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A new US strategy to expand international science diplomacy gathered speed, as the Biden administration announced collaborations with the Swiss and Canadians, and upcoming discussions with France, Japan and other science partners.
The aim is to help Swiss and US researchers carry out projects with partners in the respective countries.
Switzerland should agree to a timeline for ironing out broader political disagreements with the EU, the European Commission announced on Monday, signaling a long road ahead for Swiss association to Horizon Europe.
Let's not beat around the bush: science policy is political.
If all countries had a climate policy like Switzerland's, global temperatures could rise by 4°C by the end of the century.
Study of Swiss agency is among the first to examine how proposals by unorthodox scientists fared.
Concerns about a "new Cold War" over science and technology are a major reason behind the creation of a new think tank that looks out for future advances and development.
The Swiss parliament has agreed to pay overdue cohesion funds stretching back to 2012 - but this only removes one hurdle to reviving Horizon Europe association talks.
The University of Zurich has just taken a big step forward on the open science path.
Switzerland's ETH Domain call on the government to regain access to EU's Horizon Europe research collaborations.
Every year, the SNSF receives around one billion francs from the federal government. In 2019, a total of 22.9 billion Swiss francs was available for R&D in Switzerland. The country ranks seventh in terms GDP share spent on R&D.
Switzerland is to draw on its science diplomacy experience to help steer the construction and governance of the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST), the first large research infrastructure in the Western Balkans.
Switzerland has unveiled details of a funding scheme through which Horizon Europe applicants will still be able to carry on with their projects, despite the country's uncertain status in the EU research programme.
Switzerland will be excluded from Horizon Europe for at least two years, fears Yves Flückiger, president of the country's university association, swissuniversities and rector of the University of Geneva.
The famous number has many practical uses, mathematicians say, but is it really worth the time and effort to work out its trillions of digits?
A Swiss Ph.D. student tweeted critically about China. Afterward, his professor at the University of St. Gallen wanted nothing more to do with him, worried that her own ability to get a visa would be at risk.
Unsichere Jobs, unbezahlte Überzeit: Die Assistentinnen und Assistenten der Schweizer Unis fordern klare Perspektiven.
Transitional measures for researchers are envisaged following Switzerland's non-association to Horizon Europe.
Since 2009, the SNSF has financed a portion of the indirect research costs incurred by SNSF-funded projects at research institutions. In 2021, 102 million Swiss francs are available for these "overhead" costs.
Swiss programme favours mainstream work, but unconventional applicants aren't deterred, say Charles Ayoubi and colleagues.
Switzerland has been excluded for now from the EU's key Horizon Europe research programme. This is a big blow for Switzerland's research landscape.
The Swiss Academies has published the first comprehensive report on science communication in Switzerland - and formulated 20 recommendations for improving it.
Switzerland has been locked out of the EU's flagship Horizon Europe research and innovation programme until further notice.
Switzerland is mounting a campaign to convince Brussels its participation in Horizon Europe should not be confounded by broader political tensions, but member states say it may time take to patch things up after Switzerland unilaterally withdrew from talks about its overall relationship with the EU.
By adopting the Open Research Data (ORD) Strategy, swissuniversities has taken a further step towards Open Science and follows on the existing Open Access strategy.
Using Emma as an example, the career path of an early career researcher whose PhD was financed by an SNSF project is profiled. To this end, data from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) and the SNSF was combined and analysed.
Switzerland has been excluded from a provisional list of third countries eligible for Horizon Europe funding.
Lake Constance forms a natural border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland - and its ecosystem is changing. Newly arrived aggressive residents include spiny-cheek crayfish, zebra mussels and killer shrimp. Will they displace native species?
Researchers from Israel, Switzerland, Britain and other non-EU countries may be allowed to join the EU's quantum and space research projects, under a deal between representatives of member states and the European Commission reached this week. The agreement could end months of uncertainties around international participation in sensitive R&D projects in Horizon Europe, the EU's new €95.5 billion R&D programme.
Prolonged discussions about associate status and the breakdown of negotiations on EU-Switzerland relations has left Swiss universities bracing for potential exclusion from the €95.5 billion programme.
