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Here you will find news about prizes awarded by SCNAT or commissions and societies affiliated with the platform MAP.

We also report on the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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.

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 (SKHFJ). 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 PhD Prize

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

CHIPP Postdoc Prize

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.

Crystallography Prize

The Swiss Society for Crystallography awards every second year a prize for the best PhD thesis in crystallography.