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
❓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
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 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
#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
#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
💨 🦅 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
🇨🇦🤝🇨🇭 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
China is one of Switzerland’s main trading partners. Anthropologist @lenakaufmann.bsky.social and historian Niklaus Remund analyse half a century of this commercial partnership in a study that is particularly topical in view of current trade wars.
👉 buff.ly/S1hJQrw
👉 buff.ly/S1hJQrw
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
China is one of Switzerland’s main trading partners. Anthropologist @lenakaufmann.bsky.social and historian Niklaus Remund analyse half a century of this commercial partnership in a study that is particularly topical in view of current trade wars.
👉 buff.ly/S1hJQrw
👉 buff.ly/S1hJQrw
“Scientific cooperation with Europe and continued access to the #HorizonEurope programme are essential to keeping Switzerland at the forefront of research and innovation,” emphasised Torsten Schwede, President of the SNSF Research Council, during a round table organised by Foraus. ➡️ buff.ly/BJEcZ7P
September 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“Scientific cooperation with Europe and continued access to the #HorizonEurope programme are essential to keeping Switzerland at the forefront of research and innovation,” emphasised Torsten Schwede, President of the SNSF Research Council, during a round table organised by Foraus. ➡️ buff.ly/BJEcZ7P
📣 QuantERA Call 2025
New opportunities for European projects. This call’s topics are #Quantum Phenomena and Resources and Applied Quantum Science.
Submission deadline: 5 December 2025
@quantera.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social
➡️https://buff.ly/3VZ2QJm
New opportunities for European projects. This call’s topics are #Quantum Phenomena and Resources and Applied Quantum Science.
Submission deadline: 5 December 2025
@quantera.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social
➡️https://buff.ly/3VZ2QJm
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📣 QuantERA Call 2025
New opportunities for European projects. This call’s topics are #Quantum Phenomena and Resources and Applied Quantum Science.
Submission deadline: 5 December 2025
@quantera.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social
➡️https://buff.ly/3VZ2QJm
New opportunities for European projects. This call’s topics are #Quantum Phenomena and Resources and Applied Quantum Science.
Submission deadline: 5 December 2025
@quantera.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social
➡️https://buff.ly/3VZ2QJm
Tobias Kippenberg has been awarded the #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize 2025. In particular, he developed optical frequency combs that fit on a single chip. This has paved the way for technologies such as #optical #telecommunications. ⚛️ 🔬
📸 Daniel Rihs
➡️ sohub.io/svcb
📸 Daniel Rihs
➡️ sohub.io/svcb
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Tobias Kippenberg has been awarded the #MarcelBenoist Swiss Science Prize 2025. In particular, he developed optical frequency combs that fit on a single chip. This has paved the way for technologies such as #optical #telecommunications. ⚛️ 🔬
📸 Daniel Rihs
➡️ sohub.io/svcb
📸 Daniel Rihs
➡️ sohub.io/svcb
Saskia Stucki receives the #Latsis Swiss Science Prize 2025 for her work on recognising #animalrights. 👏 ⚖️
➡️ sohub.io/dv4r
📸 Daniel Rihs
➡️ sohub.io/dv4r
📸 Daniel Rihs
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Saskia Stucki receives the #Latsis Swiss Science Prize 2025 for her work on recognising #animalrights. 👏 ⚖️
➡️ sohub.io/dv4r
📸 Daniel Rihs
➡️ sohub.io/dv4r
📸 Daniel Rihs
📣#Water4All: call for proposals
The European partnership is launching a joint transnational #call for research and #innovation projects on water and health.
🗓️Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 13 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/Skq7ZUt
The European partnership is launching a joint transnational #call for research and #innovation projects on water and health.
🗓️Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 13 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/Skq7ZUt
September 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📣#Water4All: call for proposals
The European partnership is launching a joint transnational #call for research and #innovation projects on water and health.
🗓️Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 13 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/Skq7ZUt
The European partnership is launching a joint transnational #call for research and #innovation projects on water and health.
🗓️Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 13 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/Skq7ZUt
📣 #Biodiversa+ is launching a new #call for projects on #biodiversity and restoration of ecosystem functioning, integrity and connectivity. Researchers based in Switzerland can apply.
📆 Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 7 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/hgTtFVQ
📆 Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 7 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/hgTtFVQ
September 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📣 #Biodiversa+ is launching a new #call for projects on #biodiversity and restoration of ecosystem functioning, integrity and connectivity. Researchers based in Switzerland can apply.
📆 Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 7 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/hgTtFVQ
📆 Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 7 November 2025
➡️https://buff.ly/hgTtFVQ
📢 🗓️ Interested in applying to the SNSF or Innosuisse for research funding?
The two agencies will be presenting their funding schemes at three online events (23 October, 13 November and 28 November 2025). Register now!
📍 Online, Microsoft Teams
🌐 Language: English
👉 Register here: sohub.io/rvzg
The two agencies will be presenting their funding schemes at three online events (23 October, 13 November and 28 November 2025). Register now!
📍 Online, Microsoft Teams
🌐 Language: English
👉 Register here: sohub.io/rvzg
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📢 🗓️ Interested in applying to the SNSF or Innosuisse for research funding?
The two agencies will be presenting their funding schemes at three online events (23 October, 13 November and 28 November 2025). Register now!
📍 Online, Microsoft Teams
🌐 Language: English
👉 Register here: sohub.io/rvzg
The two agencies will be presenting their funding schemes at three online events (23 October, 13 November and 28 November 2025). Register now!
📍 Online, Microsoft Teams
🌐 Language: English
👉 Register here: sohub.io/rvzg
🐜 🔎 🧠 An ant’s head in razor-sharp detail. An engine with temperatures ranging from warm to cold. A brain in action. All mind-blowing #photos from #research!
