Foundations
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
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latest winner (2022): Prof. Dr. André Platzer, Institute for Reliability of Autonomous Dynamical Systems Press release |
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation
Alfried Krupp Prize for Young University Teachers
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latest winner (2012): Prof. Dr. Christian Koos, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ) Press release |
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Ars legendi Faculty Award in Mathematics
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winner 2015: Prof. Dr. Norbert Henze, former head of the Institute of Stochastics (STOCH) Press release |
Berthold Leibinger Foundation
Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize
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winners 2018: Research group "DELPHI" for "three-dimensional laser lithography for integrated photonics", headed by Prof. Dr. Christian Koos, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ) Press release |
Horst Görtz Foundation
German IT Security Award
| winners 2014: Chair of Cryptography and Security under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade in cooperation with Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI) and Wibu-Systems AG for the "Blurry Box®" method Press release |
Helmholtz Association and Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Erwin Schrödinger Prize
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latest winners (2019):
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Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the Zempelin Foundation
Research Prize Transformative Science
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winners 2018: Real-world lab "District Future - Urban Lab", Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) Press release |
BBVA Foundation
Frontiers of Knowledge Award
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winner 2014: Prof. Dr. Maximilian Haider, Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, jointly with Prof. Harald Rose (Senior Professor at Ulm University), and Prof. Urban Knut (Forschungszentrum Jülich) |
Gips Schüle Foundation
Gips Schüle Research Prize
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latest winners 2017: Prof. Dr. Christian Koos, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ), Prof. Dr. Manfred Kohl, Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT), and Dr. Sascha Mühlbrandt for the development of a novel plasmonic photodetector |
Hector Foundation II
Hector Science Prize
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latest winner (2020): Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, Physikalisches Institut (PHI) Press release |
EWE Foundation (in cooperation with the University of Oldenburg)
Helene Lang Prize
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winner 2014: Prof. PD Dr.- Ing. Katrin Schulz, Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS) |
EnBW Foundation, jointly with the KIT
Heinrich Hertz Prize
| winner 2018: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schulenberg, formerly the head of the Institute for Thermal Energy Technology and Safety (ITES) |
Gips Schüle Foundation
Joachim Reutter Prize for Social Innovation
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winners 2021: Dr. Oliver Parodi and his research group "Sustainability and Societal Transformation", Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), for the project "District Future - Urban Lab" Press release (on the website of the foundation) |
The Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
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winner 2020: Prof. Dr. Maximilian Haider, Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, jointly with Prof. Harald Rose (Senior Professor at Ulm University), Prof. Urban Knut (Forschungszentrum Jülich) and Ondrej Krivanek, President of Nion Company, USA |
Aventis Foundation
Life Sciences Bridge Award
| winner 2021: Dr. Frank Biedermann, Institute of Nanotechnology (INT) Press release (on the website of the foundation) |
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Open Data Impact Award
| winner 2020: Dr. Claudia Niessner, Institute of Sport and Sports Science (IfSS) More about the prize |
Rüdiger Kurt Bode Foundation
Water Resources Prize
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winner 2021: Prof. Dr. Harald Kunstmann, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU) Press release of the foundation |
Wolf Foundation
Wolf Prize in Physics
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winners 2011: Prof. Dr. Maximilian Haider, Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, jointly with Prof. Harald Rose (Senior Professor at Ulm University), and Prof. Urban Knut (Forschungszentrum Jülich) |