Bodies of the Swiss National Science Foundation

The bodies of the SNSF work at different levels towards a common goal: scientific evaluation and financing of the projects 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, Deputy Prof Erich Nigg.
Berne: Prof Christian Leumann, Deputy Prof Walter Perrig.
Fribourg: Prof Fritz Müller, Deputy Prof Jean-Pierre Montani.
Geneva: Prof Howard Riezman, Deputy Prof Ueli Schibler.
Lausanne: Prof Jacques Besson, Deputy Prof  Alexandrine Schniewind.
Lucerne: Prof  Martin Baumann, Deputy Prof Bernhard Rütsche (until 31.8.2015), Deputy Prof Klaus Mathis (from 1.9.2015).
Neuchâtel: Prof Kilian Stoffel, Deputy Prof Alain Valette.
St. Gallen: Prof Kuno Schedler, Deputy Prof Torsten Tomczak.
Ticino: Prof Bertil Cottier, Deputy Prof Massimo Filippini.
Zurich: Prof Thomas Hengartner, Deputy Prof Roger M. Nitsch.

Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology ->
Lausanne: Prof Stephan Morgenthaler, Deputy vacant. 
Zurich: Prof Lucas Bretschger, Deputy Prof Nicholas Spencer (until 31.8.2015), Prof Uwe Sauer (from 1.9.2015).

swissuniversities –  Chamber of universities-> Prof Martine Rahier, Deputy Dr Raymond Werlen (until 31.8.2015), Deputy Dr Anne Crausaz Esseiva (from 1.9.2015).

swissuniversities – Chamber of universities of applied sciences->Dr Jakob Limacher, Deputy Prof Luca Crivelli; Prof Markus Hodel, Deputy Prof Lukas Rohr; Prof Thomas D. Meier, Deputy Prof Michel Fontaine; Prof Luciana Vaccaro, Deputy Prof Ursula Blosser.

swissuniversities – Chamber of universities of teacher education-> Prof Erwin Beck, Deputy Prof Luca Botturi.

ETH Board-> Dr Fritz Schiesser, Deputy Privatdozent Dr Kurt Baltensperger.
Swiss Lawyers Association -> Prof Regula Kägi-Diener, Deputy Prof Christian Schwarzenegger.

Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) -> Prof Klaus Neusser, Deputy Prof Volker Grossmann.

Actionuni-> Georg Winterberger (until 31.3.2015), Dr Nenad Stojanovic (from 1.4.2015), Deputy Irmtraud Huber (from 1.4.2015).

Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences -> 
SAHS: Prof Simona Pekarek Doehler, Deputy Dr Markus Zürcher.
SAMS: Prof Peter Meier-Abt, Deputy Prof Verena Briner.
SCNAT:
Prof Felicitas Pauss, Deputy Prof Thierry Courvoisier.
SATW: Prof Ulrich W. Suter, Deputy Dr Monica Duca Widmer.

Government appointed members
Judith Bucher (VPOD), Deputy Véronique Polito (SGB); Isabelle Chassot (Director of the Federal Office of Culture), no deputy; Gabriele Gendotti (former member of cantonal government [Ticino]), no deputy; Dr Barbara Haering (former National Councillor), Deputy vacant; Dr René Imhof (F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.), no deputy; Dr Wolfgang A. Renner (Synthena Ltd.), no deputy; Prof Luzius Mader (FOJ), Deputy Dr Werner Bussmann (FOJ); vacant (Pro Helvetia), Deputy Marianne Burki (Pro Helvetia); Dr Gregor Haefliger (SERI), Deputy vacant; dipl. Phys. Ulrich Jakob Looser (economiesuisse), Deputy Dr Rudolf Minsch (economiesuisse); dipl. Ing. Walter Steinlin (CTI), Deputy Dr Klara Sekanina (CTI) (until 31.3.2015), vacant (from 1.4.2015)

Executive Committee

Gabriele Gendotti (former member of cantonal government, President), Prof Felicitas Pauss (Vice President), Prof Jacques Besson, Prof Lucas Bretschger, Prof Bertil Cottier, Dr Gregor Haefliger, Prof Thomas Hengartner, Prof Christian Leumann, dipl. Phys. Ulrich Jakob Looser, Prof Fritz Müller, Prof Martine Rahier, Dr Wolfgang A. Renner, Prof Howard Riezman, dipl. Ing. Walter Steinlin, Prof Luciana Vaccaro (from 27.3.2015).

Internal Audit
ERM Solutions AG, Wil SG.

Compliance Committee
Walter Steinlin (President), Prof  Klaus Müller, Prof  Howard Riezman, Prof Monika Roth, Dr Dorothea Sturn.

