SNS Research Fellowship

In 2024 the SNS will award again two Research Fellowships worth CHF 25,000 each with matching funds from institutions for clinical research in the field of neurosciences and for applied basic research/translational research in the field of neurosciences.

The SNS Research Fellowship is awarded to junior doctors
who are at the end of their further training and have not yet obtained the
FMH specialist neurology qualification, with a view to enabling them to carry out research work or spend time abroad in a university hospital.

You can find the criteria here


Contact

Please do not hesitate to contact the branch office if you have any further questions:

Swiss Neurological Society (SNS)
c/o IMK Institute for Medicine and Communication Ltd
Münsterberg 1
4001 Basel

Tel. +41 (0)61 561 53 58
swissneuronoSpam@imk.noSpamch


Prize winners

2024

Dr. med. Abdel Moneim Yasmin, Zürich 
Title of the Research Project: Telomerase Inhibition in Glioblastoma

Dr. med. Di Liberto Giovanni, Lausanne 
Title of the Research Project: Untangling immune-mediated neurodegeneration upon viral infections of the central nervous system

2023

Pract. med. Hannah-Lea Handelsmann
Title of the research project:
"Interpretable and trustworthy machine learning models to improve treatment decisions in acute ischemic stroke"

MD, PhD Dr med., Dr rer. nat. Edoardo Galli
Title of the research project:
"High-dimensional single-cell immune profiling of multiple sclerosis patients undergoing escalation-therapy"

2022

David Schreier, MD
Title of the research project
"Modulation of Brain Networks Promoting Consciousness in Anaesthetised, Asleep, and Injured Brains (ARISE)"

2021

Dr Sarah Hösli
Title of the research project
"Analyzing the effects of rotation and translation on perceived direction of self-motion using a motion simulator"

2020

Dr Gerd Tinkhauser
Title of the research project:
"Electrophysiological signature of motor and non-motor fluctuations for closed-loop deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease"

2019

Dr Simon Schreiner
Title of the research project:
"Slow-wave Sleep and its Therapeutic Potential in Parkinson Disease"

2018

MD PhD Maxime Baud
Title of the research project:
"Chronobiology of Epilepsy"

2017

Dr David Seiffge, Basel
Title of the research project: "Towards understanding mechanism and outcome of intracerebral haemorrhage in patients taking oral anticoagulants"

2016

Dr Arseny Sokolov, Lausanne
Title of the research project: "Exploring the social brain: Integration of electrophysiology with diffusion tensor imaging"

2015

Dr Sebastian Schreglmann, St. Gallen
Title of the research project:
"The influence of dopamine on cortical plasticity and striatal ultrastructure in dopamine-responsive dystonia"

2014

Dr Florian Brugger, St. Gallen
Title of the research project:
"Sensorimotor integration in primary dystonia - its relevance for the sensory trick"