Advanced PhD candidates and early postdoctoral researchers at UZH are honored for their outstanding scientific achievements with the FAN Awards for junior researchers. Three prizes are awarded for the areas of Arts and Social Sciences, Law and Economics and for Medicine and Sciences and are endowed with CHF 5,000 each.

Passed call to propose qualified junior researchers: 1 November 2022 

Together with FAN (Fonds zur Förderung des Akademischen Nachwuchses), we congratulate the winners Michael E. Meier, Kira Schmitt and Mascha Schulz on the award!

FAN Awardees 2022 

UZH News Portraits of FAN Awardees 2022

The 2021 FAN Awards ceremony will take place at the Graduate Campus Anniversary Ceremony 2022

Awardees 2021

Information about Mercator Awards (until 2020)