Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
@snsf.ch
The Swiss National Science Foundation funds excellent research at universities and other institutions – from chemistry to medicine to sociology.
We invest in researchers and their ideas 🔬🌱📚 — www.snf.ch/en
Deutsch & Français: @snf-fns.ch
We invest in researchers and their ideas 🔬🌱📚 — www.snf.ch/en
Deutsch & Français: @snf-fns.ch
How did the SNSF's transitional measures differ from European calls?
Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals.
👉 sohub.io/z9hz
Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals.
👉 sohub.io/z9hz
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
How did the SNSF's transitional measures differ from European calls?
Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals.
👉 sohub.io/z9hz
Our most recent #DataStory shows that researchers in Switzerland submitted more applications to the SNSF than they had previously to European calls for proposals.
👉 sohub.io/z9hz
The number of Project funding applications and the requested amounts have risen to record levels, consequently decreasing researchers' chances of receiving a grant.📈⚠️
Evaluation is under way, and funding decisions will follow in spring 2026.
➡️ buff.ly/gEdD3OY
#research #science
Evaluation is under way, and funding decisions will follow in spring 2026.
➡️ buff.ly/gEdD3OY
#research #science
New record in Project funding
SNSF Project funding reaches an all-time high with 1,451 applications and CHF 1.3 billion requested – while federal funding is stagnating.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The number of Project funding applications and the requested amounts have risen to record levels, consequently decreasing researchers' chances of receiving a grant.📈⚠️
Evaluation is under way, and funding decisions will follow in spring 2026.
➡️ buff.ly/gEdD3OY
#research #science
Evaluation is under way, and funding decisions will follow in spring 2026.
➡️ buff.ly/gEdD3OY
#research #science
Swiss-based researchers, do you have a project idea to improve equitable access to and use of health and care services, in collaboration with European partners? The SNSF is participating in the 4th #THCS Joint Transnational Call “Access to Care”. Apply now!
➡️ sohub.io/uco0
#EUPartnership
➡️ sohub.io/uco0
#EUPartnership
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Swiss-based researchers, do you have a project idea to improve equitable access to and use of health and care services, in collaboration with European partners? The SNSF is participating in the 4th #THCS Joint Transnational Call “Access to Care”. Apply now!
➡️ sohub.io/uco0
#EUPartnership
➡️ sohub.io/uco0
#EUPartnership
🔮📈 Iwan Stalder, Head of Group Accumulation Management at Zurich Insurance Group, explains why #basicresearch is crucial for the company's 75 million customers and more than 60,000 employees worldwide.
Read more ➡️ sohub.io/ppcc
Read more ➡️ sohub.io/ppcc
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔮📈 Iwan Stalder, Head of Group Accumulation Management at Zurich Insurance Group, explains why #basicresearch is crucial for the company's 75 million customers and more than 60,000 employees worldwide.
Read more ➡️ sohub.io/ppcc
Read more ➡️ sohub.io/ppcc
🚀 New #international #call to be launched in 2026
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🚀 New #international #call to be launched in 2026
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
The international joint initiative for research “Harnessing Disruptive Technologies to Address Global Challenges” will open in January 2026, and the SNSF is taking part!
👉 See the call announcement here: https://sohub.io/xjzz
One Health Anmicrobial Resistance – call for proposals
SNSF is part of this call to fund projects addressing innovative and cost-effective treatment options. Swiss-based researchers can participate.
➡️ buff.ly/dLVLWIx
🗓️ Submission deadline: 02.02.2026 (pre-proposals)
SNSF is part of this call to fund projects addressing innovative and cost-effective treatment options. Swiss-based researchers can participate.
➡️ buff.ly/dLVLWIx
🗓️ Submission deadline: 02.02.2026 (pre-proposals)
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
One Health Anmicrobial Resistance – call for proposals
SNSF is part of this call to fund projects addressing innovative and cost-effective treatment options. Swiss-based researchers can participate.
