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Prize Winners 2026

The 2026 ACTERIA Doctoral Prizes awarded by EFIS in Immunology and Allergology to two outstanding young investigators

The ACTERIA Prizes awarded by EFIS were established in 2012 to recognize and reward Europe’s young talents in the fields of immunology and allergology. Since 2020, Prizes have been awarded every year. In 2026, two ACTERIA Doctoral Prizes for the best PhD dissertations defended in the last 3 years, are awarded. These Prizes carry cash awards plus the potential funding of three-year research projects to be performed in European institutions. Next year in 2027, two ACTERIA Early Career Research Prizes will be awarded to young scientists who are on the track to play a leading role in immunology and allergology in Europe in years to come.

The winners of the 2026 ACTERIA Prizes awarded by EFIS are:

 

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Press Release 2026
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Candidates were carefully evaluated and the winners selected by a prestigious jury of eminent scientists in the field:

  • Mala Maini, FRCP FMedSci, Deputy Head of the Department of Immunology, University College London (UK),
  • Alberto Mantovani, President, Fondatione Humanitas per la Ricerca (IT)
  • Christian Münz, Professor at ETH, Zürich and Director of the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich (CH)
  • Stefan H.E. Kaufmann, founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, (DE)
  • Jacques Neefjes, Chair of the Cell and Chemical Biology Department at the Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
  • Catherine Sautès-Fridman, Cordeliers Research Center, Paris (FR)

Fondation ACTERIA - Acting on European Research in Immunology and Allergology) promotes noncommercial fundamental research in immunology and allergology in Europe and Switzerland. It participates in the exchange of research and knowhow exchange between Switzerland and Europe by awarding the ACTERIA Prizes and by supporting postdoctoral research by early career researchers in Europe without distinction to country, nationality, race, religion, gender or any other grounds for discrimination. www.acteria.ch

EFIS - the European Federation of Immunological Societies is an umbrella organization that represents more than 14,000 individual members from 35 European member societies, and reaches beyond European boundaries to include Israel. The main goals of EFIS are to support immunological research and education, as well as to strengthen scientific interaction amongst its members. EFIS focuses particularly on supporting young scientists, e.g., through fellowships, travel grants and awards. www.efis.org

Contact: To learn more please contact Tom Wiley (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Zurich, Switzerland, July 9, 2026

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