leading suppliers of packaging technology and machinery. Two engineers and the company's CTO explain how opening up to universities is essential for successful packaging.