➡️ buff.ly/dLVLWIx
🗓️ Submission deadline: 02.02.2026 (pre-proposals)
SNSF is part of this call to fund projects addressing innovative and cost-effective treatment options. Swiss-based researchers can participate.
➡️ buff.ly/dLVLWIx
🗓️ Submission deadline: 02.02.2026 (pre-proposals)
The SNSF’s new CV allows researchers to specify how much time they’ve actually been able to work in #research. Our latest #DataStory shows that women face more interruptions due to childbirth, care duties and part-time work than their male colleagues.
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/m07a
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/m07a
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The SNSF’s new CV allows researchers to specify how much time they’ve actually been able to work in #research. Our latest #DataStory shows that women face more interruptions due to childbirth, care duties and part-time work than their male colleagues.
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/m07a
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/m07a
New European cOAlition S strategy for 2026-2030 to further strengthen #OpenAccess. 🔓
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
cOAlition S Strategy for 2026-2030
<p>Launched in 2018, cOAlition S emerged as an informal coalition of organisations that publicly expressed their intention to implement Plan S. Seven years later, the coalition is defining a new…
sohub.io
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New European cOAlition S strategy for 2026-2030 to further strengthen #OpenAccess. 🔓
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
💩🕵️ 💻 ⚖️ From improved wastewater treatment to new rules for digital evidence: With its largest funding scheme, the #SNSF is supporting 346 projects spanning the full spectrum of the Swiss research landscape with a total of 326 million francs. 💸💡
👉https://buff.ly/Iq17IFW
👉https://buff.ly/Iq17IFW
Investing in diverse research
Wastewater, digital evidence and forest health: The SNSF is funding a wide range of research projects with a total of 326 million francs.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
💩🕵️ 💻 ⚖️ From improved wastewater treatment to new rules for digital evidence: With its largest funding scheme, the #SNSF is supporting 346 projects spanning the full spectrum of the Swiss research landscape with a total of 326 million francs. 💸💡
👉https://buff.ly/Iq17IFW
👉https://buff.ly/Iq17IFW
❓What does #BasicResearch have to offer the insurance industry? More than you might think! From climate knowledge to AI: In a conversation with Zurich Insurance Group, we show how #research makes innovation possible. 📊🌍🤖
Read more here👉 https://sohub.io/vqwc
Read more here👉 https://sohub.io/vqwc
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
❓What does #BasicResearch have to offer the insurance industry? More than you might think! From climate knowledge to AI: In a conversation with Zurich Insurance Group, we show how #research makes innovation possible. 📊🌍🤖
Read more here👉 https://sohub.io/vqwc
Read more here👉 https://sohub.io/vqwc
#BasicResearch creates the basis for ➡️ #innovation and social well-being. Every year, the SNSF invests around 800 million Swiss francs in outstanding basic research. 🧠💡
🔗 Find out more about the benefits in our series of news and reels: sohub.io/k1u5
📷 : ©Julien Busset
🔗 Find out more about the benefits in our series of news and reels: sohub.io/k1u5
📷 : ©Julien Busset
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#BasicResearch creates the basis for ➡️ #innovation and social well-being. Every year, the SNSF invests around 800 million Swiss francs in outstanding basic research. 🧠💡
🔗 Find out more about the benefits in our series of news and reels: sohub.io/k1u5
📷 : ©Julien Busset
🔗 Find out more about the benefits in our series of news and reels: sohub.io/k1u5
📷 : ©Julien Busset
For all researchers collaborating internationally: 🌍
📒 The Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance) has published a new guide.
Take note of the six principles that can help you build effective and equitable partnerships. 🤝
👉 https://sohub.io/powg
📒 The Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance) has published a new guide.
Take note of the six principles that can help you build effective and equitable partnerships. 🤝
👉 https://sohub.io/powg
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
For all researchers collaborating internationally: 🌍
📒 The Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance) has published a new guide.
