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Communication dvision: Christophe Giovannini (Head), Project management: Helen Zwahlen-Jaisli/Alan Knaus
Concept and content: Stefan Bachmann, Jean-Luc Barras, Mirko Bischofberger, Daniela Büschlen, Nathalie Cottet, Gabriele Gendotti, Urs Hafner, Daniel Höchli, Ingrid Kissling-Näf, Angelika Kalt, Alan Knaus, Markus König, Marcel Kullin, Andrea Landolt, Alexandra Lovey, Tristan Maillard, Andi Michel, Christian Mottas, Katrin Milzow, Veronika Riesen, Daniel Saraga, Daniel Sebastiani, Sandra Schori, Martin Vetterli, Martin von Arx, Maya Widmer, Aysim Yilmaz, Helen Zwahlen-Jaisli
Production: Veronika Riesen
Corinne Ammann, Omar Solanki
Linkgroup AG, Zurich
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© 2016 — Swiss National Science Foundation, Berne
Zeljko Gataric, Zurich
www.gataric-fotografie.ch
(front pages/picture series p. 4, p. 20–23, p. 36–37)
www.sciencephoto.com
(front pages/picture series)
Other images:
SNSF/Severin Nowacki; Koldby.com; Körber-Stiftung/Friedrun Reinhold; SNSF/Severin Nowacki; Fotolia/R. Roulet; SNSF/Benjamin Lehmann, UniL; Fotolia/atScene; Fotolia/Digitalpress; SNSF/Veronika Riesen; Fotolia/Eisenhans; SNSF/Daniel Rihs (content, from left to right)
Fotolia/sonjanovak (p. 7); SNSF/Severin Nowacki (p. 9 left); SNSF/Marco Finsterwald (p. 9 right); SNSF (p. 10); SNSF/Jan Beutler, NCCR MICS (p. 11 left); Fotolia/Digitalpress (p. 11 right above and below); courtesy of Ursula Keller, Fabrizio Butera, Franz Caspar, courtesy of Lea Schütz-Cohen (Beatrice Beck-Schimmer) (p. 12–13); SNSF (p. 14 above); HFSJG (p. 14 centre); SNSF/Daniel Rihs (p. 14 below); Koldby.com (p. 15); UKBB Business (p. 16 above); Fotolia/ Eisenhans (p. 16 centre); SNSF/Daniel Rihs (p. 17); Körber-Stiftung/Friedrun Reinhold (p. 18); Fotolia/Anterovium (p. 19 above); SNSF/Benjamin Lehmann, UniL (p. 19 below); SNSF/Severin Nowacki, SNSF/Andreas Greber, SNSF/Mauro Mellone, SNSF/Valérie Chételat (p. 24–25 from left to right)
In fiscal year 2015, the SNSF carried out a comprehensive risk assessment authorised by the Executive Committee of the Foundation Council. According to the completed risk assessment and in light of measures put in place for monitoring and mitigating risks, no risks were identified in the past fiscal year that could lead to a lasting or substantial impairment of the financial situation of the Swiss National Science Foundation. The assessment of the SNSF found no significant risk for the foreseeable future that would necessitate an adjustment in the book values of the Foundation’s assets and liabilities.