167 167 members belong to the SNI network. (PIs, PhD students, management, volun- tary members, Nano Fabrication Lab and 10 Nano Imaging Lab) There are ten partner institutions in the SNI network. These include the research institutions University of Basel, the School of Life Sciences and the School of Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences and 14 Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Fourteen of the 53 PhD students the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, the who had completed their PhDs by the Centre Suisse d`Electronique et de end of 2023 work at a federal or research Microtechnique (CSEM) in Allschwil, institution. the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at the ETH Zurich 49 in Basel, and the technology transfer The SNI supported 49 research projects, centers ANAXAM and Swiss PIC. The 9 in applied research and 40 in the SNI network also includes the Hightech PhD School. Zentrum Aargau and Basel Area Business & Innovation. 39 9 M Thirty-nine of the 53 PhD students who In 2023, the SNI had expenditures of had completed their PhDs by the end of approximately CHF 9 million (without 2023 work in industry. building costs) of which CHF 6.4 million were covered by the Canton of Aargau 82 and CHF 2.6 million by the In 2023, 56 students were enrolled on University of Basel. the bachelor’s program and 26 on the master’s program. 45 80+126 In 2023, a total of 45 peer-reviewed In 2023, 80 clients used the Nano Fabri- papers with participation of SNI cation Lab`s service. The Nano Imaging members were published in renowned Lab received more than 180 orders, science journals. >5500 which often take several days, from 126 The SNI social media channels on di昀昀erent clients. Instagram, LinkedIn, X and YouTube have more than 5,500 followers. SNI Annual Report 2023 9