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No-3-2021

Interview

‘A foun­da­tion can fund riskier projects’

Jörg Müller-Ganz, Chair­man of the Board of Zürcher Kanto­nal­bank, discus­ses the importance of rese­arch and inno­va­tion for Zurich as a...
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100

It is the 100th anni­ver­sary of his Nobel Prize: Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. With...
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Acting toge­ther

The Inter­na­tio­nal Phil­an­thropy Commit­ment on Climate Change invi­tes every foun­da­tion to make a shared commit­ment to sustaina­bi­lity, regard­less of their...
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Cele­bra­ting knowledge

Students at ETH Zurich, the Univer­sity of Zurich and the Univer­sity of Basel are combi­ning rese­arch projects with enter­tain­ment in...
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Report

Funding know­ledge

Educa­tion and know­ledge are the basis for active parti­ci­pa­tion in our society. Money and awards, network and coaching are how...
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I am amazed every day

The presi­dent of the Univer­sity of Zurich, Michael Schaep­man, talks about rese­arch funding, the advan­ta­ges of a foun­da­tion and what...
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‘Our disco­very was comple­tely abnormal’

In 1995, Michel Mayor, toge­ther with Didier Queloz, disco­vered the first planet loca­ted outside our solar system, 51 Pegasi b....
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30 years, 2,000 people supported

Schwei­ze­ri­sche Studi­en­stif­tung is cele­bra­ting its 30th anni­ver­sary. Under the heading ‘Fit for Future’, the foun­da­tion is encou­ra­ging people to discuss...
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Analysis

Because other­wise nobody would rese­arch this disease

Jacques Rognon is foun­der of the Schwei­ze­ri­sche Stif­tung für die Erfor­schung der Muskel­krank­hei­ten (Swiss Foun­da­tion for Rese­arch into Muscu­lar Dise­a­ses,...
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Criti­cal thin­king and crea­tive designs

In St. Gallen entsteht das HSG Lear­ning Center der HSG Stif­tung,St. Gallen is the home of the HSG Foundation’s HSG...
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Editorial

Good to know

Dear reader, It doesn’t have to be the Nobel Prize – but it can be! Michel Mayor, the Geneva-based Nobel...
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Parti­ci­pa­tory research

A natio­nal study by Fach­hoch­schule Nord­west­schweiz (FHNW) studied how willing the people would be to engage in ‘joint rese­arch’. The...
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