Prizes

Hier finden Sie Neuigkeiten zu Preisen, die die SCNAT oder Kommissionen und Gesellschaften der Plattform MAP vergeben.

Zudem berichten wir jedes Jahr über die Vergabe des Physik-Nobelpreises.

Prix Schläfli

The Prix Schläfli has been awarded by SCNAT to the best scientific dissertations in Switzerland since 1866. In the MAP area, it is awarded in turn in each subject - 2023: astronomy, 2024: mathematics, 2025: physics, etc.

25.4.2024
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Jonathan Gruber splits high-dimensional objects
Prix Schläfli 2024 Mathematics: Jonathan Gruber's dissertation has even pushed his supervisor to the limits of her expertise: he breaks multi-dimensional objects down into coordinates, thus earning him the highest
Image: Phyllis Kai Ling Brown
22.5.2023
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Simone Bavera – Discovering the beauty of the universe
Prix Schläfli 2023: Simone Bavera researches the properties of merging black holes, pioneering work that he performs at the University of Geneva. As a consequence of this, he has been
Image: Aurélie Briol

Prix de Quervain

The "Prix de Quervain" is funded by the Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research SKPH and the Commission for the Research Station on Jungfraujoch SKJF. The "Prix de Quervain" for Polar and High Altitude Research is attributed to young scientists for outstanding achievements in their MA or PhD thesis or other research projects. On even years it is awarded for polar research and on odd years for high-altitude research.

CHIPP Prize

Every year, the Swiss Institute of Particle Physics awards a prize for the best doctoral thesis in the field of particle physics.

Edith Alice Müller Award in Astronomy

Since 2018, the Swiss Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics (SSAA) has awarded the annual Edith Alice Müller Award for outstanding astronomy PhD theses in Switzerland.