Award Application

Eligible applications will be assessed by a committee of the conference of regional directors of the start4neo Swiss neonatal resuscitation program. Please send your application to start4neo@neonet.ch, including a cover letter introducing the applicants, brief CVs, and a project description with an overall financial plan.

Applicants for this grant should include the following information:

  • Description of the project (no more than 2000 words)
  • List of team members
  • Main goals (including a description of how the grant money will be used)
  • Other financial support

Application deadline: December 13, 2025

Applications should be sent to: start4neo@neonet.ch

Applications will be reviewed and scored by the Regional Directors of start4neo. The award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Neonatology, on May 19, 2026 in Aarau.

For additional information you can contact the two persons responsible for this award program, using the same email address start4neo@neonet.ch.:

Dr Mirjam Schuler Barazzoni, CHUV, DFME, Service de Néonatologie, Lausanne

Dr Jehudith Fontijn,  USZ, Dpt of Neonatology, Zurich