Three new National Research Programmes (NRPs) were approved by the Federal Council in June 2015. NRP 75 is focused on the technical and societal issues raised by big data, NRP 72 targets global approaches against the rise of antimicrobial resistance and NRP 74 considers ways of improving the Swiss health care system. The SNSF published the calls for proposals in autumn 2015. The projects will be chosen and announced by the end of 2016 and start in spring 2017. A fourth programme comprising research on sustainable economy, NRP 73, was approved in March 2016.
Focused on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, the NRPs generate scientific knowledge aimed at solving Switzerland’s most pressing problems.