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 Fellow
2024mRNA-based Vaccines and TherapeuticsKizzmekia Corbett-Helaire
2023Computer ScienceAaron Roth
2021CyTOF Technology for ImmunologyGarry Nolan
2020PhysiologyAmanda Sferruzzi-Perri
2019AstrophysicsIgnas Snellen
2018Sustainable Animal FarmingMarina Von Keyserlingk
2017History and ReligionHeleen Murre-van den Berg
2016Climate studiesGabriele HegerlStamatina Makri
2015Antibiotic ResistanceLuciano MarraffiniOdette Bernasconi
2014HistoryJennifer KleinMathieu Lavoyer
2013Stem Cell BiologyYoshiki SasaiWilliam Hariton
2012BiophotonicsStephen BoppartKai Gerrrit Held
2011Political EconomyNicola LaceyAnna Conninx
2010No prize awardedDavid Weibel
Bartholomaus Wissmath
2009NeurosciencePatrik VuilleumierJohannes Klein
2008Ancient sitesAndreas Feldtkeller
2007No prize awardedFriederike Zeeh
2006EcologyDavid M. RichardsonOliver Bossdorf
2005GeneticsStephen ElledgeGeorg Lutz
2004Public PolicyChristopher PollittSacha Zala
2003Politics and ReligionEmilio GentileClaudia Spadavecchia
2002MicrobesJorge GalànErik Vassella
2001Alzheimer ́s diseaseJan JohanssonOhad S. Parnas
2000Biblical Gender StudiesElsa TamezLorenz E. Baumer
1999Gender HistoryJoan W. ScottWerner Eugster
1998BiochemistryGerald F. JoyceEliane Marti
1997RNAJack W. SzostakNAndreas Lienhard
1996Frantisek SmahelPetra S. Hueppi
1995Healthcare Cost ResearchJoseph P. Newhouse
1994H. Robert HorvitzNMichael Gerfin

N Later won a Nobel Prize
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