Equal Opportunities Prize of the University of Bern

This year, the University of Bern is awarding the Prix Lux equal opportunities prize for the tenth time. The award-winning measures should actively promote equal opportunities - in terms of racism, gender, social origin, sexual harassment, physical and mental disabilities, sexual orientation, migration experience or age.

Conditions for participation

• Nominations can be made for  university units ( institutes, faculties, nccrs) or groups of persons (groups or teams of students or staff) who are committed to equal opportunities at the University of Berne. The measures applied should stimulate a discussion on equal opportunity topics - related to gender, ethnic or social origin, physical or mental impairments, sexual orientation, gender identity or age - and be innovative, original, sustainable and have transfer potential.

• The measures applied should stimulate discussion on equal opportunities issues, be innovative, original and sustainable, and have transfer potential. Show which measures you have already implemented or which are concretely planned.

The price

• The price winner will receive CHF 2'000.- and a luminous object. The winner is elected by a jury.

Application

• The deadline for applications is June 30, 2026.

• Please send your applications or suggestions with an explanation (description of the measure, objectives, target audience and, if possible, impact of the measure) via e-mail or post to the address indicated in the contact box.

Formal criteria

• The type of application is open. In addition to a letter of application (maximum 2-3 A4 pages), pictures, videos, posters, flyers etc. are welcome.

The jury

• The jury consists of one representative each of the Executive Board of the University of Bern, the intermediate staff association, the Student Union of the University of Bern (SUB), the cantonal equal opportunities office, the Communication and Marketing Office and two representatives of the Office for Equal Opportunities.