Hans Sigrist Prize

The Hans Sigrist Prize is awarded by the Hans Sigrist Foundation, at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The Foundation's benefactor Hans Sigrist died on December 30, 1982. The Foundation was founded in 1993. The Foundation's first award was presented in 1994.

The Hans Sigrist Prize is for mid-career researchers in order to boost those researcher's potential impact. Every year, the Foundation asks faculty members at the University of Bern to propose a prize field. The Foundation board chooses a field from those proposals and selects a chair for the prize search committee. Two former Hans Sigrist prize winners have gone on to win Nobel prizes later in their careers.

The Hans Sigrist Doctoral Fellowship is an up to three year Fellowship for doctoral candidates at the University of Bern. Its field changes with the field chosen for that year's Hans Sigrist Prize. +YearFieldHans Sigrist Prize WinnerHans Sigrist Fellow2025Climate JusticeChristina Voigt2024mRNA-based Vaccines and TherapeuticsKizzmekia Corbett-Helaire2023Computer ScienceAaron Roth2021CyTOF Technology for ImmunologyGarry Nolan2020PhysiologyAmanda Sferruzzi-Perri2019AstrophysicsIgnas SnellenKathryn Jones2018Sustainable Animal FarmingMarina Von KeyserlingkJanine Braun2017History and ReligionHeleen Murre-van den BergRahel Schär2016Climate studiesGabriele HegerlStamatina Makri2015Antibiotic ResistanceLuciano MarraffiniOdette Bernasconi2014HistoryJennifer KleinMathieu Lavoyer2013Stem Cell BiologyYoshiki SasaiWilliam Hariton2012BiophotonicsStephen BoppartKai Gerrrit Held2011Political EconomyNicola LaceyAnna Conninx2010No prize awardedDavid Weibel Bartholomaus Wissmath2009NeurosciencePatrik VuilleumierJohannes Klein2008Ancient sitesAndreas Feldtkeller2007No prize awardedFriederike Zeeh2006EcologyDavid M. RichardsonOliver Bossdorf2005GeneticsStephen ElledgeGeorg Lutz2004Public PolicyChristopher PollittSacha Zala2003Politics and ReligionEmilio GentileClaudia Spadavecchia2002MicrobesJorge GalànErik Vassella2001Alzheimer ́s diseaseJan Johansson Ohad S. Parnas2000Biblical Gender StudiesElsa TamezLorenz E. Baumer1999Gender HistoryJoan W. ScottWerner Eugster1998BiochemistryGerald F. JoyceEliane Marti1997RNAJack W. SzostakNAndreas Lienhard1996Frantisek SmahelPetra S. Hueppi1995Healthcare Cost ResearchJoseph P. Newhouse1994H. Robert HorvitzNMichael Gerfin N Later won a Nobel Prize

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