User:Iopensa/Funding of research in Switzerland

Funding of research in Switzerland are funds devoted to support research implemented by Swiss universities and research institutions and by scientists and academics of any nationality working in Switzerland. Fundings are provided by public bodies (i.e. federal agencies, cantons, universities and organizations with a federal mandate) and private organizations (in particular foundations).

Federal funds
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) is in charged of education and research and it implements its mandate with the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). The State Secretariat is responsible for the ETH Domain, and it coordinates the Swiss cantonal universities, the recognition of cantonal or foreign diplomas and Swiss participation in international projects in education. It is also responsible for the finances of the Swiss National Science Foundation and for Swiss participation in international research projects.

Swiss National Science Foundation
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is a science research support organization mandated by the Swiss Federal Government. Together with the four academies of sciences thy are designating to promote research in Switzerland. The SNSF provides funding for research projects, academic careers, programs, infrastructures and science communication. The foundation also provides research services (information, news and guidelines), a database of accomplished and current research (Research database 3P and links to other funding opportunities.

Swiss academies of Sciences
Swiss Science and Technology Council

Board of the Federal Insitutes of Technology Central Office of the Swiss Universities Réseau FUTURE

CTI - Commission for Technology and Innovation
CTI - The Innovation Promotion Agency is also known as KTI - Förderagentur für Innovation and CTI - L'agence pour la promotion de l'innovation. The agency supports market-oriented research and development projects, the creation and development of start-up companies, and knowledge and technology transfer.

SNIS Swiss Network for International Studies
SNIS Swiss Network for International Studies is an institution founded in 2008 by the Canton of Geneva and the Swiss Confederation (State Secretariat of Research and Education) which supports interdisciplinary academic research in the field of international studies specifically focused on transnational phenomena. Within its organiation SNIS involves International Organizations which have their headquarter in Geneva. The funding programme of SNIS provides support for research projects and international conferences; the programme also includes an award for thesis in international studies accomplished in a Swiss University. SNIS receives fundings from the State Secretariat for Education and Research of the Swiss Confederation, and the Department of Public Instruction of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.

International
The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation manages the Swiss participation in international research projects and programs.

European programs
Euresearch network provides information possibilities and procedures of involvement in European research activities.
 * 7th Framework Programme of the European Union for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013)
 * Horizon 2010
 * European Technology Platforms
 * Eurostars: support for SMEs
 * Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)
 * ERA-NET / ERA-NET+ (ERA European Research Area)
 * Joint Technology Initiatives
 * ARTEMIS and ENIAC
 * The EU Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP)
 * Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)
 * COST, European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research.

Swiss Bilateral Research Programs
Switzerland has bilateral research programs with Brazil, China, Côte d'Ivoire, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, South Corea, Tanzania.

Cooperation with Eastern Europe
SCOPES - Scientific co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland - is a programme financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC)

Swiss involvement in international research organisations

 * European Space Agency ESA, Paris
 * CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva
 * COST, European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research
 * ESRF, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble
 * ILL, Institute Max von Laue - Paul Langevin, Grenoble
 * Schweizer Fusionsforschung im internationalen Umfeld
 * European Southern Observatory ESO, Garching near Munich and Telescope in Chile
 * European Molecular Biology Conference EMBC, Heidelberg
 * EMBL, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg
 * Switzerland's international cooperation in research in the field of interdisciplinary life sciences in the context of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization
 * Switzerland's international cooperation in the field of Mediterranean research with the CIESM (International Commission for the Scientific Research of the Mediterranean Sea)
 * European XFEL: European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, Hamburg
 * EUREKA
 * Intelligent Manufacturing Systems IMS
 * FP, EU's Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development