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.
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.
Lopez-Loreta Prize
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.
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.
CLIMADA scoops first prize at Venture Awards
Eighteen start-ups were awarded prizes at this year’s Venture Awards, including five ETH Zurich spin-offs. CLIMADA won first prize in the Finance & Insurance category.
Ruedi Aebersold and Matthias Mann receive the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2024
Biochemists Ruedi Aebersold and Matthias Mann have been selected to receive the prestigious Dr. H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2024. The award recognizes their groundbreaking contributions to proteomics, particularly their innovative techniques for studying proteins on a system-wide scale. Their work has significantly advanced our understanding of cellular function and disease mechanisms.
Semper Prize 2024 for Roger Boltshauser
The Saxon Academy of the Arts awards this year's Semper Prize to the architect and ETH lecturer Roger Boltshauser.