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Our ambition
We invest in researchers and their ideas.
We promote and disseminate research,
creating knowledge that is valuable
to society, the economy and politics.
From left to right:
Daniel Höchli, Director of the Administrative Offices
Gabriele Gendotti, President of the Foundation Council
Martin Vetterli, President of the National Research Council
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“In order to forge ahead and maintain
its innovative strength, a country needs
to invest in education and research.”
Gabriele Gendotti – President of the Foundation Council
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The Swiss National Science Foundation
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is Switzerland’s
foremost research funding organisation and finances over
3,400 projects involving 14,000 researchers each year.
One of its core tasks is the evaluation of
research proposals. In 2013, it allocated
CHF 819 million to the best applications.
By distributing public research money
based on a competitive system, the SNSF
contributes to the high quality of Swiss
research.
To ensure its independence in research,
the SNSF was established as a private
foundation in 1952. Mandated by the
federal authorities, the SNSF supports
basic science in all academic disciplines,
from history to medicine and the engineering sciences.
Research creates knowledge: new
drugs, materials and technologies as
well as insights into social questions are
the result of basic research. By supporting it, the SNSF creates an environment
of innovation, quality of life and social
development. In terms of knowledge
and technology transfer, the SNSF works
closely with the market-oriented national Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI).
In close collaboration with higher education institutions and other partners,
the SNSF works towards creating the
best possible conditions for the development and international integration of
Swiss research. The SNSF is paying particular attention to the support of young
scientists.
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Portfolio
The SNSF offers a wide range of funding
schemes. For funding purposes it distinguishes between:
In project funding, researchers determine the topic and the nature of their
research endeavour independently. This
approach creates an environment where
innovative ideas can be pursued.
_ Projects
_ Careers
_ Programmes
_ Infrastructures
_ Science communication
The various career funding schemes
lend support to young talents from the
doctoral to the professorial level. They
include fellowships for research stays
abroad and specific measures supporting women in research.
In programme funding, some basic para
meters are pre-defined. The most important programmes are National Research
Programmes (NRPs) and National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs).
NCCRs strengthen the competitiveness
of Swiss research in strategically important spheres (robotics, molecular basis
of diseases, etc.). Topics for NRPs are
chosen by the Federal Council and concern problems of national importance
such as the use of water, soil and energy.
Careers
Other programmes focus on joint projects, clinical research and international
collaborations.
The SNSF also funds research infrastructures as well as communication between
researchers and between science and
society.
The funding schemes of the SNSF
cover the various phases of an
academic career.
Science communication
Projects
Programmes
Infrastructures
Master
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PhD
Non-professorial teaching staff
(postdoc, senior assistant, etc.)
Established researchers
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Organisational chart
Foundation Council
and Executive Committee
Highest body of the SNSF,
takes strategic decisions
Compliance Committee
Internal Audit
National Research Council
Evaluates several thousands
of applications each year
Divisions
I Humanities and Social Sciences
II Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences
III Biology and Medicine
IV Programmes:
National Research Programmes (NRPs)
National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs)
Specialised
Interdisciplinary Research
CommitteesCareers
International Cooperation
Commissions Gender Equality in Research Funding
Research Integrity
Research Commissions at Swiss
institutions of higher education
Administrative Offices
Executive Management
Staff Services
Research Funding divisions
Central Services
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Locally based commissions
acting as a link to the SNSF
Support the Foundation Council,
the Research Council and
the Research Commissions
“We need to win over young
talents for research and create
the right conditions for them.”
Martin Vetterli – President of the National Research Council
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Funding activities of the SNSF in 2013
In 2013, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) granted funding to the total
value of CHF 818.8 million, 8.4 percent more than in 2012 (CHF 755.2 million). The funds
were used to support over 3,400 research projects.
Full version of the statistics: www.snsf.ch/statistics
Funding by research area
Approved amounts since 2005
Amounts in CHF million
CHF million
Distribution of the approved amounts
900
Total
800
40%
27%
Humanities and social sciences
700
Mathematics, natural and engineering sciences
600
Biology and medicine
500
Biology and medicine
Mathematics, natural and engineering
sciences
Humanities and social sciences
400
300
200
100
33%
0
Amount
Women | Men
Humanities and social sciences
223.8
32%
Mathematics, natural and engineering sciences
265.4
13% 87%
Biology and medicine
329.2
21%
79%
21%
79%
Unapportionable
Total
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
68%
The distribution of funds across the three research areas is based largely on demand.
0.4
818.8
The allocation to the research areas has changed slightly year-on-year. The share of the humanities
and social sciences has risen by three percent.