National Research Council

President
Prof Martin Vetterli


Presiding Board -> Prof Martin Vetterli.
President Division I: Prof Paul Schubert.
President Division II: Prof Harald Brune.
President Division III:
Prof Urs Frey.
President Division IV: Prof Peter Chen (until 31.1.2015), Prof Katharina M. Fromm (from 1.6.2015).
President Specialised Committee Careers: Prof Katia Saporiti (Deputy to the President of the NRC).
President Specialised Committee International Cooperation: Prof Urs Baltensperger.
President Specialised Committee Interdisciplinary Research:
Prof Laurent Tissot (until 30.9.2015), Prof Rita Franceschini (from 1.10.2015).


Division I: Humanities and Social Sciences -> Prof Paul Schubert (President); Prof Friedrich Wilkening (Vice President ); Prof Claudio Bolzman, Prof Monica Budowski, Prof Corina Caduff, Prof Franz Caspar, Prof Christiana Fountoulakis (from 1.10.2015), Prof Rita Franceschini, Prof Andreas Furrer (until 30.9.2015), Prof Dario Gamboni, Prof Annelies Häcki Buhofer, Prof Alessandro Lomi, Prof Katharina Maag Merki, Prof Jon Mathieu, Prof Ioannis Papadopoulos, Prof Katia Saporiti, Prof Sabine Schneider, Prof Silvia Schroer, Prof Peter Schulz, Prof Paul Söderlind, Prof Ola Söderström, Prof Laurent Tissot, Prof Georg von Krogh, Prof Eric Widmer.


Division II: Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences -> Prof Harald Brune (President); Prof Samuel Leutwyler (Vice President); Prof Rémi Abgrall (from 1.10.2015), Prof Urs Baltensperger, Prof David Andrew Barry, Prof Lukas Baumgartner (until 31.3.2015), Prof Eva Bayer-Flückiger, Prof Christian Bernhard, Prof Michal Borkovec, Dr Urs Dürig, Prof Antonio Ereditato, Prof Thomas Gehrmann, Prof Christoph Heinrich (from 1.4.2015), Prof Juliane Hollender, Prof Kai Johnsson, Prof Ursula Keller, Prof Arjen K. Lenstra, Prof Simon Lilly, Prof Marcel Mayor, Prof Bradley Nelson, Prof Oscar Nierstrasz, Prof Fritz Schlunegger, Prof Lothar Thiele, Prof Antonio Togni, Prof Sara van de Geer (until 30.9.2015), Dr Marco Wieland.


Division III: Biology and Medicine -> Prof Urs Frey (President); Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre (Vice President); Prof Hugues Abriel, Prof Markus Affolter, Prof Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Prof Chris Boesch, Prof Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Prof Thierry Calandra (until 30.9.2015), Prof Dominique De Quervain (from 1.10.2015), Prof Michael Detmar, Prof Marc Yves Donath, Prof Matthias Egger, Prof Markus Fischer, Prof Cem Gabay (from 1.10.2015), Prof Stephan Grzesiek, Prof Huldrych Fritz Günthard, Prof Michael N. Hall, Prof Markus Hermann Heim, Prof Christoph Hock (until 31.3.2015), Prof Petra Hüppi, Prof Beat Keller, Prof Laurent Keller, Prof Christian Lüscher, Prof Andreas Lüthi, Prof Anita Rauch, Prof Walter Reith, Prof Markus Stoffel, Prof George Thalmann, Prof Bernard Thorens, Prof Didier Trono, Prof Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Prof Rolf Zeller.


Division IV: Programmes -> Prof Peter Chen (President until 31.1.2015), Prof Katharina M. Fromm (President from 1.6.2015); Prof Frédéric Varone (Vice President ); Prof Regina Elisabeth Aebi-Müller, Prof Kay W. Axhausen, Prof  Nina Buchmann, Prof  Susanna Burghartz, Prof  Fabrizio Butera, Prof Christoph Dehio, Prof Friedrich Eisenbrand, Prof Fontcuberta i Morral (from 1.10.2015), Prof Dominique Foray, Prof Alexander Grob, Prof Stefanie Hellweg, Prof Michael O. Hottiger, Prof Isabelle Mansuy, Prof Katharina Michaelowa, Prof Philipp Rudolf von Rohr, Prof Frank Scheffold, Prof Jürg Ulrich Steiger, Prof Dirk van der Marel.


