THE LOUIS-JEANTET PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
Established in 1986, the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded each year to experienced researchers who have distinguished themselves in the field of biomedical research in Europe. It is not intended as the consecration of work that has been completed, but rather to encourage the continuation of research projects of major importance to fundamental or clinical medicine.
The Prize is endowed with CHF1.4m. The sum available to each prize-winner amounts to CHF700’000, of which CHF600’000 are to be used for financing ongoing research and CHF100’000 are given to the researcher personally.
Since 1986, the Foundation awarded c.CHF49m to the 70 winners of the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for the continuation of their research projects.
The main fields of research that are promoted are physiology, biophysics, structural biology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, developmental biology and genetics. The Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine has notably supported outstanding work on immunology, virology, bacteriology, neurobiology and in clinical epidemiology.
The Foundation rewards excellence. Several winners of the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine have subsequently been distinguished by the Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, or in Chemistry.
