Applications open: Leenaards Prize for Translational Medical Research
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Fondation Leenaards opens its annual call for projects for the university hospitals and academic institutions of the Lake Geneva region. Deadline for Letter of Intent: 8 March 2021.
Each year, Fondation Leenaards allocates up to CHF 1.5 million for the Leenaards Prize for Translational Medical Research.
The research prize is awarded to 2-3 innovative projects, which investigate a clinical or health problem (including pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention or therapy) from an original and innovative angle, and linking it to a component of advanced basic research, be it experimental research, bioinformatics or epidemiological analyses. The project must include a human research component.
Projects must be presented by at least one research group based at a university hospital (CHUV, HUG)and one group at an academic institution (e.g. EPFL, UNIL, UNIGE)of the Lake Geneva region. The third applicant may be based outside of this region.
Supported research groups will be free to plan the use of the funds (max. 750’000 per project) over up to 36 months.
The deadline for Letters of Intent is Monday, 8 March 2021.
For further information, please have a look at the call webpage and at the EPFL Toolkit.