Specialised Committee Careers ->  Prof Katia Saporiti (President); Prof Michal Borkovec (Vice President); Prof Eva Bayer-Flückiger, Prof Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Prof Nina Buchmann, Prof Susanna Burghartz, Prof Markus Fischer, Prof Petra Hüppi, Prof Fritz Schlunegger, Prof Peter J. Schulz.


Specialised Committee International Cooperation -> Prof Urs Baltensperger (President); Dr Marco Wieland (Vice President); Prof Kay W. Axhausen, Prof Monica Budowski, Prof Markus Heim, Prof Jon Mathieu, Prof Katharina Michaelowa, Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre, Prof Jürg Ulrich Steiger.


Specialised Committee Interdisciplinary Research -> Prof Laurent Tissot (President until 30.9.2015), Prof Rita Franceschini (President from 1.10.2015); Prof Alessandro Lomi (Vice President); Prof Lucio Baccaro, Prof David Andrew Barry, Prof Matthias Egger (from 1.10.2015), Prof Antonio Ereditato, Prof Alexander Grob (from 1.4.2015), Prof Jana Koehler, Prof Andreas Lüthi, Prof Sylvain Malfroy, Prof Simone Munsch, Prof Walter Reith, Prof Philipp Rudolf von Rohr (until 31.3.2015), Prof Ian Sanders, Prof Francesco Stellacci, Prof George Thalmann (until 30.9.2015), Prof Dirk van der Marel, Prof Christoph Zollikofer.

Commission on Gender Equality in Research Funding -> Prof Dr Susan M. Gasser (President); Prof Dr Thomas Hinz, Prof Dr Nicky Le Feuvre, Gary Loke, Patricia Schulz, Prof Dr Anna Wahl, Maya Widmer.


Commission on Research Integrity ->
  Prof Dr iur. Dr h.c. Kurt Seelmann (President); Prof Andreas Furrer (Vice President until 22.6.2015), Prof Dr iur. Matthias Mahlmann (Vice President from 23.6.2015); Prof Beatrice Beck Schimmer, Dr Martin Christen, Dr Patricia Jungo (from 1.9.2015), Dr Liz Kohl, Prof Katharina M. Fromm, Marie Guyaz del Aguila, Prof Michael Hall, Dr Marjory Hunt, Prof Arjen K. Lenstra, Dr Véronique Planchamp, Dr Juliette Pont (until 31.8.2015), Prof Ian Sanders, Elisabeth Schenker, Prof Dominique Soldati-Favre, Beatrice Tobler-Miescher, Dr Martin von Arx (from 1.4.2015).


Further information -> www.snsf.ch/nrc

Research Commissions

Presidents of the Research Commissions at Swiss institutions of higher education -> 
Basel: Prof Primo Schär.
Berne: Prof René Bloch.
Fribourg:­ Prof Martin Wallmeier.
Geneva:
Prof Rita Trigo Trindade (until 31.7.2015), Prof Pierre Barrouillet (from 1.8.2015).
Lausanne: Prof Martin Preisig (from 1.1.2015). Lucerne: Prof Martin Baumann.
Luzern: Prof. Martin Baumann.
Neuchâtel: Prof Pascal Felber.
St. Gallen: Prof Michael Lechner.
Ticino: Prof Rico Maggi.
Zurich: Prof Daniel Wyler (until 31.1.2015), Prof Christoph Hock (from 1.2.2015).
EPF Lausanne: Prof Benoît Deveaud-Plédran.
ETH Zurich:
Prof Nicholas Spencer (until 31.8.2015), Prof Uwe Sauer (from 1.9.2015).

Administrative Offices

Executive Management -> Director: Dr Daniel Höchli. Deputy Director: Dr Angelika Kalt. Vice Director: Rosemarie Pécaut.
Heads of Staff Services -> Executive Staff/Legal Department: Inge Blatter. 
Communication: Jürg Dinner (until 30.11.2015), Christophe Giovannini (from 9.11.2015).
Gender Equality in Research Funding: Maya Widmer.
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.
Division III, Biology and Medicine: Dr Aysim Yılmaz.
Division IV, Programmes: Dr Dimitri Sudan. 
Division Careers: Dr Marcel Kullin. 
Division Interdivisional Co-ordination and Cooperative Research (CoRe):Dr Angelika Kalt.
Division International Co-operation/ SwissCore: Dr Jean-Luc Barras.
Heads of Central Services -> Leitung: Rosemarie Pécaut. 
Human Resources: Karim Errassas (from 12.10.2015).  
Strategic Planning and Controlling: Dr Katrin Milzow. 
Finances: Markus König.
IT Infrastructure Services: René Liechti.
IT Business Services: Mario Andenmatten.
Logistics: Jesper Ott.