In 2026, the Swiss Neurological Society SNS will for the 4th time award the Young Researchers Prizes from the Mogens and Wilhelm Ellermann Foundation in the amount of CHF 5,000 for a scientific paper in the field of neurology.
Criteria
The application requires that the applicant is a member of the SNS and is still in further training to become a specialist in neurology.
Please submit your publication (article + abstract) together with curriculum vitae with your contact details and a short motivation letter (max. 400 words) describing why your publication is special and should win the award.
Applications
Applications addressed to
Prof. Dr. med. Urs Fischer
Director and Chief Physician
University Department of Neurology
Inselspital Bern
3010 Bern
to be submitted as a PDF file by e-mail to: daria.vogelsang@insel.ch
Jury
- Prof. Dr. med. Urs Fischer, Bern (Chair)
- Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Mehling, Basel
- Prof. Dr. med. Alain Kaelin, Lugano
- Prof. Dr. med. Susanne Wegener, Zürich
- Prof. Dr. med. Caroline Pot, Lausanne
Prize winners
2025
Dr. med. Leandro Sanz (Lausanne)
Apomorphine for prolonged disorders of consciousness: a multimodal open-label study
2022
Bernard-Valnet Raphael