The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is a science research support organization mandated by the Swiss Federal Government. The SNSF was established in 1952 as a foundation under private law. Its secretariat is based in Bern.

The SNSF promotes research through evaluating projects and granting funds. Its grants go to research projects mainly by supporting individuals.

See also

• Science and technology in Switzerland
  Science and technology in Switzerland
  Science and technology in Switzerland play an important role in economy as very few natural resources are available in the country. The Swiss National Science Foundation, mandated by the Federal government, is the most important institute promoting scientific research.The raw output of scientific...
  
  
• National Science Foundation
  National Science Foundation
  The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
  
   (an American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   organization)
• Swiss Academy of Sciences
  Swiss Academy of Sciences
  The Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences is a Swiss organization that supports and networks the sciences at a regional, national and international level...
  
  

National Centres of Competence in Research (NCCRs)

• NCCR IM2
  Interactive Multimodal Information Management (IM)2
  Interactive Multimodal Information Management is one the 20 Swiss National Centres of Competence in Research aiming at boosting research and development in several areas considered of strategic importance to the Swiss economy...
  
  
• Swiss Nanoscience Institute
  Swiss Nanoscience Institute
  The Swiss Nanoscience Institute emerged from the National Centre of Competence in Research on Nanoscale Science and forms a key focus of research at the University of Basel. The SNI combines basic research with applied research. Researchers are engaged in various projects involving nanoscale...
  
  
• NCCR Trade Regulation
  NCCR Trade Regulation
  NCCR Trade Regulation is a research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. It comprises 12 trade-related IP topics, seeks to aid regulators in promoting coherence within a fragmented system of international trade regulations, and is directed by Professor Thomas Cottier, of the...
  
  
• NCCR MaNEP

External links

• The Swiss National Science Foundations own web page