🏝️🪱 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.
📢 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
👉 www.snf.ch/en/qvqibviYzt…
⚔️⚖️ 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.
➡️ www.snf.ch/en/LlqVmm3nj9…
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: sohub.io/yj48
🔬⚛️ 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 👉 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 ➡️ sohub.io/lmnu
📣#OpenCall: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026
This programme enables researchers in Switzerland to stay in Japan for 12 to 24 months. In 2026, the SNSF can propose two researchers to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
🗓️ Deadline: 23 April 2026
For more info ➡ sohub.io/y7rj
From spring 2026, Switzerland will support six new National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs). In an interview, @snf-fns.ch Research Council President Torsten Schwede explains how projects are selected and why the new NCCRs matter for Switzerland’s research landscape ⬇️
“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. 📚🇨🇭
🥘#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 ➡️ sohub.io/lmnu
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 ➡️ sohub.io/9iq6
🥘 #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 ➡️ sohub.io/lmnu
⁉️ 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 ➡️ sohub.io/lnsa
📣 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
➡️ sohub.io/dhxs
🇨🇭🇪🇺 The Federal Council has dispatched the bilateral agreements III to Parliament. Ratification will pave the way for their definitive implementation – and for talks on Switzerland’s participation in the next European research and innovation programmes starting in 2028.
More info 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 info: 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 👉 www.horizons-mag.ch
⚡🚆 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.
➡️ www.snf.ch/en/mjKwaJbrpM…
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 ➡️ sohub.io/7ynr
🤝🌍 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.
➡️ sohub.io/plb7
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).
➡️ sohub.io/x0z2
🇨🇭🤝 🇰🇷 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. 🔬
➡️ sohub.io/8ktd
🏭🥂🏫 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.
➡️ sohub.io/ttv3
🦠 🩸 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.
➡️ sohub.io/v3mv
📦 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.
➡️ sohub.io/ttv3
🔥 👩⚕️ 🫘 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.
➡️ sohub.io/946d
🔬💊⚛️ 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: sohub.io/qhst
New call for proposals BRIDGE Discovery for experienced researchers, who wish to implement their research and innovation projects. Submission deadline: 28 April 2026.
➡️ sohub.io/jmid
⏰ 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.
➡️ sohub.io/xhf3
📷 Franca Pedrazzetti
