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
Andrea Frangi receives Ternryd Award
Andrea Frangi, Professor of Timber Structures at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the 2026 Carola and Carl-Olof Ternryd Award. He is being recognised for his research in timber engineering, which has helped shape international standards and design rules for timber structures.
ESORICS 2026 Outstanding Research Award for David Basin
Professor David Basin, head of the Information Security Group at the Department of Computer Science, has been honoured with the ESORICS 2026 Outstanding Research Award for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of formal methods for Information Security.
Nominate ETH members for the Impact Award now
Rewarding people whose commitment makes a real difference to ETH Zurich: This is precisely what the new Impact Award, with its three categories of Leadership, Diversity, and Sustainability, seeks to achieve. It will be presented for the first time in March 2027. The nomination period runs from now until 16 November 2026.