Carus Prize

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The Carus Prize is an award from the city of Schweinfurt , which is linked to the Carus Medal of the Leopoldina Academy of Sciences .

It is awarded to younger scientists for important scientific discoveries in a field represented in the Leopoldina.

Carus Foundation

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the service of the XIII. President of the Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Akademie der Naturforscher ( Leopoldina ), Carl Gustav Carus (president since 1862), members of the academy, friends and admirers founded a foundation on November 2, 1864 with a capital of 2000 thalers, which according to Carus' own regulations " to support young men who, in my mind, would continue to devote themselves to scientific research ”. But this sum was largely lost during the presidential disputes after Carus' death (1869), in which the secretary of the academy - Gustav Müller (1828–?) - played an inglorious role and finally “in silence, in the company of a straw hat seamstress and one Part of the Academy Fund ”disappeared. Only after a renewed increase in capital could the Carus Prize be awarded for the first time in 1896.

Carus Medal

After the loss of capital as a result of inflation at the beginning of the 1920s, a non-endowed Carus Medal was donated on December 15, 1937 for important research in the fields of natural sciences or medicine, and from 1938 every two years to younger scientists awarded.

The obverse of the medal shows Carus' profile, engraved in 1846 by Friedrich Ulbricht based on a design by Ernst Rietschel . The reverse shows a psyche, also based on Rietschel's design, with the geniuses of conscious and unconscious life. (In 1846 Carus' main psychological work "Psyche" appeared. On the history of the development of the soul .)

The original Rietschel medallion now adorns the staircase in the rectorate building of the former "Carl Gustav Carus" Medical Academy in Dresden .

Carus Prize from the city of Schweinfurt

Since 1961/1962 the medal has been accompanied by the Carus Prize of the city of Schweinfurt . It is endowed with 5,000 euros.

Prize winners (chronologically)

Carus Prize

Carus Medal (from 1937)

Carus Medal and Carus Prize of the City of Schweinfurt (from 1961)

The year refers to the award of the Carus Medal. The corresponding Carus Prize from the city of Schweinfurt was awarded in the spring of the following year.

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ Carus Medal. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Only after a renewed increase in capital could the Carus Prize be awarded from 1896 onwards.
    Death of Carus 1869. Quarrels and misappropriation of part of the foundation's capital
    Establishment of a foundation on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the professors of the XIII. President Carl Gustav Carus (1789–1869) by members of the Academy, friends and admirers on November 2, 1864 with a capital of 2000 thalers
  3. ↑ "(*)": The award winner was only accepted into the academy after the award ceremony.
  4. ^ "*": The award winner was not a member of the academy.
  5. ↑ Loss of capital due to inflation, December 15, 1937 Foundation of the Carus Medal
  6. ^ First winner of the Carus Prize of the City of Schweinfurt
  7. ↑ first woman (Carus Prize, Carus Medal, Carus Prize of the city of Schweinfurt)