Backing Exceptional Researchers
At NOMIS, research is never separate from the person pursuing it.
The right question needs the right mind: someone with the courage to challenge assumptions, the discipline to work through uncertainty and the imagination to connect ideas that may not usually meet.
Scientific excellence is the starting point. Beyond excellence, we look for originality, independence, openness to new ideas, a pioneering spirit, a collaborative capacity and the ability to inspire others. We support researchers not only for what they have already achieved, but for what they still have the courage to explore. We back exceptional people whose questions have the potential to transform entire fields.
NOMIS supports researchers through a focused architecture of awards, grants, professorships, fellowships and strategic initiatives. Each pathway is designed to give outstanding scientists and scholars the confidence, freedom and conditions to pursue ambitious basic research.
The human side of research
NOMIS researchers work at the intersection of disciplines, from the natural and social sciences to the humanities. Their fields may differ, but they are connected by their shared commitment to asking fundamental questions, their intellectual courage and their rigorous inquiry.
They respect complexity.
They collaborate across boundaries.
They follow curiosity with discipline.
We support these exceptional researchers because the future of knowledge depends on the people who dare to embrace uncertainty.