The current issue of #Horizons shows why #science doesn't work without images
➡️ sohub.io/npu5
The current issue of #Horizons shows why #science doesn't work without images
➡️ sohub.io/npu5
September 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🐜 🔎 🧠 An ant’s head in razor-sharp detail. An engine with temperatures ranging from warm to cold. A brain in action. All mind-blowing #photos from #research!
The current issue of #Horizons shows why #science doesn't work without images
➡️ sohub.io/npu5
The current issue of #Horizons shows why #science doesn't work without images
➡️ sohub.io/npu5
Call for proposals: Driving Urban Transitions (#DUT)
The aim of this European partnership is to support transnational research to advance the transition towards more sustainable cities across Europe and beyond.
Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 17 November 2025
ℹ️ buff.ly/kEUQjO4
The aim of this European partnership is to support transnational research to advance the transition towards more sustainable cities across Europe and beyond.
Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 17 November 2025
ℹ️ buff.ly/kEUQjO4
September 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Call for proposals: Driving Urban Transitions (#DUT)
The aim of this European partnership is to support transnational research to advance the transition towards more sustainable cities across Europe and beyond.
Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 17 November 2025
ℹ️ buff.ly/kEUQjO4
The aim of this European partnership is to support transnational research to advance the transition towards more sustainable cities across Europe and beyond.
Submission deadline for pre-proposals: 17 November 2025
ℹ️ buff.ly/kEUQjO4
⁉️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 #𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 #𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵? 📚 Join us for the book launch of “Women in Science” on 29 September 2025.
▪️2:30 to 5:30 pm at the SNSF offices in Bern
➡️ Register here: sohub.io/bvq3
▪️2:30 to 5:30 pm at the SNSF offices in Bern
➡️ Register here: sohub.io/bvq3
August 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
⁉️𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 #𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘀𝘀 #𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵? 📚 Join us for the book launch of “Women in Science” on 29 September 2025.
▪️2:30 to 5:30 pm at the SNSF offices in Bern
➡️ Register here: sohub.io/bvq3
▪️2:30 to 5:30 pm at the SNSF offices in Bern
➡️ Register here: sohub.io/bvq3
💊🤒🤧 #Patients trusted by doctors –are prescribed #antibiotics less frequently.
This is the outcome of a study supported by the SNSF and accordingly offers another clue for combating bacterial #resistance to antibiotics.
➡️ buff.ly/jctplVW
This is the outcome of a study supported by the SNSF and accordingly offers another clue for combating bacterial #resistance to antibiotics.
➡️ buff.ly/jctplVW
August 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
💊🤒🤧 #Patients trusted by doctors –are prescribed #antibiotics less frequently.
This is the outcome of a study supported by the SNSF and accordingly offers another clue for combating bacterial #resistance to antibiotics.
➡️ buff.ly/jctplVW
This is the outcome of a study supported by the SNSF and accordingly offers another clue for combating bacterial #resistance to antibiotics.
➡️ buff.ly/jctplVW
Call for Ambizione
Ambizione grants are aimed at early-career researchers who wish to conduct and lead a project of their own. Interested in learning more about this call? Take part in our online info event on 14 August 2025.
Submission deadline: 4 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/dDQl9QA
Ambizione grants are aimed at early-career researchers who wish to conduct and lead a project of their own. Interested in learning more about this call? Take part in our online info event on 14 August 2025.
Submission deadline: 4 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/dDQl9QA
August 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Call for Ambizione
Ambizione grants are aimed at early-career researchers who wish to conduct and lead a project of their own. Interested in learning more about this call? Take part in our online info event on 14 August 2025.
Submission deadline: 4 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/dDQl9QA
Ambizione grants are aimed at early-career researchers who wish to conduct and lead a project of their own. Interested in learning more about this call? Take part in our online info event on 14 August 2025.
Submission deadline: 4 November 2025
➡️ buff.ly/dDQl9QA
#Cashew nuts are delicious 😋 and healthy too. They can also be used for many purposes, for instance in pesto or vegan alternatives. However, more and more #children are developing an #allergy to them, as #research supported by the SNSF demonstrates.
Full article 👉 buff.ly/Vb8ujrq
#food #science
Full article 👉 buff.ly/Vb8ujrq
#food #science
July 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
How much of SNSF-funded research is related to artificial intelligence? 🧠💻
Our latest #DataStory explores this question by quantifying its usage and illustrating the different #AI methods applied in grants awarded by the SNSF over the last 14 years.
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/64ju
Our latest #DataStory explores this question by quantifying its usage and illustrating the different #AI methods applied in grants awarded by the SNSF over the last 14 years.
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/64ju
July 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
How much of SNSF-funded research is related to artificial intelligence? 🧠💻
Our latest #DataStory explores this question by quantifying its usage and illustrating the different #AI methods applied in grants awarded by the SNSF over the last 14 years.
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/64ju
Our latest #DataStory explores this question by quantifying its usage and illustrating the different #AI methods applied in grants awarded by the SNSF over the last 14 years.
Read the full story here 👉 sohub.io/64ju
Tackling resistant #bacteria requires effective antibiotics and fast and reliable #diagnoses. With the support of the SNSF, microbiologists are fishing for Escherichia coli to allow the bacterium to be detected and captured more quickly.🦠🎣
➡️ buff.ly/VOlhMMT
➡️ buff.ly/VOlhMMT
July 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Tackling resistant #bacteria requires effective antibiotics and fast and reliable #diagnoses. With the support of the SNSF, microbiologists are fishing for Escherichia coli to allow the bacterium to be detected and captured more quickly.🦠🎣
➡️ buff.ly/VOlhMMT
➡️ buff.ly/VOlhMMT