Dear all,

We are very pleased to inform you that the SHCS will be funded with CHF 8,75 Mio from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for the next 3,5 years (CHF 2,5 Mio/year). The reason we are still supported in these fast-moving times after 33 years is excellence in clinical care and outstanding research. There is a direct benefit from our work for patients but also for the society at large.

Therefore, we would like to thank first

• all the patients participating in the SHCS

We also thank all of you who are working tireless for the SHCS

• study nurses, physicians at the cohort centers and HIV-practitioners
• technicians, FAMH physicians, virologists, microbiologists and immunologists taking care of the biobank
• the data managers, the data center, the coordination center, all the administrative support we get at all levels
• the Positivrat for actively participating in the SHCS Scientific Board
• the many PhD, Postdocs, physician-scientists and master students who work in the research labs and in front of their computers analyzing all the data that is being generated on the many exciting research projects that are ongoing in the SHCS
• all the national and international collaborators with whom the SHCS works together
• the SNSF for funding, the SHCS research foundation
• the Federal Office of Public Health for supporting public health initiatives of the SHCS
• pharmaceutical companies
  • AbbVie, Gilead, MSD, ViiV for support of the SHCS research foundation by unrestricted grants to support the SHCS core projects
  • AbbVie, BMS, Gilead, Janssen, MSD, ViiV for the collaboration with the SHCS association
  • Some companies also support specific investigator initiated studies. We also thank you for this.

Thanks again for all your continuous support of the SHCS. We are looking forward to our further collaboration.

Best regards,