166 166 members belong to the SNI network. 9 (PIs, PhD students, management, Nano There are nine partner institutions in Fabrication Lab, and Nano Imaging Lab) 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 Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, the Cen- 15 tre Suisse d`Electronique et de Micro- Fifteen of the 48 PhD students technique (CSEM) in Allschwil, the who had completed their PhDs Department of Biosystems Science and by the end of 2022 work at a federal or Engineering at the ETH Zurich in Basel, research institution. and the technology transfer center 48 ANAXAM. The network also includes The SNI supported financially the Hightech Zentrum Aargau and 48 research projects, 12 in the applied Basel Area Business & Innovation. Nano-Argovia Programm and 36 in the SNI PhD School. 33 Thirty-three of the 48 PhD students who had completed their PhDs by the end of 2022 work in industry. 8.08 M 84 In 2022, the SNI had expenditures of In 2021, 59 students were enrolled approximately CHF 8.08 million (without on the bachelor’s program and 25 building costs) of which CHF 5.14 million on the master’s program. were covered by the Canton of Aargau and CHF 2.94 million by the 44 University of Basel. In 2022, a total of 44 peer-reviewed 77+120 papers with participation of SNI Since its foundation in August 2022, the members were published in renowned Nano Fabrication Lab had 77 users. science journals. In 2022, the Nano Imaging Lab received more than 175 orders, which often >4300 take several days, from 120 different The SNI social media channels on customers. Instagramm, LinkedIn, Twitter and You- Tube have more than 4,300 followers. SNI Annual Report 2022 9