Team Effort Award

Every year on Dies academicus, UZH presents a Team Effort Award to recognize the achievements of staff members or students that go well beyond their regular professional or academic duties.

In addition to awards for academic achievements, UZH also presents the Team Effort Award to acknowledge outstanding commitment by members of its staff or students. This award aims to draw attention to work done behind the scenes, which in many cases can enrich the University or society in exceptional and welcome ways. It is a means for UZH to express gratitude for work done by the staff and students. The award comes with prize money of CHF 5,000 and was presented for the first time at the 2019 Dies academicus.

Information on the recipients is available in German only:

Der Team-Effort-Preis für das Jahr 2025 wurde am 8. Mai 2026 verliehen an das Collective for Anti-Racist Art History (CARAH), für dessen Beitrag für einen achtsamen und praxis­orientierten Umgang mit Rassismus und die dies­bezüg­liche Vernetzung der UZH mit der Gesell­schaft und anderen Bildungs­institu­tionen.
Team-Effort-Preis 2025: Collective for Anti-Racist Art History (CARAH)

Team-Effort-Preis 2024: Betriebsfeuerwehr der UZH
Team-Effort-Preis 2023: Airmiles Group des Geographischen Institutes der UZH (GIUZ)
Team-Effort-Preis 2022: «Anti-Littering Irchelpark Initiative»
Team-Effort-Preis 2021: START! Studium – Integrationsvorkurs an der UZH
Team-Effort-Preis 2020: Taskforce des Staatsvereins 2020
Team-Effort-Preis 2019: Team Kinder-Universität der Universität Zürich
Team-Effort-Preis 2018: Team Mitarbeiterfest 2018

1. Nominations are open to teams that usually consist of at least three people who belong to the university or have a very close relationship with it.
2. The team effort represents a particularly innovative and/or sustainable achievement that has significantly enriched the university or society.
3. As a rule, the achievement should have already been made. Mere ideas and scientific work are excluded.

Regulations on the Presentation of the Team Effort Award (in German) (PDF, 72 KB)

UZH members can nominate their favorite teams for the current year from approximately late August through late October. The nomination form will be posted here in due course.