The Awarding Committee

The recipient is selected by an Awarding Committee. Its members are:

• Dr. h.c. Manfred Lautenschläger
  The donor
   
• Prof. Dr. Helmut Anheier
  Institute for Sociology
• Prof. Dr. Armin von Bogdandy
  Max Planck Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law
• Prof. Dr. Ludwig M. Eichinger
  President of the Institute for the German Language
• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel
  Rector of Heidelberg University
• Prof. Dr. Tonio Hölscher
  Institute for Classical Archaeology
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Harald zur Hausen
  German Cancer Research Center
• Prof. Dr. A. Stephen K. Hashmi
  Vice Rector of Research and Transfer of Heidelberg University
• Prof. Dr. Margret Wintermantel
  President of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

The recipient of the Prize in 2015, Prof. Dr. Axel Michaels, acts in an advisory capacity.