| Year
|
Awardee
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Domain of research
|
| 1984
|
Jürg Fröhlich
|
Mathematical physics: quantum theory
|
| 1985
|
Otto Albrecht Haller
|
Virology: resistance to flu viruses
|
| 1986
|
Ulrich Kohli
|
Economics: analysis of international trade
|
| 1987
|
John Paul Maier
|
Physical chemistry: spectroscopic methods for analysing the properties of ionised molecules
|
| 1988
|
Paul Schmid-Hempel (de)
|
Behavioural ecology
|
| 1989
|
Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont (de)
|
Social psychology and educational sciences
|
| 1990
|
Goeffrey Bodenhausen
|
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
|
| 1991
|
Susan Margaret Gasser-Wilson (de)
|
Cell biology: the role of nucleus proteins in organising and passing on genetic information
|
| 1992
|
Maria Christina Pitassi
|
History of theology and philosophy in the 17th and 18th century
|
| 1993
|
Thomas Stocker
|
Climate and environmental physics: the role of the oceans in climate change
|
| 1994
|
Denis Duboule
|
Developmental biology and genetics
|
| 1995
|
Astrid Epiney
|
Human rights and international environmenal law
|
| 1996
|
Martin Vetterli
|
Audiovisual technology of the future: wavelet theory in communication
|
| 1997
|
Konrad Basler (de)
|
Zoology/developmental biology (drosophila fly)
|
| 1998
|
Peter Schaber
|
Ethics, applied ethics and environmental ethics
|
| 1999
|
Frédéric Merkt (de)
|
Chemical physics of molecules: spectroscopie and dynamics of atoms and molecules in electronically charged states
|
| 2000
|
Laurent Keller
|
Evolutionary ecology: ant behaviour
|
| 2001
|
Lorenza Mondada (de)
|
Interactional linguistics
|
| 2002
|
Jérôme Faist
|
Solid state physics: quantum cascade laser
|
| 2003
|
Silvia Arber
|
Neurobiology: neuronal circuit formation in the developing spinal cord
|
| 2004
|
Simon Gächter
|
Empirical economics: cooperative behaviour
|
| 2005
|
Patrick Jenny
|
Engineering sciences: computer simulations of complex fluid systems in nature and technology
|
| 2006
|
Michael Hengartner
|
Molecular biology: study of a model organism, a worm called Caenorhabditis elegans
|
| 2007
|
Giuliano Bonoli
|
Political science: role of the welfare state in Europe
|
| 2008
|
Franz Pfeiffer
|
X-ray technology
|
| 2009
|
Mirjam Christ Crain
|
Medicine: biological stress caused by infectious diseases
|
| 2010
|
Marianne Sommer (de)
|
History of science: exploring the life sciences
|
| 2011
|
Karl Gademann
|
Chemistry and biology: isolation and synthesis of natural materials
|
| 2012
|
Jacques Fellay
|
Genomics: defence mechanisms against viruses
|
| 2013
|
David Sander (de)
|
Affective science
|
| 2014
|
Tobias J. Kippenberg (de)
|
Physics: quantum optomechanics
|
| 2015
|
Richard Benton
|
Neurobiology of olfaction
|
| 2016
|
Alexander Keese (de)
|
African history, decolonisation, forced labour
|
| 2017
|
Xile Hu
|
Chemical catalysis
|
| 2018
|
Andrea Ablasser
|
Immunology
|
| 2019
|
Dominik Hangartner
|
Political scientist
|
| 2020
|
Maryna Viazovska
|
Mathematics
|
| 2021
|
Nicola Aceto
|
Molecular oncology
|
| 2022
|
Kerstin Vokinger (de)
|
Law, medicine and technology
|
| 2023
|
Lesya Shchutska
|
Physics: particle physics
|