Friedrich Miescher Award

The Friedrich Miescher Award is an annual prize awarded to a young scientist for outstanding achievements in biochemistry. It is donated by the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research and administered by the Molecular and Cellular Biosciences section of Life Sciences Switzerland. The award includes a lecture and an official award ceremony held during the LS2 Annual Meeting. Candidates are selected on the basis of documented independent research and the scientific work having been carried out in Switzerland or by Swiss scientists abroad.

The award and an invited lecture; award ceremony during the LS2 Annual Meeting.

Candidates must not have reached the age of 40 on January 1 of the award year (age extensions apply for parents as specified). Preference is given to candidates with a documented record of independent research; the scientific work must have been carried out in Switzerland or by Swiss scientists abroad. Health care professionals are not eligible. Nominations should include a letter, CV, list of publications and links to the four most relevant publications, submitted as a single PDF following the instructions in the relevant call.

Nominations submitted as a single PDF containing a nomination letter, the candidate's CV, list of publications and embedded links to the four most relevant publications, following the instructions in the relevant call.