Take note of the six principles that can help you build effective and equitable partnerships. 🤝
👉 https://sohub.io/powg
📒 The Swiss Alliance for Global Research Partnerships (GRP-Alliance) has published a new guide.
Take note of the six principles that can help you build effective and equitable partnerships. 🤝
👉 https://sohub.io/powg
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva signed the Swiss-EU Programme Agreement (#EUPA) in Bern. This means that Switzerland is once again definitively associated with #HorizonEurope, the world's largest research programme.
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva signed the Swiss-EU Programme Agreement (#EUPA) in Bern. This means that Switzerland is once again definitively associated with #HorizonEurope, the world's largest research programme.
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
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📣 #BRIDGE Discovery: Out of the 108 applications submitted, 15 new projects were approved, including nine with a strong digital dimension: www.bridge.ch/en/Ks8ndwLnD...
💡Next #call deadline: 28 April 2026
💡Next #call deadline: 28 April 2026
22 million for BRIDGE projects
Out of the 108 submitted applications, 15 Discovery projects were approved, including nine with a significant digital dimension.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣 #BRIDGE Discovery: Out of the 108 applications submitted, 15 new projects were approved, including nine with a strong digital dimension: www.bridge.ch/en/Ks8ndwLnD...
💡Next #call deadline: 28 April 2026
💡Next #call deadline: 28 April 2026
How can we calibrate instruments that analyse planets outside our solar system and operate the computers of the future? With chip-based optical frequency combs. 🌌 🖥️
Learn more in the profile of Tobias Kippenberg, winner of the #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize 2025.
Learn more in the profile of Tobias Kippenberg, winner of the #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize 2025.
Prix scientifique Suisse Marcel Benoist 2025 - Tobias J. Kippenberg
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November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
How can we calibrate instruments that analyse planets outside our solar system and operate the computers of the future? With chip-based optical frequency combs. 🌌 🖥️
Learn more in the profile of Tobias Kippenberg, winner of the #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize 2025.
Learn more in the profile of Tobias Kippenberg, winner of the #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize 2025.
“What place do animals occupy in the current legal system? And what place could they have in the future as subjects and holders of rights?” From the profile of Saskia Stucki, winner of the #Latsis Swiss Science Prize 2025 for her work on #AnimalRights. ⚖️ 🐶 🐔
Latsis Prize 2025: Saskia Stucki aims to establish animal rights
YouTube video by Swiss National Science Foundation
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November 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“What place do animals occupy in the current legal system? And what place could they have in the future as subjects and holders of rights?” From the profile of Saskia Stucki, winner of the #Latsis Swiss Science Prize 2025 for her work on #AnimalRights. ⚖️ 🐶 🐔
#SwissScienceImage
📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/kw8d
📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/kw8d
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#SwissScienceImage
📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/kw8d
📷 Submit your best #photos and #videos of your research to the SNSF Scientific Image Competition!
The winning entries will be exhibited at the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in May 2026.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 2 February 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/kw8d
🏆The winner of the Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is Anna Feller!
🌱As an evolutionary biologist, she investigates why closely related species - such as the North American phlox wildflowers - do not reproduce with each other. Her research contributes to our understanding of biodiversity.
👉 sohub.io/inx1
🌱As an evolutionary biologist, she investigates why closely related species - such as the North American phlox wildflowers - do not reproduce with each other. Her research contributes to our understanding of biodiversity.
👉 sohub.io/inx1
Anna Feller wins the 2025 MHV Prize.
YouTube video by Swiss National Science Foundation
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November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🏆The winner of the Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize is Anna Feller!
🌱As an evolutionary biologist, she investigates why closely related species - such as the North American phlox wildflowers - do not reproduce with each other. Her research contributes to our understanding of biodiversity.
👉 sohub.io/inx1
🌱As an evolutionary biologist, she investigates why closely related species - such as the North American phlox wildflowers - do not reproduce with each other. Her research contributes to our understanding of biodiversity.
👉 sohub.io/inx1
#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025.
