Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation

Promotion and support of medical research

The Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation supports and promotes medical research as well as related disciplines of natural sciences in Switzerland.

Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation

Promotion and support of medical research

The Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation supports and promotes medical research as well as related disciplines of natural sciences in Switzerland.

2024 Call for Medical Research Positions is open

The call for applications 2024 for the Medical Research Positions has been issued.

Deadline is 30 June 2024.

You will find all necessary documents here.

01. Mar 2024

2024 Clinical Medicine Plus call is open

The call for applications 2024 for the Clinical Medicine Plus scholarships has been issued.

Deadline is 31 May 2024.

You will find all necessary documents here.

01. Feb 2024

2023 Cloëtta Prize awarded to researchers from Basel & Zurich

In 2023, the Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation awards the Cloëtta Prize to two prestigious scientists. Christoph Hess, Professor at the Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, and Sebastian Jessberger, Professor at the Brain Research Institute at the University of Zurich, each receive the scientific prize remunerated with 50,000 Swiss francs.

The award ceremony was held on November 24, 2023 at the ZLF at the University of Basel. We sincerely thank all who attended this year’s ceremony live or via video transmission! Photos of the award ceremony are available here and the comprehensive press release is available here.

The 2024 award ceremony will take place on 29 November 2024.

06. Oct 2023

Cloëtta Jubilee Symposium 2023 – ‘Pushing Frontiers in Medicine’

Happy birthday!
The Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation is celebrating its 50th anniversary!
‘Pushing Frontiers in Medicine’ was the theme of the forward-looking Jubilee Symposium on 28 September 2023 at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon organized to mark the occasion. It was a truly memorable, thought-provoking and festive event that stimulated dialogue between disciplines, boosted and promoted networking, exchange, and interaction!

The videos are available to watch:
Morning Session: Welcome, Greetings & Keynote by Marcel Tanner
Afternoon Session 1: Musical Opening, Talks by Amalio Telenti, Julia Velz, Catherine Burger and Joel Zindel
Afternoon Session 2: Panel discussion & Keynote by Fiona Watt
Afternoon Session 3: Salute to Peter Friedli, Awarding of Cloëtta Jubilee Prize 2023 & Speeches by Prize Winners

The video testimonials which were sprinkled throughout the day are also available to watch:
Christian Lüscher & Maries van den Broek & Lukas Graf & Burkhard Becher & Anita Lüthi & Stergios Tsartsalis & Nadja Mercader & Eleonora Seelig & Heini Murer & Sophie Croizier

29. Sep 2023

We support and promote medical research

“Research promotion in Switzerland is not exclusively a task of our government. On the contrary, two thirds of the means allotted to research and development originate from business. Private foundations also play a very important role in this respect. Wellknown Prize awards – such as the Cloëtta Prize – accentuate the importance of foundations for the scientific world.”

Ruth Dreifuss, Federal Counsellor
Volume 1 of the Monograph Professor Dr Max Cloëtta Foundation

Arzt hält Petrischale in der Hand