SNSF Projects at the 春色直播

Uni Bern researchers participate in around 640 SNSF projects

The Swiss National Science Foundation is the most important third-party funder for researchers at the 春色直播. In 2022 alone, the yearly contribution amounted to around CHF 113 million (Source: Uni Bern Annual Report 2022). An overview of the number of grants and amount of financing received in the past years is available on the .

Programme grants

- 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 M眉hlemann (Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Duration: 01.05.2014 - 30.04.2026

– Gender Medicine and Health

– Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

– Covid-19 in Society

- Advancing 3R – Research, Animals and Society


Co-PI: Benoît Zuber
Duration: 01.04.2024 – 31.03.2028


Co-PI: Axel, Rominger
Duration: 01.01.2024 – 31.12.2027


Co-PI: J眉rg Gertsch
Duration: 01.02.2024 – 31.10.2027


Co-PI: Miroslav Novak
Duration: 01.02.2024 – 31.10.2027


Co-PI: Hendrik Vogel (Institute of Geology)
Duration: 01.06.2023 - 31.05.2027


Co-PI: Jean-David Gerber
Duration: 01.01.2023 – 31.03.2027


Co-PI: Antoine Adamantidis (Clinical Neuroscience)
Duration: 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026


Co-PI: Andrew Macpherson (Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine)
Duration: 01.05.2022 - 30.04.2026


Co-PI: Philippe Schucht (Department of Neurosurgery)
Duration: 01.04.2022 - 31.03.2026


Co-PI: Marianna Kruithof-de Julio (Department for BioMedical Research)
Duration: 01.11.2021 - 31.10.2025


Co-PI: Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen (Institute of Political Science)
Duration: 01.09.2021 - 31.08.2025


Co-PI: Eliane J. M眉ller (Department for BioMedical Research)
Duration: 31.06.2021 - 31.05.2024


Co-PI: Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen (Institute of Political Science)
Duration: 01.04.2021 - 31.03.2025


Co-PI: Volker Heussler (Institute of Cell Biology)
Duration: 01.03.2021 - 28.02.2025


Co-PI: Peter Schneemann (Institute of Art History)
Duration: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024


Co-PI: Karin Ingold (Institute of Political Science)
Duration: 01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024


Co-PI: Inti Zlobec (Institute of Pathology)
Duration: 01.10.2020 - 30.09.2024


Co-PI: Olivier Pertz (Institute of Cell Biology)
Duration: 01.09.2019 - 31.08.2024


Co-PI: Philippe Zysset (ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research)
Duration: 01.08.2019 - 31.01.2025


Co-PI: Dimitrios Fotiadis (Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine)
Duration: 01.04.2019 - 31.03.2024


Co-PI: Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich (Institute of Classical Philology)
Duration: 01.04.2019 - 31.03.2024


Co-PI: Ole Seehausen (Ecology & Evolution)
Duration: 31.03.2019 - 30.09.2024


Co-PI: Roland Wiest (Clinical Neuroscience)
Duration: 01.02.2019 - 31.01.2025


Co-PI: Andreas T眉rler (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Duration: 01.09.2018 - 31.08.2024

Career grants

A list of the Eccellenza Grants und Professorial Fellowships is available on the .

A list of the SNSF Professors is available on the l.

A list of the PRIMA projects is available on the .

A list of the Ambizione projects is available on the .

Horizon Europe Transitional Measures

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: Building Wildfire Resilient Communities in Europe
PI: Christine Eriksen (Institute of Geography)

Project title:
PI: Katharina Heyden (Institute of Historical Theology)

Project title:
PI: Martin Hoferichter (Institute for Theoretical Physics)


Project title: Global Bones. Entangled Histories, Transfers and Translations in the Early Modern Age
PI: Urte Krass (Institute of Art History)

Starting Grants

Project title:
PI: Xiang-Yi Li Richter (Institute of Ecology and Evolution)

Project title:
PI: Annekatrin Steinhoff (Universit盲re Psychiatrische Dienste)


Project title: Charting Antarctic Ice Sheet evolution via the ice sheet's internal stratigraphy
PI: Johannes Sutter (Physics Institute)


Project title: Tracing Labour in Islamicate Legal Traditions
PI: Serena Tolino (Institute for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Societies)

Project title:
PI: Christian Vater (Institute of Sport Science)


Project title: Advancing research on extreme humid heat and health
PI: Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera (Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine)

Project title:
PI: Bahtiyar Yilmaz (Department for BioMedical Research)

A list of the current SNSF Postdoctoral Fellows is available on the .