The RVR decision dated 30 August 2017 updates the conditions for the grant of the Nessim-Habif prize (medicine-surgery). The prize is renamed Nessim-Habif INNOGAP prize in Life Sciences. The conditions are now the same as those applicable with the INNOGAP Fund. Up to three Nessim-Habif INNOGAP prizes in Life Sciences of up to CHF 30'000 each, can be attributed on an annual basis. Nessim Habif was trained as an "Arts et Métiers" engineer in Lille and graduated in 1903. He was born in Turkey. After starting his career in Paris, he moved to Egypt where he enjoyed a successful career in the sugar industry. He acted as an advisor to the Egyptian government. Nessim Habif was a philantropist. In his testament, he created several prizes by leaving part of his fortune to institutions such as: the Society of "Arts et Métiers" engineers in France, the royal academy of french langauage and litterature in Belgium and the University of Geneva in Switzerland (source: Wikipedia).
