SNS Research Fellowship
In 2025 the SNS will award again two Research Fellowships worth CHF 25,000 each with matching funds from institutions for clinical research in the field of neurosciences and for applied basic research/translational research in the field of neurosciences.
The SNS Research Fellowship is awarded to doctors in further training who have not yet obtained the FMH specialist title in neurology to enable them to carry out research work.
You can find the criteria here
Awarding the Research Fellowship
The SNS Research Fellowship will be announced and awarded at the annual meeting on the occasion of the 6th SFCNS Congress in Lausanne.
Contact
Please do not hesitate to contact the branch office if you have any further questions:
Swiss Neurological Society (SNS)
c/o IMK Institute for Medicine and Communication Ltd
Gabriela Castioni | Association Manager
Münsterberg 1
4001 Basel
Tel. +41 (0)61 561 53 58
swissneuro@imk.ch
SNS Research Fellowship 2025
Dr. med. Ines Magdalena Richter (Basel)
Title of the research project: Cell-free DNA in acute ischemic stroke study (CANTO)
MD M.Sc. PhD-c. Michail Panagiotis Giannakakis (Bern)
Title of the research project: Preferences of patients and patient representative organizations regarding diagnostic and therapeutic management of covert cerebrovascular disease
Prize winners
2024
Dr. med. Yasmin Abdel Moneim, Zürich
Title of the Research Project: Telomerase Inhibition in Glioblastoma
Dr. med. Giovanni Di Liberto, Lausanne
Title of the Research Project: Untangling immune-mediated neurodegeneration upon viral infections of the central nervous system
2023
Pract. med. Hannah-Lea Handelsmann
Title of the research project: "Interpretable and trustworthy machine learning models to improve treatment decisions in acute ischemic stroke"
MD, PhD Dr med., Dr rer. nat. Edoardo Galli
Title of the research project: "High-dimensional single-cell immune profiling of multiple sclerosis patients undergoing escalation-therapy"
2022
David Schreier, MD
Title of the research project "Modulation of Brain Networks Promoting Consciousness in Anaesthetised, Asleep, and Injured Brains (ARISE)"
2021
Dr Sarah Hösli
Title of the research project "Analyzing the effects of rotation and translation on perceived direction of self-motion using a motion simulator"
2020
Dr Gerd Tinkhauser
Title of the research project: "Electrophysiological signature of motor and non-motor fluctuations for closed-loop deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease"
2019
Dr Simon Schreiner
Title of the research project: "Slow-wave Sleep and its Therapeutic Potential in Parkinson Disease"
2018
MD PhD Maxime Baud
Title of the research project: "Chronobiology of Epilepsy"
2017
Dr David Seiffge, Basel
Title of the research project: "Towards understanding mechanism and outcome of intracerebral haemorrhage in patients taking oral anticoagulants"
2016
Dr Arseny Sokolov, Lausanne
Title of the research project: "Exploring the social brain: Integration of electrophysiology with diffusion tensor imaging"
2015
Dr Sebastian Schreglmann, St. Gallen
Title of the research project: "The influence of dopamine on cortical plasticity and striatal ultrastructure in dopamine-responsive dystonia"
2014
Dr Florian Brugger, St. Gallen
Title of the research project: "Sensorimotor integration in primary dystonia - its relevance for the sensory trick"