International advisory board

A fresh view from the outside

Members of the SNSF Advisory Board (from left to right): Willi Paul, Consenec; Caroline Bassett, University of Sussex; Agneta Bladh, Swedish Research Council; Frank Miedema, University of Utrecht. Not in the picture: Pearl Dykstra, University of Rotterdam.

At the end of 2018, the new international advisory board of the SNSF started its work. The board consists of five experienced scientists who have proven themselves as influential thinkers. “The advisory board offers us a fresh view from the outside,” says SNSF Director Angelika Kalt. “It is able to highlight strengths, weaknesses or gaps, and it identifies challenges that lie ahead.”

At their first meeting, the members of the advisory board stressed the importance of seeing science as a network in which researchers, their institutions, funding organisations and the general public are all interconnected. They recommended that the SNSF continue to promote a completely open science system which ensures free access to data and results.