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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
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 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.

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📷 WBF/DEFR
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#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
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 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.

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🗓️Submission deadline: 3 February 2026
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 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
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 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
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 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 ➡️
October 10, 2025 at 8:33 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
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October 6, 2025 at 8:01 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.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:30 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
September 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
📣 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

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September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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

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September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Saskia Stucki receives the #Latsis Swiss Science Prize 2025 for her work on recognising #animalrights. 👏 ⚖️

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📸 Daniel Rihs
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 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
September 12, 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
September 9, 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
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 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

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September 4, 2025 at 11:29 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

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September 1, 2025 at 7:30 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
August 28, 2025 at 7:33 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.

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August 26, 2025 at 8:00 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

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August 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
#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
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
July 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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.🦠🎣

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July 16, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎉 The third Summer Meet of the Global SNSF Fellows Network was a great success! Around 170 early-career researchers met on 30 June to discuss their postdoc years and next career moves.

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July 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
📣 #Call for Project funding
Researchers can determine the nature and topic of their research projects independently. Open to all disciplines.

🗓 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025, 17:00 CEST.
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July 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM