JGGF – Research Fellowship Award

About the award
The Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler (JGGF) Foundation is closely connected to the founders Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler. They acted on the assumption that certain fields in research and education do not dispose of the necessary pedagogical, financial and medical resources. The foundation therefore focuses on projects which do not get enough support through public or private sources be it due to political reasons, due to a too small population or due to other reasons.

The purpose of the Jacques and Gloria Gossweiler Foundation is to support

• medical research projects in the fields of “hematology” and “neurology”
• economic topics and entrepreneurship in private and public education

The Hematological Scientific Advisory Board of JGGF is currently presided by Prof. Dr. med. André Tichelli (Medical Affairs Officer of the SSH).

The yearly JGGF Hematology Research Fellowship Award is granted to any physician-scientist in postgraduate training in hematology to become a specialist in hematology of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH). The goal is to enable young, gifted individuals to start their hematological research career. The expectation is that this grant will provide the basis for subsequent other competitive funding as e.g. funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Cancer League or the like. The project has to be performed in a recognized Hematology training center in Switzerland.

The award of CHF 50’000 is granted for one year and is meant to cover 50% physician-scientist protected research time. The remaining salary gap must be ensured by the training center in which the research will be performed. Grant renewals might be given upon exceptional performance.

Call for applications
The next application deadline is 31 March 2026. Please visit the website of the Jacques and Gloria Gosweiler Foundation for more information:
www.jggf.ch/en/hematology-research/research-award