Laureates
Andrea Galvez (EPFL 2025)
The project aims to develop a non-invasive brain-spine interface specifically designed for children with spinal cord injuries or cerebral palsy.
This technology combines brain signal decoding, neurofeedback, and transcutaneous spinal stimulation to promote motor recovery and reduce the risk of secondary complications.
Ashley Maynard (ETHZ 2025)
Brain injuries are a leading cause of long-term disability, with millions of people worldwide suffering from lasting cognitive and motor impairments.
Unlike some animals, such as salamanders, the human brain cannot fully regenerate after injury.
Kamil Andaloussi (Polytechnique Paris 2025)
Rapid decarbonization of economies is essential to preserve ecosystems.
Voluntary carbon credit markets allow companies to offset their emissions by financing CO₂ reduction or sequestration projects certified by organizations such as Verra or Gold Standard.
Gea Cereghetti (ETHZ 2024)
The discovery of antibiotics was pivotal in medical history, providing humanity with a powerful defense against bacterial infections.
However, this advantage is now threatened by the global rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Guillaume Falmagne (Ecole Polytechnique 2024)
CORESO/COLNET: Cooperation in Large-scale NETworks
Environmental crises are more social than technical: human actions are often oriented towards individual benefit (associated to conflict/defection) rather than collective benefit (cooperation).
Rebekah Wells (EPFL 2024)
Designing Sustainable Routes for Next-Generation Devices Based on Novel Chiral Nanomaterials (NextGenNano)
Chirality, the concept of “handedness,” is found everywhere in nature – from our hands to the DNA in our cells to the very spin of an electron.
Noémie Martin ( Supaéro 2024)
FASTE project: Additive manufacturing of high-performance multi-material structures for use in harsh environments
The use of several materials for a single mechanical part enables high-performance materials to be limited to critical areas and the use of recyclable and less expensive alloys to be maximised.
Alexandre Anthis (ETHZ 2023)
Every year, globally, 14 million patients undergo abdominal surgeries with the intension to overcome conditions ranging from cancer to obesity.
Despite their often lifesaving character, these operations are at the source of some of the most dreaded and frequent complications known to the field of visceral surgery.
Naïg Chenais (EPFL 2023)
Retinal degeneration is the ophthalmic condition that causes the most visual impairment in the working population in Switzerland and Europe.
Hereditary retinal dystrophies in particular are characterised by the early death of photoreceptors, the light-sensitive cells of the retina, and the progressive and irreversible loss of the field of vision.
Joseph Risson (ISAE-SUPAERO 2023)
Viraj H2
Aviation must undergo a deep transformation to decarbonize, and hydrogen is a key vector in this process.
Gustave Ronteix (Polytechnique Paris 2023)
Today, in oncology, new molecules reach patients only after 10 years of research and several hundred million euros invested in R&D.
This means fewer drugs available for patients and high costs for healthcare systems.
Gregor Weiss (ETHZ 2022)
Bringing the resolution revolution to the patient
The visual analysis of tissue samples is a crucial element in clinical diagnostics. It provides insights into structural changes of cells during a disease and can serve as basis for a personalized therapy.
Josefine Tratwal (EPFL 2022)
miniMarrow: towards a personalized platelet-producing implant
Platelet transfusions are the only way to prevent bleeding in patients suffering from diseases associated with low platelet counts, such as blood cancers.
Raphaël Fouque (ISAE-SUPAERO 2021)
Projet PreDICT (Photometric stereo Digital Image Correlation Technique)
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector, breakthrough innovations in aircraft design cycles are needed.
Margaux Duchamp (EPFL 2021)
ArcoScreen
Today, 35% of all marketed drugs act on the same family of proteins. These proteins hold great promise for the treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and many cancers.
Nicole Stoffel (ETHZ 2021)
Effects of iron on immunity and vaccine response – in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and future global viral threats
Iron deficiency (ID) may be an important, but previously unrecognized contributor to impaired adaptive immunity and reduced vaccine efficacy.
Jochen Mueller (ETHZ 2020)
Next-Generation Prosthetic: Towards the end of disability via digital fabrication
Events like the Paralympic Games show how modern engineering can support disabled people by restoring or improving human performance yet uncover that even these technologically advanced solutions are far from ideal.
Louise Biquard (École Polytechnique 2020)
Resolve: ExtRacellular vEsicle Signature fOr LiVer disEases
Fatty liver disease”, which can progress to cirrhosis and its complications, affects an estimated 25% of the world’s population.
Hélène Ruffieux (EPFL 2020)
An atlas of genetic hotspots to disentangle the molecular networks underlying complex diseases
Exploring the genetic bases of human diseases has become a critical step towards predicting health outcomes and developing effective therapies.
Anne Engmann (ETHZ 2019)
Molecular Machinery for Axon Growth
My long-term goal is to achieve neural circuit regeneration in the mature central nervous system, where regenerative capacity is limited, by implementing knowledge on how axons of cortical projection neurons grow over long distances during development to generate exquisitely precise and highly subtype-specific circuitry.
Amaury Ciurana (ISAE-SUPAERO 2019)
REEV
REEV’s mission is to help millions of people with reduced mobility to move around more easily on a daily basis. To achieve this, REEV has developed DREEVEN: a light and personalised motorised mobility aid, an alternative to a wheelchair or walker.
Robin Guillard (École Polytechnique 2019)
ZETA
My project consists of advancing the research and management of tinnitus, the constant ringing or buzzing in people’s ears, often significantly reducing their quality of life.
Marco Mondelli (EPFL 2019)
Foundations of Deep Learning
Today, we are witnessing a revolution in information technology, and deep learning is the leading candidate to exploit the newly available datasets in a variety of different fields. However, a coherent framework to understand the limits, devise algorithms, and analyze the performance of deep learning methods has remained elusive.
Sebastian Krinner (ETHZ 2018)
Quantum Computers
Quantum computers hold the promise of solving computational problems that are intractable using conventional methods. For fault-tolerant operation, quantum computers must correct errors unavoidably occurring due to noise and the mere nature of quantum laws.
Joël Serra (ISAE-SUPAERO 2018)
VIRTUOSE (VIRTUal testing of aerOnautical compoSites structurEs)
While the current methodology for certifying composite structures (present in the aeronautics industry, but also in the nautical and railway industries) currently requires numerous tests ….
Maximilian Richly (Ecole Polytechnique 2018)
(LumediX)
The start-up LumediX has developed a portable “point-of-care” medical diagnostic platform, using a technology based on luminescent nanoparticles developed in the laboratories of the École Polytechnique.