UZH creates new prize for medicine, chemistry and physics

(CONNECT) UZH will award its first Gretener-Thürlemann Prize on December 3, according to a press release. The award, which comes with prize money of 500,000 Swiss francs, is presented in alternate years for outstanding achievements in medicine and basic medical sciences or in the fields of physics and chemistry. This is the largest prize awarded at the University of Zurich.

In this first year of the call for proposals, we are looking for the best performance in the field of translational/clinical medicine worldwide. Academic institutions can nominate individuals or teams of up to three researchers from their ranks for the award. Their work should stand for groundbreaking research of benefit to society. The application phase lasts until May 30, 2025. A broad-based committee then selects the winner or a team worthy of the award from the nominations.

The prize money is provided by the Gretener-Thürlemann Foundation, which was established in 2018. It goes back to the legacy of the couple Adelheid and Dr. Adolf Gretener-Thürlemann. "It is a great honor for us to award this prize of global significance and to recognize outstanding researchers for their scientific work," said UZH President Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman. ce/mm