Each year, the Werner and Erika Messmer Foundation presents research awards to up-and-coming researchers with a doctoral degree who work in any of the university's three faculties. The awards support research projects with 10,000 euros each.
Award winners
2024
Dr Eva Lievens, Biology
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Dr James Wilson, History
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Pia Schilling, PhD, Economics
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2023
Dr Liang Li, Biology
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Dr Maria Meier, Psychology
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Dr Verena Wagner, Philosophy
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2022
Dr Katrin Schmelz, Economics
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Dr Sidney Carls-Diamante, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg, Philosophy
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- 2021
Dr Ariane Bertogg, Sociology
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Further information: video about the award winnerDr Cristina Ruiz Agudo, Chemistry
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Dr Martin Imhof, Psychology
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Dr Lothar Sebastian Krapp, Mathematics and Statistics
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Dr Sarah Legner, Law
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