A Cell and Molecular Approach to Research into the Biological Basis of the Human Condition
Max Planck Institute
Nomis Research Projects
NOMIS research grants support unconventional research projects led by researchers who have demonstrated exceptional scientific capabilities and leadership. The grants enable scientists to spearhead pioneering research to answer bold questions and advance yet unexplored approaches across scientific and academic disciplines. We award research grants to investigators with an excellent track record in leading groundbreaking, high-risk basic research.
SEARCH RESULTS
A Virtual Rainforest for Understanding the Stability, Resilience and Sustainability of Complex Ecosystems
Imperial College London
AgorAkademi – Creative Inquiry for Public Space
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
AI in Pediatric ICUs
University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
Apprehending the World Through Relational Structures
University of Zurich
Attentional and Perceptual Foundations of Economic Behavior
University of Zurich
Beyond the Visual: Toward an Inclusive Architectural History
ETH Zurich
Biodiversity Revisited: Sparking a New Approach to Research for the Biosphere
Luc Hoffman Institute
Body and Image in Arts and Sciences (BIAS)
The Warburg Institute
Brain Rejuvenation Factors From Blood
Stanford Medicine
Calcularis
Kinderspital Zürich
Centre for the Politics of Feelings
Royal Holloway University of London
Collective Delusions: Social Identity and Scientific Misbeliefs
Royal Holloway University of London
Converting Geospatial Observations into Socioeconomic Data
WU Institute for Macroeconomics
COVID-19 and the Brain
Stanford Medicine
Crisis: A Global Inquiry Into the Contemporary Moment
Institute for Advanced Study
De Novo Gene Birth and the Evolution of the Human Brain
Heidelberg University
Deciphering the Evolutionary Origins of Human Brain Uniqueness
Yale University
Determining Biological Age in Humans
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Discovering the Causal Principles Underlying Brain-wide Dynamics
Stanford Medicine
Diversity in Social Environments (DISE)
Munich Center for Neurosciences
Elastic Borders: Rethinking the Borders of the 21st Century
University of Graz
Elucidating the Mechanisms of FUS-Linked ALS
King’s College London
Elucidation of Selective Motor Neuron Death in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
King’s College London
Exploring the Locales of Cognitive Decline
University of Zurich
Feasibility Study: Biases and Cognitive Failures in Markets
University of Zurich
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Future Earth PEGASuS 2 — Ocean Sustainability
Future Earth
Future Earth Program for Early-phase Grants Advancing Sustainability Science
Future Earth
Genomic and Immunologic Causes Underlying COVID-19 PIMS-TS
University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Global Parliament of Mayors
The City University of New York
Harnessing Big Data to Improve Children’s Mental Health Treatment
Princeton University
Harnessing Physiological Health to Treat Disease
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Hybrid Semiconductor–Superconductor Quantum Devices
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Identifying the 21st Century Pioneering Scientist
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Improving Welfare by Increasing Attention
University of Zurich
Individuality and Diversity of the Human Facial Form
Stanford University
Justice Study
Harvard Law School
Leonardo’s Intellectual Cosmos
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Linked Indicators for Vital Ecosystem Services
Luc Hoffman Institute
Marmosets as a Model System of Aging and Neurodegeneration
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Mechanisms of Gene Silencing and Liquid-Liquid De-mixing in the Nervous System
Ludwig Cancer Research
Mechanisms of the Anti-Cancer Activity Generated by Magnetosomes
University of Zurich
Microbiome Biology and Social Networks in the Developing World
Yale University
NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
NOMIS Human Heart Atlas
Helmholtz Zentrum München
NOMIS workshop series: Nature and Value
Columbia University
On the Move: Prehistoric Mobility and the Spread of Agriculture in Eurasia
Columbia University – The Italian Academy
Opening the Black Box of Human Implantation
California Institute of Technology
Organ Synchronization in Aging and Suspended Animation
Stanford Medicine
People’s Place in Nature
University of Zurich
Phase Transitions and Biological Condensates: The Molecular Sociology of Cell Organization
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Platform for the Discovery of Alzheimer’s Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
Professorship of Cryo-Electron Microscopy, ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
Professorship of Genome Biology, ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich
Protected States of Quantum Matter
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Public Space Democracy (PublicDemoS)
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
RECOVERY-PIMS
University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Remotely Sensing Ecological Genomics
University of Zurich
Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Science and Philosophy Between Academia and the Public Sphere
ETH Zurich
Socioscope Alpha: A Proof of Concept for Research on Societal Change
Paris Institute for Advanced Study
Stem Cell Quiescence: A Microcosm of Evolutionary Survival Mechanisms
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Structure and Function of the Human Ribonucleosome
University of Bern
Tardinomis – Decrypting Cryptobiosis in Tardigrades
Max Perutz Labs Vienna
The Computer Science of Human Decisions
Princeton University
The Economic Shadow of COVID-19
New York University
The New Real: Past, Present and Future of Computation and the Ecologization of Cultural Techniques
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
The Science of Health: The Fundamental Mechanisms of Organ Communication
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Transitions: Pathways to a Post-Carbon Future
University of Michigan
Traveling Forms
University of Konstanz
Unbiased Discovery of Heterogeneous DNA Repair Preferences
ETH Zurich
Understanding the Heterogeneity of the SARS-CoV-2 Immune Response
University Hospital Zurich
Understanding the Instinctive Drive for Social Interactions
Harvard University
Understanding Virus-Host Dynamics in Ocean Ecosystems
California Institute of Technology
Using Social AI to Modify Collective Behavior in Realistic Networks
Yale University
Using Triangulation to Characterize the Neurocomputational Basis of Simple Choice
California Institute of Technology
Vanishing Glaciers — What Else Besides Water Is Lost?
EPFL
Will New Technologies Complement or Commodify Expertise?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
New NOMIS projects
Will New Technologies Complement or Commodify Expertise?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Organ Synchronization in Aging and Suspended Animation
Stanford Medicine
Apprehending the World Through Relational Structures
University of Zurich