National Research Council

President
Prof Matthias Egger

Presiding Board Prof Matthias Egger.
President Division I: Prof Ola Söderström.
President Division II: Prof Harald Brune (until 31.3.2017), Prof Arjen K. Lenstra (from 1.4.2017).
President Division III: Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre.
President Division IV: Prof Katharina M. Fromm (Deputy to the President of the NRC).
President Specialised Committee Careers: Prof Beatrice Beck Schimmer.
President Specialised Committee International Cooperation: Prof Urs Baltensperger.
President Specialised Committee Interdisciplinary Research: Prof Rita Franceschini.

Division I: Humanities and Social Sciences Prof Ola Söderström (President); Prof Corina Caduff (Vice President); Prof Peter Auer, Prof Claudio Bolzman, Prof Roberto Caldara, Prof Franz Caspar, Prof Véronique Dasen, Prof Christiana Fountoulakis, Prof Rita Franceschini, Prof Dario Gamboni, Prof Madeleine Herren-Oesch, Prof Katharina Maag Merki, Prof Ioannis Papadopoulos, Prof Jörg Rössel, Prof Konrad Schmid (from 1.10.2017), Prof Sabine Schneider, Prof Silvia Schroer (until 30.9.2017), Prof Paul Söderlind, Prof Martin Spann (from 1.4.2017), Prof Danièle Tosato-Rigo, Prof Georg von Krogh, Prof Eric Widmer (until 30.9.2017), Prof Markus Wild.

Division II: Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences Prof Harald Brune (President until 31.3.2017); Prof Arjen K. Lenstra (Vice President until 31.3.2017, President from 1.4.2017); Prof Thomas Gehrmann (Vice President from 1.4.2017); Prof Rémi Abgrall, Prof Urs Baltensperger, Prof David Andrew
Barry, Prof Eva Bayer-Flückiger, Prof Christian Bernhard, Prof Aude Billard (from 1.10.2017), Dr Marc Bohner, Prof Michal Borkovec (until 30.9.2017), Prof Joachim Buhmann (from 1.10.2017), Prof Ruth Durrer, Prof Paul Dyson, Prof Antonio Ereditato (until 30.9.2017), Prof Karl Gademann (from 1.10.2017), Dr Bernd Gotsmann, Prof Christoph Heinrich, Prof Juliane Hollender, Prof Kai Johnsson (until 30.9.2017), Prof Ursula Keller, Prof Samuel Leutwyler, Prof Marcel Mayor, Prof Alberto Morpurgo (from 1.4.2017), Prof Bradley Nelson (until 30.9.2017), Prof Oscar Nierstrasz, Prof Fritz Schlunegger, Prof Olivier Schneider (from 1.10.2017), Prof Lothar Thiele.

Division III: Biology and Medicine­Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre (President); Prof Hugues Abriel (Vice President); Prof Markus Affolter, Prof Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Prof Chris Boesch, Prof Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Prof Dominique De Quervain, Prof Bart Deplancke (from 1.10.2017), Prof Michael Detmar, Prof Marc Yves Donath, Prof Markus Fischer, Prof Cem Gabay, Prof Huldrych Fritz Günthard, Prof Markus Hermann Heim, Prof Petra Hüppi, Prof Beat Keller, Prof Laurent Keller, Prof Claudia Kühni, Prof Kaspar Locher, Prof Christian Lüscher, Prof Andreas Lüthi, Prof Adrian Franz Ochsenbein, Prof Matthias Peter, Prof Anita Rauch, Prof Walter Reith, Prof Markus Stoffel, Prof Bernard Thorens, Prof Didier Trono, Prof Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Prof Rolf Zeller.

Division IV: ProgrammesProf Katharina M. Fromm (President); Regina Elisabeth Aebi-Müller (Vice President); Prof Anastasia Ailamaki, Prof Uschi Backes-Gellner, Prof Manfred Max Bergman, Prof Claudia Binder, Prof Susanna Burghartz, Prof Jan Carmeliet, Prof Friedrich Eisenbrand, Prof Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Prof Alexander Grob, Prof Stefanie Hellweg, Prof Michael O. Hottiger, Prof Isabelle Mansuy, Prof Andreas Mayer, Prof Katharina Michaelowa, Prof Nicolas Rodondi, Prof Philipp Rudolf von Rohr, Prof Frank Scheffold, Prof Dirk van der Marel.

