SNSF Projects at the ºÚÁϳԹÏ
UniBE researchers participate in around 680 SNSF projects
The Swiss National Science Foundation is the most important third-party funder for researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏ.
In 2025 alone, the yearly contribution amounted to around CHF 120 million (source: UniBE Annual Report).
An overview of the amount of funding received in the past years is available on the .
Below you will find a selection of ongoing projects. You can find a complete list of all the projects with ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï participation on the .
Programme grants
National Centres of Competence in Research
- Origin, evolution and characterisation of planets
Director: Willy Benz (Physics Institute)
Duration: 01.06.2014 - 31.05.2026
- Understanding the role of RNA biology in disease mechanisms
Director: Oliver Mühlemann (Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Duration: 01.05.2014 - 30.04.2026
National Research Programmes
– Gender Medicine and Health
– Covid-19 in Society
- Advancing 3R – Research, Animals and Society
Sinergia
Co-PI: Axel Rominger
Duration: 01.09.2024 – 31.08.2028
Co-PI: Benoît Zuber
Duration: 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2028
Co-PI: Jürg Gertsch
Duration: 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2028
Co-PI: Miroslav Novak
Duration: 01.02.2024 – 31.01.2028
Co-PI: Antoine Adamantidis (Clinical Neuroscience)
Duration: 01.09.2023 – 31.08.2027
Co-PI: Hendrik Vogel (Institute of Geology)
Duration: 01.06.2023 – 31.05.2027
Co-PI: Jean-David Gerber
Duration: 01.04.2023 – 31.03.2027
Co-PI: Andrew Macpherson (Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine)
Duration: 01.05.2022 – 31.01.2027
Co-PI: Marianna Kruithof-de Julio (Department for BioMedical Research)
Duration: 01.11.2021 – 31.10.2026
Career grants
SNSF Starting Grants
A list of ongoing SNSF Starting Grants is available on the .
Eccellenza
A list of ongoing Eccellenza Grants is available on the .
PRIMA
A list of ongoing PRIMA projects is available on the .
Ambizione
A list of ongoing Ambizione projects is available on the .
Horizon Europe Transitional Measures
SNSF Advanced, Consolidator and Starting Grants
Advanced Grants
Project title: Global biomass burning reconstruction using ethane in polar ice cores
PI: Hubertus Fischer (Physics Institute)
Project title: Strengthening memory formation for retrieval despite amnesia
PI: Katharina Henke (Institute of Psychology)
Project title: Forward-In-Time Natural Experimental Study of Selection
PI: Catherine Peichel (Institute of Ecology and Evolution)
Consolidator Grants
Project title: Resisting Human Herosion
PI: Elisa Fornalé (World Trade Institute)
Project title: Worldly Indeterminacy
PI: Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (Institute of Philosophy)
Project title: Assessing past and future forest responses to climate change impacts using ancient DNA
PI: Christoph Schwörer (Institute of Plant Sciences)
Project title: Ageing and Old Age in the 4th–6th cent. Roman Empire: Religious, Legal, Social and Physical Dimensions
PI: Anna Usacheva (Institute of Historical Theology)
Project title: Searching for physics beyond the standard model in low-energy precision observables
PI: Martin Hoferichter (Institute for Theoretical Physics)
Project title: Religious Interaction and Co-Production: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the Entangled Early Medieval Occident
PI: Katharina Heyden (Institute of Historical Theology)
Project title: Global Bones. Entangled Histories, Transfers and Translations in the Early Modern Age
PI: Urte Krass (Institute of Art History)
Starting Grants
A list of ongoing SNSF Starting Grants is available on the .
Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships
A list of ongoing SNSF Postdoctoral Fellows is available on the .