External Research Prizes (Selected)
Nomination
Academy Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
Alfried Krupp Fellowship for Young Professors
Association for Informatics (GI) - Dissertation Prize
Augsburg Academic Prize for Intercultural Studies
Baden-Württemberg State Research Award
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Hector Research Award / Appointment to Hector Fellow
Klaus O. Fleck Prize from the Rhine-Neckar IHK
Max Planck Research Award for International Cooperation
Südwestmetall Award for Young Scholars
Direct Application • Regional Selection
Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Awards
MRN Innovation Award from the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Area Foundation
MTZ®-Award for Medical Systems Biology
Nomination
Humanities and social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, biosciences and medicine as well as technological sciences.
| Academy Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 30,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | The Academy Prize honours scientists whose current research is ground-breaking and opens up new and promising horizons. The prize is intended to support the major push toward ultimate scientific breakthrough; there is no age limit. |
| Disciplines | Humanities and social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, biosciences and medicine as well as technological sciences. |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences  |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Academy Prize |
| Alfried Krupp Fellowship for Young Professors | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 500,000 (over 5 years) |
| Eligibility criteria | For young professors (C3 – Professor) up to age 38. |
| Disciplines | Natural sciences, engineering sciences, biology, biological chemistry and biophysics |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation (Ger) |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation (Ger) |
| Association for Informatics (GI) - Dissertation Prize | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 5,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | Not only works that represent progress in the field of informatics itself are eligible, but also on informatics applications in other disciplines as well as the examination of the interaction between informatics and society. |
| Disciplines | Informatics |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Association for Informatics (GI) - Dissertation Prize |
| Augsburg Academic Prize for Intercultural Studies | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 5,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | Academic works, especially master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral theses and dissertations on the general topic: “Intercultural Reality in Germany: Questions and Answers on the Road to an Open Society”. |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Forum for Intercultural Life and Learning (FILL) e.V. (Ger) in cooperation with the university and city of Augsburg |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Augsburg Academic Prize for Intercultural Studies (Ger) |
| Baden-Württemberg State Research Award | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 200,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | Can be split among multiple researchers. |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Baden-Württemberg State Research Award (Ger) |
| Balzan Prizes | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | One million Swiss Francs each. Since 2001 the statutes call for half the funds to be used for projects involving young researchers. |
| Eligibility criteria | The four Balzan Prizes, two per category, are awarded to researchers, scientists, scholars and artists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. |
| Disciplines | Humanities, social sciences and art; physics, mathematics, natural sciences and medicine. The subject areas in which the awards are granted change from year to year. |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
International Balzan Prize Foundation |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
International Balzan Prize Foundation |
| Copernicus Award for Outstanding Achievement in German-Polish Cooperation | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 50,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | The award distinguishes German and Polish researchers who, in a cooperative project, made extraordinary strides in science and research, with a particular emphasis on the promotion of young researchers. |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
German Research Association (DFG) and Foundation for Polish Science |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | every 2 years |
| Further information |
Copernicus Award |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 1.55 million (over 5 years) |
| Eligibility criteria | Outstanding young researchers |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
German Research Association (DFG) |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize |
| Hector Research Award / Appointment to Hector Fellow | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount |
€ 150,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | The board of the Hector Foundation II awards fellowships to three professors to recognize their outstanding work and merit in science and teaching. The appointment to Hector Fellow is part of the award. |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Hector Foundation II (Ger) |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Hector Foundation II (Ger) |
| Karl Heinz Beckurts Award | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | Three awards of € 30,000 each |
| Eligibility criteria | The award recognizes exemplary achievement in research and development and the application of those results in business innovation. Individual researchers or project groups from universities or non-university institutions, who can have partnered with researchers from business, are eligible. |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Karl Heinz-Beckurts Foundation (Ger) |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Karl Heinz Beckurts Foundation (Ger) |
| Klaus O. Fleck Prize from the Rhine-Neckar IHK | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 5,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | The prize endowed with 5,000 euros for the advancement of young scientists is given annually for outstanding scientific achievements that address either issues specific to the Rhine-Neckar region or business science topics. |