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Funding by scheme
Funding by institution
Amounts in CHF million
Amounts in CHF million
Distribution of the approved amounts
Distribution of the approved amounts (incl. overhead)1
Other:
7% 1%
BS
Projects
19%
Uni
Careers
NE
Programmes
51%
Infrastructures
BE
Uni ETH
22%
Universities of teacher education5
Various 6
TI
Amount
1,217
416.5
Careers
1,280
179.2
432
160.4
Berne (BE)
96
56.9
378
3,403
Total
Universities of applied sciences 4
LU
GE
G
Number
Science communication
SG
LS
Projects
Infrastructures
Research institutes in the ETH Domain3
FR
Science communication
Programmes
ETH ZH
Institution
Total in CHF
million
Total
in %
Overhead2
Total incl.
overhead
496.0
61%
58.3
554.3
87.2
11%
7.7
94.8
Basel (BS)
76.6
9%
8.9
85.4
5.8
Fribourg (FR)
23.9
3%
3.2
27.1
818.8
Geneva (GE)
86.8
11%
12.1
98.9
Universities
Lucerne (LU)
In 2013, the SNSF allocated more than half of its funds to its main funding scheme, project funding.
The share of infrastructures has more than doubled year-on-year, from three to seven percent.
2.4
0%
0.4
2.8
Lausanne (LS)
71.6
9%
8.7
80.2
Neuchâtel (NE)
12.4
2%
2.3
14.7
St. Gallen (SG)
2.4
0%
0.8
3.2
Ticino (TI)
6.5
1%
0.5
7.0
126.1
15%
13.9
139.9
210.0
Zurich (ZH)
ETH Domain
188.2
23%
21.8
EPF Lausanne
73.6
9%
7.2
80.9
ETH Zurich
92.7
11%
11.8
104.4
21.9
3%
2.8
24.7
19.4
2%
2.0
21.5
Research institutes3
Universities of applied sciences4
Universities of teacher education5
Various6
Total
If no application was presented by the respective institution, this is denoted by a dash. Amounts lower than
CHF 0.05 million are shown as zero.
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Entitlement to overhead in accordance with overhead
regulations
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Research institutes in the ETH Domain (EMPA, EAWAG,
PSI, WSL)
1
10
2.0
0%
0.2
2.2
113.2
14%
2.7
115.8
818.8
100%
85.0
903.8
BFH, FHNW, FHO, HES-SO, HSLU, SUPSI, ZFH, Kalaidos. You will find
the breakdown by institution in the web version.
Without universities of teacher education of FHNW and ZFH
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Research centres, museums, libraries, individuals, companies,
non-profit organisations and not assignable to an institution
(e.g. Doc.Mobility, Early/Advanced Postdoc.Mobility)
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Use of approved amounts
Success rates
Amounts in CHF million
Success rate1
Total amount: CHF 818.8 million
18%
Total Women
Salaries and fellowships (incl. social security contributions)
4%
Projects
Materials of enduring value
Humanities and social sciences
Consumables
78%
Number of
Number of Approved
applications applications
amount
submitted
approved
Men
Total
Total
Total
54%
47%
56%
2,266
1,217
416.5
47%
43%
49%
705
334
95.0
Mathematics, natural and engineering sciences
63%
56%
64%
786
492
139.6
Biology and medicine
53%
46%
54%
669
352
166.2
Interdisciplinary research
37%
42%
34%
106
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15.8
4.6
Careers 2
Doc.CH
29%
25%
35%
94
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As in previous years, the approved funds were used by the researchers mainly to cover personnel
Doc.Mobility
56%
59%
54%
315
177
8.7
costs, whether for the financing of individual salaries / fellowships in the context of career funding
Early Postdoc.Mobility
59%
56%
61%
608
357
28.9
or for the appointment of personnel in research projects.
Advanced Postdoc.Mobility 3
49%
49%
49%
325
159
14.2
Marie Heim-Vögtlin grants (MHV)
22%
22%
–
175
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7.8
Ambizione
20%
14%
23%
305
60
30.4
SNSF professorships
18%
14%
19%
248
44
81.0
123.0
Programmes
Personnel in research projects
Nationale Centres of Competence in Research 4
13%
0%
15%
63
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National Research Programmes 5
27%
32%
24%
79
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7.5
International programmes
69%
74%
67%
189
130
21.2
Sinergia
47%
53%
46%
99
47
56.6
Special programmes biology and medicine 6
33%
33%
33%
27
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26.9
Infrastructures
81%
85%
81%
118
96
56.9
Science communication
84%
85%
84%
449
378
5.8
In total, the SNSF supported approximately 8,900 collaborators in 2013: around 5,300 through project
funding, 1,000 through career funding and 2,600 through programmes.
