Awards & Honors

In recognition of their work, several researchers at the FMI have received awards and honors – a reflection of the relevance, impact and excellence of their work, and an endorsement of the whole institute’s scientific ambition. On this page we list key scientific awards received by FMI scientists since 2010; the list is not exhaustive.

For an overview of the winners of our internal awards – the Ed Fischer Prize (for best thesis), the Max Burger Prize (for best postdoctoral publication) and the Ruth Chiquet Prize (recognizing scientific ingenuity)– please see respective pages.

Ed Fischer Prize
Max Burger Prize
Ruth Chiquet Prize
  • Prisca Liberali
    International Suffrage Science Award » More
  • Prisca Liberali
    Science Prize of the City of Basel » More
  • Luca Giorgetti
    SNSF Consolidator Grant » More
  • Zuzanna Kozicka (group Thoma, N.)
    Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Brain Prize » More
  • Prisca Liberali
    EMBO Gold Medal » More
  • Andreas Luethi
    SNSF Advanced Grant » More
  • Alicia Michael (group Thoma, N.)
    LS2 "PI of Tomorrow" Jury Prize » More
  • Filippo M. Rijli
    Election to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei » More
  • Nicolas Thoma
    Otto Naegeli Prize » More
  • Pico Caroni
    Science Prize of the City of Basel » More
  • Prisca Liberali
    Friedrich Miescher Award 2021 » More
  • Friedemann Zenke
    Eccellenza Fellowship » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Election to the American National Academy of Sciences » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Lelio Orci Award » More
  • Andreas Luethi
    Swiss Brain League Research Prize » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Betty and David Koetser Memorial Prize » More
  • Silvia Arber
    International Prize of the Fyssen Foundation » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Prix Charles-Léopold Mayer » More
  • Alexander Attinger (group Keller, G.) & Bo Wang (group Keller, G.)
    Pfizer Research Prize » More
  • Urs Mayr (group Liberali, P.) & Denise Serra (group Liberali, P.)
    Bruno Speck Award
  • Botond Roska
    Louis-Jeantet Prize » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Pradel Research Award » More
  • Marc Buehler
    Election to EMBO » More
  • Silvia Domcke (group Schuebeler, D.)
    Faculty of Science Prize for best thesis, University of Basel
  • Botond Roska
    Bressler Prize in Vision Science » More
  • Botond Roska
    W. Alden Spencer Award
  • Silvia Arber
    Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine » More
  • Silvia Arber
    Novartis VIVA Leading Scientist Award
  • Jeffrey A. Chao
    EMBO Young Investigator Award
  • Maria Soledad Esposito (group Arber, S.) & Philip Tovote (group Luethi, A.)
    Pfizer Research Prize
  • Luca Giorgetti
    EMBO Young Investigator Award
  • Indranil Banerjee (group Roska, B.) & Yasuyuki Miyake (group Matthias, P.)
    Pfizer Research Prize
  • Mohamed Bentires-Alj
    Election to EMBO
  • Marie-May Coissieux (group Bentires-Alj, M.)
    Pfizer Research Prize » More
  • Susan M. Gasser
    Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, Charles University of Prague
  • Susan M. Gasser
    Lee Hartwell award of the Genetics Society of America
  • Shany Koren (group Bentires-Alj, M.)
    Bruno Speck Award
  • Andreas Luethi
    Cloetta Prize
  • Botond Roska
    Cogan Award from the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
  • Keisuke Yonehara (group Roska, B.)
    Swiss OphtAward