| Disciplines | Humanities, social sciences, business sciences, geosciences, medicine |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Rhine Neckar Chamber of Commerce (IHK) (Ger) |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Max Planck Research Award for International Cooperation | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | Two awards of € 750,000 each |
| Eligibility criteria | One foreign and one German researcher for outstanding, internationally recognized scientific achievements. |
| Disciplines | The award is given on an annually alternating basis within the natural sciences, engineering, life sciences and humanities. |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Max Planck Society |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Max Planck Research Award |
| Millennium Technology Prize | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 1,000,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | The tribute is awarded “for technological innovation that significantly improves quality of life and human welfare.” |
| Disciplines | Natural Sciences |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Technology Academy Finland |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | every 2 years |
| Further information |
Millennium Technology Prize |
| Otto Bayer Award | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 75,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | scientists in the German-speaking countries |
| Disciplines | chemistry and biochemistry |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Bayer Science & Education Foundation |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | every 2 years |
| Further information |
Otto Bayer Award |
| Südwestmetall Award for Young Scholars | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | Ten awards of € 5,000 each |
| Eligibility criteria | The awards, each endowed with 5,000 euros, are given annually for extraordinary academic work in the area of “Human beings and society in an industrial world” to young scholars and scientists at the nine universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg. |
| Disciplines | all disciplines |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Südwestmetall - Baden-Württemberg Employer’s Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Südwestmetall Award (Ger) |
| World Cultural Council Awards | |
|---|---|
|
Albert Einstein World Award of Science José Vasconcelos World Award of Education Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts |
|
| Funding amount | A diploma, a commemorative medal and $10,000 U.S. |
| Eligibility criteria | The winners of the awards are outstanding representatives of the cultural community that have been working with dedication throughout their lives in science, education and the arts with clear contributions to the enhancement of mankind. |
| Disciplines |
The Albert Einstein World Award of Science was created as a means of recognition, and as an incentive to scientific and technological research and development. The José Vasconcelos World Award of Education was established as an acknowledgement to those who have the all-important task of teaching the underlying basis of our present civilization. The Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts was established as a means of acknowledgment to those who offer a positive message to mankind through different expressions of art. |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
World Cultural Council |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle: |
Albert Einstein World Award of Science: Annually The José Vasconcelos and the Leonardo da Vinci Awards are given in alternate years. |
| Further information |
World Cultural Council Awards |
| ZONTA Academic Award | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 3,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | For the advancement of young women scholars and scientists at Heidelberg University. The award is given in recognition of outstanding work by a student or doctoral candidate at Heidelberg University. |
| Disciplines | specified in the call for proposals |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Zonta-Club Heidelberg (Ger) |
| Call for proposals | University Research Division |
| Cycle | every 2 years |
| Further information |
Zonta Wissenschaftspreis (Ger) |
Direct Application • Regional Selection
| Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Award | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | The C.H.S. Research Award is endowed with € 100,000 of non-restricted research funding. |
| Eligibility criteria | Young scientists at the universities of Heidelberg and Hamburg who lead independent, externally funded research groups. The award acknowledges outstanding, innovative scientific work in the field of molecular biomedical research. |
| Disciplines | Infectious disease and neurobiology |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
C.H.S.-Stiftung |
| Cycle | annual |
| Further information |
Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Award |
| MRN Innovation Award from the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Area Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | € 25,000 |
| Eligibility criteria | The MRN Innovation Award is given for projects that clearly surpass the current state of research and technology. Through the application of new technologies or processes, the researchers advanced an existing or anticipated innovation toward imminent market introduction. Researchers and developers who work in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region or the Karlsruhe Technology Region and are engaged in one of the five following fields are eligible to apply. |
| Disciplines | Biotechnology and medical technology, information and communications technology, environmental and energy technology, materials and substances, life sciences and health |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Area Foundation |
| Cycle | every 2 years |
| Further information |
MRN-Innovationspreis |
| MTZ®-Award for Medical Systems Biology | |
|---|---|
| Funding amount | |
| Eligibility criteria | Award for outstanding dissertations by young scientists in the field of medical systems biology. |
| Disciplines | medical systems biology |
| Sponsor/funding institution |
MTZ® Foundation in cooperation with the BMBF and Jülich Project Management (PtJ) |
| Cycle | every 2 years |
| Further information |
MTZ®-Award for Medical Systems Biology |
Email:
Editor
Latest Revision:
2012-11-06
