Prize of the Ambros Lüthi Foundation

The purpose of the foundation is to promote scientific research and teaching in the field of economics in connection with ecological and ethical issues. The Foundation awards the Prize of 5’000 Swiss Francs every two years to an achieved research work. The call for projects is open to any person affiliated with a Swiss university, a university of applied science or a research institute in Switzerland.

The project must be of particular relevance from the perspectives of economic and/ or sustainable ethics.
The projects submitted to the evaluation for the Prize have to be accomplished (at least substantially) within the last three years before the deadline of submission. The project must pertain to (at least) one of the following four areas:
• socio-economic or ecological studies
• studies of alternative economic models
• projects related to scientific, technological or organizational (governance) innovation and/or to their technology transfer.
Moreover, the project must be of relevance from the perspectives of economic, business and/or environmental ethics by dealing, for example, with questions of sustainable (economic, social and environmental) development or of corporate responsibility for human rights.

Application Info

Next call for entries in November 2025.

Submission

every other year

Website

unifr.ch

Level of education

master student, PhD student, Researcher with Ph.D.

Next Deadlines

30.04.2026

Funding Types

awards

Budget

CHF 5,000

Last update

10.07.2025

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