The Academy

The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) is an independent network and specialist organisation in the domain of education, research and innovation. It raises public awareness of the natural sciences as a central pillar of Switzerland's cultural and economic development. The approximately 35,000 experts of the SCNAT network are committed to a sustainable society and science, primarily through services provided by reserves.

In the network of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Together with the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences SAHS, the Academy of Medical Sciences SAMS and the Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW, SCNAT is part of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences a+.