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SSAA News No 63
Newsletter of the SSAA/SGAA from 10 June 2026
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Swiss Quantum Call 2026
The call, implemented by the Swiss National Science Foundation, is aimed at researchers in the field of quantum science and technology. Funding is provided for scientifically outstanding projects with clear societal and technological benefits.
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Call for Proposals – 2026 Quantum Voucher Model
The Swiss Quantum Initiative (SQI) is launching a second call for proposals to award vouchers. These vouchers can be used for the use of existing infrastructures, platforms and services in the field of quantum technology in Switzerland.
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The CERN Council decided to update the European Strategy for Particle Physics
Budapest, 22 May 2026. Today, following more than two years of intense work of the European particle physics community under the auspices of the European Strategy Group, the CERN Council updated the European Strategy for Particle Physics which sets out an ambitious scientific vision for the field.
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Programmieren mit Meerblick
Die 6. European Girls’ Olympiad in Informatics (EGOI) fand vom 12.-18. Mai in Cesenatico an der italienischen Adriaküste statt. Talentierte junge Frauen aus rund 60 Ländern lebten eine Woche lang gemeinsam ihre Begeisterung für Informatik aus. Das vierköpfige Schweizer Team kehrte mit drei Medaillen im Gepäck nach Hause zurück.
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Prix Schläfli 2026 award for the four best dissertations in natural sciences
Valeriia Hutskalova (Chemistry), Julian Rogger (Geosciences), Astrid Stubbusch (Biology) and Andrea Weibel (Astronomy) were honoured with the Prix Schläfli 2026 for findings made in the context of their dissertations. Through this prize, the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) singles out the four most significant insights of young researchers at Swiss universities. The Prix Schläfli has been awarded since 1866.
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Andrea Weibel discovered that galaxies grow up surprisingly quickly
Prix Schläfli 2026 for Astronomy: He has always been interested in the “big questions of the universe” and immersed himself in the origins of the universe for his thesis at the University of Geneva. Andrea Weibel will now receive the Prix Schläfli for his work on the emergence of very young galaxies.
