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The Baasch-Medicus Foundation aims to recognise and promote outstanding achievements in the field of neurology. It provides support for research projects in the form of financial contributions, in particular through research grants.

Further information is available here

The foundation focuses especially on supporting the continuation of already initiated research projects in the form of follow-up grants. Only applicants who are employed by a Swiss institution and who conduct their research project at such an institution are eligible for funding.

Call for applications

https://www.b-m-stiftung.ch/en/downloads

The clinical fellowship programme aims to train young professionals in Huntington's disease (HD) through knowledge and experience sharing. The selected fellows will spend six weeks in a renowned, multi-disciplinary HD clinic in Europe. The programme aims to improve HD care or specific aspects of HD care such as physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, multidisciplinary approach, genetic counselling, etc. and support research collaborations. Priority will be given to those already engaged in clinical practice or research in HD.

Further information and online application form here

For any queries, please contact fellowshipnoSpam@ehdn.noSpamorg

The Epilepsy League is inviting applications for three awards to be presented in 2025.

The Alfred Hauptmann Award for the best experimental or clinical research is bestowed together with the German and Austrian epileptology associations. It goes to individuals or working groups in German-speaking countries for the best experimental or clinical research publication in the field of epileptology. It is awarded every two years.

The Award now comes with prize money of €20,000. Half the prize money will be awarded to the author of a basic research document that has been published, while the other half will be awarded in the field of clinical research. 

The Alfred Hauptmann Award is presented every two years by the German and Austrian epileptology associations together with the Swiss Epilepsy League. It is named after the German neurologist Alfred Hauptmann, who had to emigrate from Germany in 1933.
More about the award: https://www.epi.ch/hauptmann-award

A second award scheduled for next year is the Prize for Best Dissertation, which goes to the best master’s or doctoral thesis from a Swiss university in the field of epileptology and carries prize money of CHF 1,000. Applications are welcome from all disciplines. So as well as medical students, anyone writing a thesis in the field of epilepsy is invited to apply, for example students of psychology or pharmacology.

Further information here

Finally, applications are also open for the 2025 Research Recognition Award, presented by the Swiss League Against Epilepsy with prize money of CHF 25,000. It is awarded annually to researchers working in Switzerland as start-up funding for research projects. Preference is given to those who are researching causes of and therapies for epilepsies.

Call for Applications

https://www.epi.ch/en/research/research-recognition-award/call-for-applications/

 

The Franco Regli Foundation for Research in the Field of Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Professor of Neurology Franco Regli created the Foundation with the aim of supporting and encouraging researchers in neuroscience to advance the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The Foundation has established a biennial prize endowed with CHF 10’000 to award outstanding scientific works in fundamental or clinical research in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. The scientific jury evaluates according to three main criteria: originality, innovativeness, and clinical relevance.

Call for Applications Prize 2024/2025

The Franco Regli Foundation awards the prize to a researcher, or a research team based in Switzerland having achieved an outstanding scientific publication in the mentioned area. Swiss researchers may submit work carried out abroad. Both works in clinical research and basic/translational research are eligible. The publication must have appeared in a peer reviewed scientific journal in 2024/2025.

Application deadline is July 15, 2026. Candidates are requested to send their scientific publication along with their CV and a list of publications to infonoSpam@fondationfrancoregli.noSpamch .

Award Ceremony

September 17, 2026 - Research Day 2026 of the USZ Clinical Neuroscience Center

More information here.

IRP – International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia invites applications in the field of Clinical Research relevant to human Spinal Cord Injuries

IRP Research Grants

Funds will be allocated up to 150,000 Swiss Francs for two years on the basis of scientific quality and relevance to paraplegia for clinical or clinically-related research proposals studying mechanisms of injury and repair, as well as long term recovery. Research projects may address all aspects of CNS and spinal cord lesions, nerve regeneration, trophic support of lesioned neurons, and functional changes induced by lesions, preferentially in mammals. Clinical research projects can be situated in the fields of diagnosis, acute lesion management including surgery, neurology, urology, rehabilitation, and other areas related to paraplegia.

The Grant doesn’t cover additional overhead costs.

Applications for IRP Research Grants are considered only for projects that are realized in Europe. Applications from Junior groups are welcome.

IRP Postdoctoral Fellowship

IRP provides fellowships up to 80,000 Swiss Francs per year, up to two years to young scientists who are either from Switzerland and who want to join an outstanding laboratory or clinic abroad, or from abroad and who wish to work in Switzerland on clinical or clinically-related projects.

Deadline for applications: October 31, 2026

For more information please contact researchnoSpam@irp.noSpamch.

Applications for IRP Research Grants 2027 /2029 will be considered only for projects that are realized in Europe.