Specialised Committee CareersProf Beatrice Beck Schimmer (President); Prof Michal Borkovec (Vice President until 28.2.2017); Prof Fritz Schlunegger (Vice President from 1.3.2017); Prof Eva Bayer-Flückiger, Prof Susanna Burghartz, Prof Markus Fischer, Prof Michael O. Hottiger, Prof Petra Hüppi, Prof Samuel Leutwyler (from 1.3.2017), Prof Ioannis Papadopoulos, Prof Sabine Schneider.

Specialised Committee International Cooperation Prof Urs Baltensperger (President); Prof Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (Vice President from 1.3.2017); Prof Véronique Dasen, Prof Markus Heim (until 31.3.2017), Prof Christoph Heinrich (from 1.2.2017), Prof Madeleine Herren-Oesch, Prof Katharina Michaelowa, Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre, Prof Bernard Thorens (from 1.2.2017), Prof Eric Widmer (until 30.9.2017).

Specialised Committee Interdisciplinary Research Prof Rita Franceschini (President); Prof Walter Reith (Vice President); Prof Lucio Baccaro (until 31.8.2017), Prof David Andrew Barry, Prof Claudio Bolzman, Prof Antonio Ereditato (until 31.10.2017), Prof Alexander Grob, Prof Andreas Lüthi, Prof Sylvain Malfroy (until 31.10.2017), Prof Simone Munsch (until 31.3.2017), Prof Francesco Stellacci, Prof Dirk van der Marel, Prof Christoph Zollikofer.

Commission on Gender Equality in Research Funding Prof Susan M. Gasser (President); Prof Thomas Hinz, Dr des. Simona Isler (from 1.3.2017), Prof Nicky Le Feuvre, Gary Loke, Dr h.c. Patricia Schulz, Prof Anna Wahl.

Commission on Research IntegrityProf Kurt Seelmann (President until 31.7.2017); Prof Nadja Capus (President from 1.8.2017); Prof Regina Aebi-Müller (Vice President from 8.6.2017, until then n.n.); Prof David Andrew Barry, Dr Marco Bieri, Dr Stéphanie Boder-Pasche (from 1.11.2017), Prof Corina Caduff, Dr Martin Christen, Prof Anna Fontcuberta i Morral (from 1.5.2017), Prof Alexander Grob, Dr Stephanie Hoppeler (from 1.11.2017), Prof Michael O. Hottiger, Dr Marjory Hunt (until 31.5.2017), Dr Patricia Jungo (until 31.3.2017), Dr Liz Kohl, Claudia Lautenschütz, Dr Véronique Planchamp (until 30.6.2017), Dr Claudia Rutte (from 1.6.2017), Elisabeth Schenker (until 31.10.2017), Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre (until 30.4.2017), Prof Didier Trono, Dr Martin von Arx, Gilles Wasser.

Further information -> www.snsf.ch/nrc

Bodies of the SNSF

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funds research in Switzerland on behalf of the Swiss government. The bodies of the SNSF are responsible for the scientific evaluation and funding of project proposals submitted by researchers.

Foundation Council

President
Gabriele Gendotti, former member of cantonal government

Vice President
Prof Felicitas Pauss

Representatives of scientific organisations
Cantonal Universities

Basel:Prof Edwin Ch. Constable.
Bern: Prof Daniel Candinas.
Fribourg: Prof Thomas Hunkeler.
Geneva: Prof Jean-Luc Veuthey.
Lausanne: Prof Franciska Krings.
Lucerne: Prof Martin Baumann.
Neuchâtel: Prof Simona Pekarek Doehler.
St. Gallen: Prof Kuno Schedler.
Ticino: Prof Bertil Cottier.
Zurich: Prof Thomas Hengartner.

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
Lausanne:Prof Sabine Süsstrunk.
Zurich: Prof Sabine Werner.

Universities of applied sciences/universities of teacher education
Prof Erwin Beck (PH SG), Prof Maria Caiata (SUPSI), Prof Barbara Fontanellaz (FHS-SG), Prof Markus Hodel (HSLU), Prof Thomas D. Meier (ZHdK), ProfFalko Schlottig (FHNW), Dr Luciana Vaccaro (HES-SO), Prof Guillaume Vanhulst (HEP-VD).