➡️ sohub.io/51a4
🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
➡️ sohub.io/51a4
🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
#Call for Postdoc.Mobility. Expand your #research experience with a stay abroad. If you would like to find out more about this call, take part in our online information event on 17. November 2025.
➡️ sohub.io/51a4
🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
➡️ sohub.io/51a4
🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
💨 🦅 Every so often #RedKites die in collisions with #WindTurbines. A study funded by the SNSF shows when and where this happens and what might help.
For more info 👉 https://sohub.io/n7yf
For more info 👉 https://sohub.io/n7yf
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
💨 🦅 Every so often #RedKites die in collisions with #WindTurbines. A study funded by the SNSF shows when and where this happens and what might help.
For more info 👉 https://sohub.io/n7yf
For more info 👉 https://sohub.io/n7yf
How can SNSF datasets be combined to explore the research question of your choice?💡
Our latest #DataStory demonstrates how to join our open datasets, in this case to identify the share of grants with different types of research output.📊
Read the full story here 👉 https://sohub.io/8e6a
Our latest #DataStory demonstrates how to join our open datasets, in this case to identify the share of grants with different types of research output.📊
Read the full story here 👉 https://sohub.io/8e6a
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How can SNSF datasets be combined to explore the research question of your choice?💡
Our latest #DataStory demonstrates how to join our open datasets, in this case to identify the share of grants with different types of research output.📊
Read the full story here 👉 https://sohub.io/8e6a
Our latest #DataStory demonstrates how to join our open datasets, in this case to identify the share of grants with different types of research output.📊
Read the full story here 👉 https://sohub.io/8e6a
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Der @consilium.europa.eu gibt grünes Licht für die Unterzeichnung des Programmabkommens 🇪🇺 mit der Schweiz 🇨🇭 am 10. Nov. Das Vorziehen dieses Teils des bilateralen Vertragspakets ermöglicht die Teilnahme der Schweiz an #HorizonEurope schon ab 2025.
Mehr dazu⤵️:
Mehr dazu⤵️:
Council greenlights Swiss participation in several EU programmes, including:
🔸 Horizon Europe
🔸 Euratom Research and Training
🔸 ITER/Fusion for Energy
🔸 Digital Europe
🔸 Erasmus+
🔸 EU4Health
More info⤵️
link.europa.eu/9cRYfc
🔸 Horizon Europe
🔸 Euratom Research and Training
🔸 ITER/Fusion for Energy
🔸 Digital Europe
🔸 Erasmus+
🔸 EU4Health
More info⤵️
link.europa.eu/9cRYfc
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Der @consilium.europa.eu gibt grünes Licht für die Unterzeichnung des Programmabkommens 🇪🇺 mit der Schweiz 🇨🇭 am 10. Nov. Das Vorziehen dieses Teils des bilateralen Vertragspakets ermöglicht die Teilnahme der Schweiz an #HorizonEurope schon ab 2025.
Mehr dazu⤵️:
Mehr dazu⤵️:
🇨🇦🤝🇨🇭 The SNSF's partnership with CIFAR offers researchers based in Switzerland a wide range of opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaboration. We will present these possibilities in a webinar on 20 October 2025. Register here ➡️
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🇨🇦🤝🇨🇭 The SNSF's partnership with CIFAR offers researchers based in Switzerland a wide range of opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaboration. We will present these possibilities in a webinar on 20 October 2025. Register here ➡️
📣 #OpenCall: SNSF Starting Grants 2026
For researchers wanting to lead their own independent project and research team in Switzerland.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 5 May 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/rptw
For researchers wanting to lead their own independent project and research team in Switzerland.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 5 May 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/rptw
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📣 #OpenCall: SNSF Starting Grants 2026
For researchers wanting to lead their own independent project and research team in Switzerland.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 5 May 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/rptw
For researchers wanting to lead their own independent project and research team in Switzerland.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 5 May 2026
➡️ https://sohub.io/rptw