Scientists
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Personnel at doctoral level
Technicians, support staff
Total
1
Total
Women | Men
36%
44%
56%
51%
43%
57%
13%
65%
100%
46%
3
4
5
6
1
2
35%
54%
Senior researchers and postdocs
Ratio of the number of applications approved to the number of applications submitted
Success rates without follow-up applications
Incl. 15 grants from private foundations
Based on pre-proposals; approved amount for four years
Based on pre-proposals for NRP 69
Longitudinal studies
Funding for research projects primarily benefits the promotion of young scientists in Switzerland.
The SNSF analyses the differences between the success rates of female and male applicants every
Thus 76 percent of the collaborators are 35 years old or younger.
year. For this purpose, it has introduced a gender equality monitoring system that examines the
differences and attempts to identify the determining factors.
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Research landscape in Switzerland
Project funding: requested and approved amounts since 2005
Research and development: sources of financial support in Switzerland
CHF millions
2%
1,200
Total requested funding
1,100
Total approved funding
1,000
Amount requested by women
900
12%
Private industry
Federal authorities
10%
Cantons
Foreign sources
Amount granted to women
800
700
15%
61%
Other
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Total CHF 18.5 billion
The largest proportion of research and development (R&D)
Sources of finance for R&D
in Switzerland, excluding
flows of funds abroad
in Switzerland is funded privately. At 25 percent, public R&D
funding (federal and cantonal) lies nearly 10 percent below
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office,
as at 2012
the European average.
The demand for project funding has stabilised, albeit at a high level, after continually rising between
2005 and 2011.
Research and development: federal funding
4%
6%
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
24%
Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI)
European Union/Abroad
4%
Indirect financing at universities
Intramuros (R&D by the Confederation)
41%
20%
Total CHF 3.6 billion
Approximately a quarter of federal funding for R&D is distributed
Funding, including money going abroad
by the SNSF. The SNSF supports research at higher education
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office,
as at 2012
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Other direct financing
institutes and research institutions based on a competitive
evaluation procedure.
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Research and development: international comparison
Impact of scientific publications
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as a percentage of the GDP
Relative citation index
4.4
South Korea
2.9
Canada
105
Germany
105
Austria
2.8
Sweden
United States
2.8
Finland
2.4
Total OECD
105
104
103
France
2.3
France
107
Belgium
3.0
Germany
109
Denmark
3.1
Denmark
115
Netherlands
3.3
Japan
116
United Kingdom
3.4
Switzerland
117
Switzerland
3.5
Finland
Sweden
120
United States
4.2
Israel
102
Australia
Belgium
2.2
Austria
99
Singapore (2011)
2.2
Norway
99
2.2
New Zealand
Netherlands
2.1
EU-15
0
2.0
EU-28
1.7
Canada
0
1
97
20
40
60
80
100
120
The relative citation index provides a measure for the impact of publications. Switzerland
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In 2012, Switzerland invested 3.1 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in R&D,
thereby ranking sixth.
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lies 17 percentage points above the global average and holds second place.
15 countries with the best percentage.
Source: Thomson Reuters (SCI/SSCI/A&HCI), adaptation SERI, 2013.
Calculations are based on publications from the years 2007–2011.
15 countries with the highest values as well as EU-15, EU-28 and OECD. Listed are countries whose results and/or
scientific and technological standards are comparable with those of Switzerland.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, OECD, as at 2012
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Patents*
Number per million inhabitants
123
Japan
110
Switzerland
94
Sweden
70
Germany
68
Finland
53
Denmark
52
Netherlands
50
Austria
45
United States
45
Korea
44
Israel
39
Total OECD
39
Luxembourg
38
France
37
Belgium
28
EU-27
26
Norway
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
In relation to its inhabitants, Switzerland has an above-average number of registered
patents. With regard to the number of triadic patent families*, Switzerland is in second
place after Japan on the OECD ranking.
15 countries with the highest values as well as EU-27 and OECD.
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office, OECD, as at 2010, updated 2013
* Patents that have been registered simultaneously with European and
Japanese patent offices as well as granted by the US Patent &
Trademark Office (triadic patent families).
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Further information
Knowledge is the key
to the future.
Research creates knowledge.
General information
> www.snsf.ch
Research magazine Horizons
> www.snsf.ch/horizons
Research database P3 (approved grants since 1975)
> www.snf.ch/p3
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