Academies
Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences: Prof Maurice Campagna.
SAHS: Prof Claudine Burton-Jeangros.
SAMS: Prof Peter Meier-Abt (until 30.9.2017), Prof Daniel Scheidegger (from 1.10.2017).
SATW: Dr dipl.-Ing. Monica Duca Widmer.
SCNAT:
Prof Felicitas Pauss, Prof Marcel Tanner.

Government-appointed members
Judith Bucher (VPOD), Gabriele Gendotti (former member of cantonal government Ticino), Dr Gregor Haefliger (SERI), Prof Dr h.c. Barbara Haering, Prof Martina Hirayama (Director ZHAW), Dr René Imhof (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd), Dr dipl.-Phys. Ulrich Jakob Looser (economiesuisse), Anne-Catherine Lyon (Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK), former member of cantonal government VD).

Co-opted members
Prof Denis Duboule (University of Geneva and EPF Lausanne), Nadine Felix (Stiftung Mercator Schweiz) (until 30.6.2017), Prof Susan Gasser (Director of Friedrich Miescher Institute) (until 30.11.2017), Prof Marc-André Gonin (BFH Biel, swissuniversities), Prof Janet Hering (Director of Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Eawag), Dr Fritz Schiesser (President ETH Board), Dr Nenad Stojanovic (Actionuni).

Executive Committee

Gabriele Gendotti (former member of cantonal government, President); Prof Felicitas Pauss (Vice President); Prof Erwin Beck, Prof Daniel Candinas, Prof Edwin Constable, Prof Denis Duboule, Dr Gregor Haefliger, Prof Thomas Hengartner, Prof Franciska Krings, Dr dipl.-Phys. Ulrich Jakob Looser, Prof Kuno Schedler, Prof Sabine Süsstrunk, Dr Luciana Vaccaro, Prof Jean-Luc Veuthey, Prof Sabine Werner.

Internal Audit
T+R SA, Gümligen BE.

Compliance Committee
Prof Franciska Krings (President from 3.6.2017), Prof Howard Riezman (President until 2.6.2017, member from 3.6.2017); Prof em. Klaus Müller, Prof Monika Roth, Dr Dorothea Sturn.

Research Commissions

Presidents of the Research Commissions at Swiss institutions of higher education institutions
Basel: Prof Andreas Papassotiropoulos.
Bern: Prof René Bloch.
Fribourg:­ Prof Thierry Collaud.
Geneva:
Prof Pierre Barrouillet.
Lausanne: Prof Martin Preisig.
Lucerne: Prof Martin Baumann.
Neuchâtel: Prof Pascal Felber.
St. Gallen: Prof Michael Lechner.
Ticino: Prof Rico Maggi.
Zurich: Prof Christoph Hock (until 31.7.2017); Prof Michael Schaepman (from 1.8.2017).
EPF Lausanne: Prof Kay Severin.
ETH Zurich:
Prof Uwe Sauer.

Administrative Offices

Executive Management 
Director: Dr Angelika Kalt.
Deputy Director: Dr François Baumgartner.
Vice Director: Rosemarie Pécaut.
Heads of Staff Services 
Executive Staff/Legal Department: Inge Blatter. 
Communication: Christophe Giovannini.
Heads of Strategy Services
Strategy Support: Dr Katrin Milzow
Data and Systems in Research Funding (DSF): Benjamin Rindlisbacher.
Heads of Research Funding divisions 
Division I, Humanities and Social Sciences: Dr Ingrid Kissling-Näf.
Division II, Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences: Dr Tristan Maillard (until 14.2.2017), Dr Thomas Werder Schläpfer (from 1.5.2017).
Division III, Biology and Medicine: Dr Aysim Yılmaz.
Division IV, Programmes: Dr  Dimitri Sudan. 
Careers division: Dr Marcel Kullin. 
Interdisciplinary and International Co-operation division (InterCo)/Swiss-Core: Dr Jean-Luc Barras.
Gender Equality in Research Funding: Dr des. Simona Isler (from 1.3.2017).
Heads of Central Services  Director: Rosemarie Pécaut. 
Human Resources: Karim Errassas. 
Finance: Markus König.
IT Infrastructure Services: René Liechti (until 30.6.2017).
IT Business Services: Mario Andenmatten (until 30.6.2017).
Information Technology: Mario Andenmatten (from 1.7.2017).
Logistics: Jesper Ott.