173 173 members belong to the SNI network. (PIs, PhD students, management, Nano Fabrication Lab, and Nano Imaging Lab). 10 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 and Environ- ment at the University of Applied Scien- 17 ces and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Seventeen of the 60 doctoral students FHNW, the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, who had completed their PhDs by the the Centre Suisse d`Electronique et de end of 2024 work at a federal or Microtechnique (CSEM) in Allschwil, research institution. the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at the ETH Zurich 50 in Basel, and the technology transfer In 2024, 50 research projects were run- centers ANAXAM and Swiss PIC. The ning, 10 in the applied Nano-Argovia network also includes the Hightech Program and 40 in the SNI PhD School. Zentrum Aargau and Basel Area Business & Innovation. 40 8.9 M Forty of the 60 doctoral students who In 2024, the SNI had expenditures of had completed their PhDs by the end of approximately CHF 8.9 million (without 2024 work in industry. building costs) of which CHF 5.8 million were covered by the Canton of Aargau 76 and CHF 3.1 million by the In 2024, 52 students were enrolled in the University of Basel. bachelor’s program and 24 in the mas- ter’s program. 74 73+130 In 2024, a total of 74 peer-reviewed In 2024, the Nano Fabrication Labs had papers with participation of SNI 73 different users. The Nano Imaging members were published in renowned Lab received more than 180 orders, science journals. >7000 which often take several days, from 130 . The SNI social media channels on different customers. Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Bluesky and You- Tube have more than 7000 followers. SNI Annual Report 2024 9