Scientific Prizes -
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Awards for Outstanding Research Achievements

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Programme awards prizes to exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research.

The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize, named after the physicist and former president of the DFG, is a distinction for young researchers and provides additional incentive for further excellent achievements in their research work.

The Albert Maucher Prize in Geoscience is awarded to young researchers in recognition of the outstanding research findings they have produced using DFG funds.

The Bernd Rendel Prize is awarded annually by the DFG to young qualified geoscientists who do not yet hold a doctorate (geologists, mineralogists, geophysicists, oceanographers, geodesists).

The Ursula M. Händel-Prize recognises scientists who have made exemplary and sustained efforts to improve the welfare of animals in research.

The von Kaven Awards are granted annually to mathematicians in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

The Communicator Award is a personal award for scientists and academics who have communicated their research findings to the public with exceptional success.

The Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize, donated by the marine geologist and former president of the DFG and his wife, serves to promote science, research and understanding between Germany and Japan.

The Copernicus Award is conferred every two years to two researchers, one in Germany and one in Poland, for outstanding achievements in German-Polish scientific cooperation, in particular for promoting young researchers. It is awarded jointly by the DFG and the Foundation for Polish Science.

The nano Special Award has been offered by the DFG and the 3sat television science series “nano” since 2005 in conjunction with the International Media Arts Award.

European Young Investigator Award (EURYI Award)

The European Union Research Organisations Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCS), wishing to contribute to the building of the European Research Area decided to co-ordinate some of their activities in creating the European Young Investigator (EURYI) Award. The aim of EURYI Awards will be to enable and encourage outstanding young researchers from all over the world, to work in a European environment for the benefit of the development of European science and the building up of the next generation of leading European researchers.

• Portraits of Prizewinners and Report on Award Ceremonies (-> available only in German)
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