With the current US science crisis, national research infrastructure like SIB is more important than ever to support Swiss industries – and ensure Switzerland remains a global leader in research, innovation, and competitiveness.
Opinion editorial by Jérôme Wojcik, Industrial Data Scientist, Entrepreneur, Chairman of the SIB Board of Directors
Innovation fuels economic competitiveness
Switzerland’s innovation ecosystem is built on strong federal investment in basic science plus business-friendly policies. This approach enables ongoing discoveries at universities to fuel a steady stream of new patents, start-ups, and public-private partnerships that in turn fuel economic competitiveness. One measure of success is the country’s consistent top place in global innovation rankings.
National research infrastructure accelerates innovation
National research infrastructure like SIB plays a vital, but often overlooked, role in this ecosystem by maximizing investments. The efficiency gains provided by SIB’s expertise in data management and large project coordination, for example, accelerate the transformation of raw data into valuable insights at all levels of life science innovation, from academia to industry R&D.
Pharma and biotech companies are critical to the Swiss economy. With the current US science crisis, maintaining and reinforcing SIB is more important than ever – not only to support national industries but to ensure Switzerland’s continued reputation and performance as a global leader in research, innovation, and competitiveness.
– Originally published in the SIB Profile 2025
