Nano-Argovia program: Networking between research and industry Close, research-oriented collaboration with companies from North- western Switzerland has been a key strategic approach of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) since the time of its founding. With the Nano-Argovia program, we enable researchers to test and validate their applied lines of research even at early stages of development – in direct collaboration with companies with a concrete interest in the respective applications. In addition, Nano-Argovia projects can provide students and doctoral students with insights into industry and have already allowed some of them to join participating companies. To date, the SNI has supported over 100 projects with around 70 com- panies from Northwestern Switzerland – paving the way for numerous innovations in nanotechnology. In 2025,ten Nano-Argovia projects received financial support, five of which started in 2025 and five of which had been underway since 2024. Six of the industrial partners are from the Canton of Aargau, while two came from the Basel half-cantons and two from the Canton of Solothurn. Researchers from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland in Muttenz and Windisch, the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Basel also contributed their exper- tise to the projects as academic partners. Nano-Argovia program: www.nano-argovia.swiss 38 SNI Annual Report 2025