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In accordance with the donor's will, the prize honours outstanding work in the recognition, treatment and cure of diseases of the nervous system.</p></div> <div class="text-GT"> <h3>Participation requirements</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>Eligible for the Prize are young researchers (up to 45 years old, exceptions due to family duties are possible) in basic, translational or clinical neurosciences. Candidates should be Swiss or have been working in Switzerland for a significant amount of time.</p> <p> </p> <p>The research must be of excellent quality, original, innovative and topical. It must further have contributed significantly to advancing the recognition, treatment or cure of diseases of the nervous system.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Prize money</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>The Prize is awarded every two years with a prize money of CHF 50'000 for a single laureate or CHF 30'000 each if two Prizes are awarded simultaneously.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Evaluation procedure</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>The Bing-Ott Committee is in charge of the scientific evaluation of nominations for the Bing Prize. The Committee then makes a recommendation to the SAMS Senate who decides on the Prize winner(s).</p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Submission of nominations</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>Nominations can be submitted by a third party or an academic institution. Self-nomination is not possible. Nominations must be written in English and registered online.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The next call for nominations for the Robert Bing Prize is planned at the end of 2025.</strong></p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Bing Prize 2024 laureates</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>The Robert Bing Prize 2024 has been awarded jointly to Prof. Alexander Mathis and Prof. Mackenzie W. Mathis (EPFL) for their pioneering work bridging machine learninig and behavioral neuroscience, and to Prof. Susanne Wegener (University Hospital Zurich/University of Zurich) for her translational research on the pathophysiology and treatment of stroke. The award ceremony will take place on 14 November 2024 in Bern.</p> <p> </p> <p>More information can be found in our media release from 31 October 2024.<br /> <strong> <br /> <a href="/dam/jcr:11088a43-85ae-445e-ab32-09f63965bde9/media_release_sams_20241031_bing_prize.pdf">Download the media release (PDF)</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Downloads and links</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>Robert Bing Prize regulations <a href="/dam/jcr:beebc159-8818-4b56-9a5e-eef31b7217f1/reglement_assm_prix_bing.pdf">in French</a> or <a href="/dam/jcr:99723995-7c4b-4acf-936e-af8f758a32ba/reglement_samw_bing_preis.pdf">in German</a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/de/Portraet/Kommissionen/Bing-Ott-Kommission.html">Evaluation Committee</a> (in German)</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/dam/jcr:df438621-634d-4424-8ce7-de58ac8ec490/synopsis_samw_robert_bing_preis.pdf">Synopsis of past laureates</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="kontakte-m"> <h4>CONTACT</h4> <p class="GT M-GT"> Dr. Myriam Tapernoux <br>Head of Department <br>Tel. +41 31 306 92 76 <br><a href="javascript:dcmt('146083153134149138151147148154157101152134146156083136141');"><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ document.write(dcmadr("146083153134149138151147148154157101152134146156083136141")); // ]]> </script></a> </p> </div> <div class="logo-aux-m"> <a href="http://www.akademien-schweiz.ch/en/current/news" target="_blank"> <img src="/.resources/samw/webresources/svg/i_logo_header_desktop_a_en.svg"/> </a> </div> <div id="cookie"> <div class="flex-item"> <span><p>We use cookies. 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