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Objective | The FAN Awards honor early career researchers at UZH for outstanding scientific achievements. Three prizes are awarded in the fields of humanities and social sciences, law and economics, and medicine and natural sciences. |
Call |
Call for applications annually: Professors nominate suitable candidates from their faculty. |
Selection | The jury consists of three professorial members of UZH, representing the three scientific areas, as well a representative each from FAN (Fonds zur Förderung des akademischen Nachwuchses of UZH Alumni) and the Office Equality, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI). |
Award | FAN Award: CHF 5'000 per awardee |
Further notes |
FAN («Fonds zur Förderung des akademischen Nachwuchses of UZH Alumni») |
Habilitation candidate at the Chair for Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism
Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion
Supervisor: Konrad Schmid
FAN Award in the field of humanities and social sciences for his research project:
«Conceptions of Time and Apocalyptic Thinking in Hellenistic Judaism»
LinkedIn Profile Moritz F. Adam
Postdoc in the Research group: Social Computing
Department of Informatics
Supervisor: Anikó Hannák
FAN Award in the field of law and economics for her research project:
«Society as a Stakeholder: Understanding the Societal Impact of Systems Allocating Visibility Algorithmically»
LinkedIn Profil Stefania Ionescu
Postdoc at the Brain Research Institute
Faculty of Medicine
Supervisor: Fritjof Helmchen
FAN Award in the field of medicine and natural sciences for his research project:
«Old circuits, new function: How phylogenetically conserved brain regions govern risky decisions»
LinkedIn Profil Dominik Gross
For this year's awards, the following early career researchers have been nominated by their respective faculties (in alphabetic order):
Anaïs Aeschlimann (PhF), Cengiz Akandil (MNF), Gianluca De Nard (WWF),
Daniela Mahl (PhF), Marko Pesut (MNF), Alexander Vetterli (RWF), Giulia Walter (RWF)
Fotos: Seraina Boner Photography