Please use the relevant form on our website www.irp.ch to submit your application. For more information please send an email to researchnoSpam@irp.noSpamch.

IRP Genève
Rue François-Perréard 14
CH-1225 Chêne-Bourg – Geneva
Tel: +41 (0)22 349 03 03
Email: infonoSpam@irp.noSpamch

IRP Zürich
Neugasse 10
CH-8005 Zürich
Tel.: +41 78 268 14 84
Email: researchnoSpam@irp.noSpamch

The Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler Foundation offers a "Neurology Research Grant" to support high quality research on non-pharmacological treatment of symptoms experienced by patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders performed in a research center in or related to Switzerland. 

The principal applicant must be in a position to carry out the research project under his or her own responsibility. The applicant must be able to show that he/she is employed at least 50% for the duration of the project at a research institution, with the necessary research infrastructure.

The funding period is two years, with a possible extension up to a maximum of 4 years. It includes any support of the research project, with the exception of the applicant's own salary.

Application deadline: 30.09.2026

The Neurology Scientific Advisory Board of JGGF is presided by Prof. Dr. med. Jean-Marc Burgunder.

The application for funding has to meet to the formal requirements mentioned on the website.

You can find more information and the link to the online registration form 

 

In 2027, the Swiss Brain League and the Maupertuis Foundation are awarding a threeyear neuroscience research grant to researchers who hold a doctorate and who wish to pursue a scientific or academic career in Switzerland. The grant supports brain research in medicine, biology, psychology, computer science or a related field at a recognised scientific institution or clinic in Switzerland.

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In principle, the award is intended to ensure that the winner receives the same salary as a doctoral student during the three-year period covered by the award if no other financial support is available. The rates of the Swiss National Science Foundation apply to the salary, with an upper limit of CHF 110,000 per year including social security contributions.

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To be admitted to the selection procedure for the research fellowship, the following conditions must be met:

• the applicant must have completed a doctorate in medicine, biology, psychology, computer science or a related field from a recognised university in Switzerland or abroad;
• the applicant must be under the age of 46;
• the research project must be carried out in Switzerland;
• the grant will be used in its entirety and exclusively for the remuneration (wage and social costs) of the scientific/academic activity;
• the applicant’s research activity must be fully dedicated (100% of their workload) to the supported project;
• the research supervisor confirms in a letter of reference that the potential grant holder is suitable for the research project and that the infrastructural, personnel and methodological prerequisites for the research project are met.

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  The electronic application (Word or PDF), which must be in German, French, Italian or English, must contain:

• outline of the entire research project, including definition of the targeted milestones for each funded year: scientific problem/research question, current state of research, planned approach, explanation of scientific value, schedule (max. 10 pages excluding bibliography) and a short summary that can be understood by a layperson (max. 1 A4 page);
• complete list of publications, excluding the “impact factor” and “ranking” of journals (in accordance with the DORA Declaration);
• curriculum vitae in tabular form;
• letter of reference from the research supervisor;
• statement that neither this application nor a similar application has been submitted to any other funding body;
• salary payment office that will administer the grant.

At the end of each funded year, a short report on what has been achieved is expected (1 A4 page).

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Applications must be submitted to the Swiss Brain League by 30 September 2026 at the latest: infonoSpam@hirnliga.noSpamch.

The detailed research regulations can be found on the website www.hirnliga.ch/hirnforschung.

You can find the regulations here.

TheSAMSissues a call for applications for the Robert Bing Prize for young researchers in neuroscience. The award is funded by the generous bequest of Basel neurologist Robert Bing (1878 – 1956). According to the provisions set out in his will, the Robert Bing Prize should be awarded in recognition of outstanding work in the field of detecting, treating or curing nervous diseases.

In line with the benefactor’s wishes, it is primarily younger Swiss researchers (up to the age of 45) who are considered for the award. The Robert Bing Prize is usually awarded every two years with a total prize fund of CHF 50,000.

You can find more information and the link to the online registration formhere.

SW!SS REHA awards a research grant every two years, funded by the association, for a medically or economically oriented scientific project in the field of rehabilitation research in Switzerland. The aim is to promote innovative, clinically relevant, and scientifically grounded rehabilitation research as well as the efficient and targeted use of resources within the rehabilitation sector.

The jury is independent and consists exclusively of scientifically qualified experts from various disciplines. This ensures a fair and objective evaluation of all applications.

Promotion of rehabilitation research

The grant amounts to CHF 10,000 and is intended for projects that provide new insights, innovative approaches, or relevant contributions to clinical rehabilitation practice.

Call for applications 2026

The submission deadline is 28^th February 2026.

All details regarding the submission of application dossiers can be found in the official call for applications.

Further information

Additional information regarding the research prize is available on the SW!SS REHA website.