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EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) is one of two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology. Its location on the shores of Lake Geneva, EPFL brings together a campus of more than 10,000 people. By its novel structure, the school stimulates collaboration between students, professors, researchers and entrepreneurs. These daily interactions give rise to new and groundbreaking work in science, technology and architecture.

The HUG, the leading university hospital in Switzerland, includes 10 hospitals and 30 health care facilities. They fulfill their mission of treatment, teaching and research guided by four values: quality, service, innovation and responsibility. They are an international reference for excellence in cutting-edge medicine. They guarantee access for everyone to the best care and provide each patient with care that's at the leading edge of knowledge. They include 10 clinical, medical-technical and academic departments, 7 centers of excellence as well as 2 translational research laboratories. The university Hospitals of Geneva have a capacity of around 2'100 beds, provide more than a million ambulatory services per year and employ almost 13'000 staff.

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is the most important Swiss agency promoting scientific research. It supports, as mandated by the Swiss Federal government, all disciplines, from philosophy and biology to the nanosciences and medicine. In close collaboration with higher education institutions and other partners, the SNSF works towards creating the best possible conditions for the development and international integration of Swiss research. The SNSF is paying particular attention to the support of young scientists. Header images: © CC BY-NC-ND / Marta Torres / SNSF Scientific Image Competition © CC BY-NC-ND / Joel Hügli / SNSF Scientific Image Competition © CC BY-NC-ND / Bob de Graffenried / SNSF Scientific Image Competition © Matthieu Gafsou / SNF