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International Space Science Institute (ISSI)Hallerstrasse 6
3012 Bern
Switzerland

Phone +41 31 684 48 96
Email issi@issibern.ch

Our scientific opportunities support the community through six distinct modes of operation. Links to proposal templates or on-line submission forms are provided for each individual tool.

Find explanations, forms of applications and an overview of current and past activities.

International Space Science Institute

Science is
our Focus

ISSI is a scientifically independent and neutral Space- and Earth Science institute that advances science by facilitating open multi-disciplinary discourse in a stimulating environment, reaching out towards new scientific horizons.

Credits: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team
 

2025 Johannes Geiss Fellowship

Call for Johannes Geiss Fellowship 2025

Published: 16 September 2024

Current ISSI Events

The programme of ISSI covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including the physics of the solar system and planetary sciences to astrophysics and cosmology, and from Earth sciences to astrobiology.

When checking the ISSI Calendar for potential meeting dates, please note that ISSI is usually at full capacity with either 3 teams or working groups, or 1 workshop, plus 1 team or working group.

Mon – Fri Oct 7 – Oct 11
International Team of E. Ghamry and Z. Zhima

CSES and Swarm Investigation of the Generation Mechanisms of Low Latitude Pi2 Waves

Mon – Fri Oct 7 – Oct 11
International Team of E. Palmerio and D. Barnes

Tomographic Inversion of Synthetic White-Light Images : Advancing Our Understanding of CMEs in 3D

Mon – Fri Oct 7 – Oct 11
International Team of H. Kim

Understanding Interhemispheric Asymmetry in MIT Coupling

Reaching out towards new scientific horizons

Our Fields of Research

Heliophysics

Astrophysics
Cosmology

Planets
Small Bodies

Earth
Science

Spotlight

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Latest news from ISSI and research updates from our communities.

CME Blast and subsequent impact on Earth, Credit: SOHO/LASCO/EIT (ESA & NASA), Steele Hill

Plasma Acceleration in Near-Earth Space

Webinar with Vassilis Angelopoulos
(UCLA, Los Angeles, USA)

Thursday, 24th October 2024
(17h CEST | 11h EDT)

Published: 03 October 2024

ISSI is located in Bern, Switzerland.

Visit us
in Bern.

Bern can be reached easily from the airports: Zurich (ZHR), Geneva (GVA), and Basel Euroairport (BSL). Bern is also connected to many European cities by fast intercity trains. Timetable information of trains within and around Switzerland can be found at www.rail.ch.

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Hallerstrasse 6
3012 Bern
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ISSI in
Numbers 🧮

Numbers don’t say it all, but some are quite telling…

Scientists visit ISSI each year to do research together

~1100

Countries worldwide are represented in the ISSI visitor data base

63+

Journal papers published by ISSI Visitors

~300/yr

Coffees produced by the ISSI coffee machine

>255k

A Mechanism for Knowledge Generation

ISSI Base

950 Square Meters
5 Meeting Rooms
3 Floors
1 Coffee Machine
3 Data Servers
18 Staff Members

Spaces

4 Science Areas
4 Publication Avenues
7 Funding Instruments

People

7298 Visitors
63 Countries
628 Teams
106 Workshops
30 Working Groups
32 Forums

Results

1120+ Staff Publications
4700+ Visitor Papers
88 SSSI Volumes
17 Sci. Rep. Volumes
54 Spatium Issues

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel