Research Fields
Independent expert committees apply for the Pfizer Research Prize Award in the following fields:
Oncology
Infectious Diseases/Immunology
Digital Health
Award
The Foundation Pfizer Research Prize drives scientific excellence in Switzerland. With over 6.8 million Swiss francs in prize money awarded to 438 researchers, it stands as a long-term commitment to advancing medical innovation. Unique in Switzerland, this initiative fosters pioneering research and makes a lasting impact on scientific progress.
Prize Money
The Pfizer Research Prize awards a total of 100,000 Swiss francs in prize money. It recognizes five outstanding projects: two in Oncology, two in Infectious Diseases/Immunology (both in basic and clinical research) and one in Digital Health. Each awarded project receives 20,000 Swiss Francs.
Jury
The Foundation board is the supreme body. It awards the research prize based on applications from the expert committees, who assess the projects independently. The Foundation board can forgo awarding a prize in a given field of research. This applies if the expert committee considers the number and/or the quality of the projects as too low. This decision made by the Foundation board cannot be appealed against.
The expert committees are each made up of leading scientists and renowned professionals from Switzerland.
Oncology
Prof. Freddy Radtke
Lausanne
Infectious Diseases/Immunology
Prof. Huldrych Günthard
Zürich
Digital Health
TBD
TBD
