Hans Sigrist Prize

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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. [1]

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
2023Computer Science Aaron Roth [2]
2020PhysiologyAmanda Sferruzzi-Perri [3] [4]
2019AstrophysicsIgnas Snellen [5] [6]
2018Sustainable Animal FarmingMarina Von Keyserlingk [7]
2017History and Religion Heleen Murre-van den Berg [8]
2016Climate studies Gabriele Hegerl [9] Stamatina Makri
2015Antibiotic Resistance Luciano Marraffini [10] Odette Bernasconi
2014History Jennifer Klein [11] Mathieu Lavoyer
2013Stem Cell Biology Yoshiki Sasai William Hariton
2012Biophotonics Stephen Boppart [12] Kai Gerrrit Held
2011Political Economy Nicola Lacey [13] Anna Conninx
2010No prize awardedDavid Weibel

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2009NeurosciencePatrik VuilleumierJohannes Klein
2008Ancient sitesAndreas Feldtkeller
2007No prize awardedFriederike Zeeh
2006Ecology David M. Richardson Oliver Bossdorf
2005Genetics Stephen Elledge Georg Lutz
2004Public PolicyChristopher Pollitt [14] Sacha Zala
2003Politics and Religion Emilio Gentile Claudia Spadavecchia
2002Microbes Jorge Galàn Erik Vassella
2001Alzheimer ́s diseaseJan Johansson [15] Ohad S. Parnas
2000Biblical Gender Studies Elsa Tamez [16] Lorenz E. Baumer
1999Gender History Joan W. Scott Werner Eugster
1998Biochemistry Gerald F. Joyce Eliane Marti
1997RNA Jack W. Szostak NAndreas Lienhard
1996 Frantisek Smahel Petra S. Hueppi
1995Healthcare Cost Research Joseph P. Newhouse
1994 H. Robert Horvitz NMichael Gerfin

N Later won a Nobel Prize

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