Prizes and related events
ETH Zurich awards various prizes to excellent researchers, which are listed below. For further information also see the overview of research prizes awarded by other institutions and the news page for prizes and other honours awarded to or by ETH Zurich.
Latsis Prize and Symposium
The Fondation Latsis Internationale finances the annual ETH Zurich Latsis Prize, which is dedicated to young researchers. The foundation has also been supporting the annual Latsis Symposium since 1986.
Lopez-Loreta Prize / Grant
The Lopez-Loreta Prize has been in existence since 2018 and is given to excellent young researchers of ETH Zurich and three other European universities. The award is used to work on breakthrough scientific discoveries or promising technological innovations.
Rössler Prize
The Rössler Prize is awarded to a young professor of ETH Zurich on an annual base. Dr Max Rössler established the prize to support promising young researchers in the middle of an accelerating career.
Chorafas Prize
Each year, the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation awards the Chorafas Prize to doctoral students of ETH Zurich in engineering, medical and natural sciences who have received a silver medal for their dissertation.
Ružička Prize
The annual Ružička Prize is awarded by ETH Zurich to honour research in chemistry conducted in Switzerland or by a Swiss citizen working abroad.
Spark Award
ETH Zurich gives the Spark Award for the most promising invention that was patented in the preceding year.
Latest prizes
Rasmus Kyng receives FOCS Test of Time Award
A decade after its publication, a research paper co-authored by ETH Zurich Associate Professor Rasmus Kyng (D-INFK) has received a Test of Time Award at FOCS 2026. The 2016 paper, written with Sushant Sachdeva, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, introduced a new approach to Gaussian elimination for Laplacian matrices.
The quiet strength behind the ETH community
Not everyone who makes a difference at ETH is in the spotlight. Often, it is people who empower others, open new perspectives or work with personal commitment to strengthen our community. Four members of ETH Zurich explain why they believe this commitment deserves to be recognised.
Detlef Günther is awarded the Paracelsus Prize 2026
Detlef Günther, who leads the Trace Elements and Microanalysis Group at D-CHAB, has been awarded the Paracelsus Prize by the Swiss Chemical Society for his groundbreaking contributions to ICP mass spectrometry.