Awards and honors Christoph Gerber named Clarivate Citation Laureate This year, our honorary member Professor Christoph Gerber (Department of Physics, University of Basel) was named a Clarivate Citation Laureate for the invention of the atomic force microscope. Every September, the media group Clarivate (UK) publishes a list of scientists who are considered potential future winners of a Nobel Prize due to fre- quent citations of their work in high-ranking scientific journals. Further information: https://clarivate.com/citation-laureates/winners/ Distinction and emeritus status for Christian Schönenberger In 2024, our long-standing director and honorary member Professor Christian Schönen- berger (Department of Physics, University of Basel) was honored by the American Phys- ical Society (APS) as one of the APS Outstanding Referees for 2024. A farewell event was held in November 2024 to mark Professor Schönenberger’s retirement. Numerous long-standing colleagues who had accompanied him during his successful career took part in the event in order to wish him well in this new stage of his life. Young Fluorescence Investigator Award for Sonja Schmid In February 2024, Professor Sonja Schmid (Department of Chemistry, University of Basel) received the Young Fluorescence Investigator Award 2024 from the Biological Fluores- cence Subgroup in recognition of her work in the area of fluorescence methodologies. Further information: https://bit.ly/40pIg5q Ruzicka Prize for Murielle Delley Professor Murielle Delley (Department of Chemistry, University of Basel) is to receive the Ruzicka Prize 2024 for her work on the controlled surface modification of cobalt phos- phide with sulfur. Further information: https://bit.ly/4iBSmrf Wide-ranging grants for new research projects In 2024, SNI members were again very successful at attracting grants from national and international sources. We’ve been reporting on the various new research projects in our online magazine, SNI INSight, since 2024 in order to encourage exchange within the network. Grants for new research projects in the first half of the year: https://bit.ly/4gTZ3E5 Grants for new research projects in the second half of the year: https://bit.ly/40U4dtK SNI Annual Report 2024 63