German study award
Young scientists from all disciplines whose doctoral thesis is particularly relevant to society can apply for the German Study Prize , which the Körber Foundation awards annually. With over 100,000 euros, it is one of the most highly endowed prizes for young academics in Germany. The prize money will be shared between the three first-placed (25,000 euros each) and six second-placed winners (5,000 euros each). The President of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, is the patron of the German Study Prize .
From 1996 to 2006, the German Study Prize was aimed at students and was advertised every two years and from 2006 annually on different topics. In 2007, due to changes in the German higher education system, the Körber Foundation decided to switch to a purely doctoral award.
Conditions of participation
Doctoral candidates from all disciplines can apply for the German Study Prize if they have completed their dissertation with the grade “summa” or “magna cum laude” in the year of the application. Applicants must present the essential results of their dissertation in an essay and present the particular social relevance of their research in an exciting and understandable way. The closing date for entries is March 1st of each year.
Categories and prize money
The German Study Award has been awarding prizes in the categories of natural and technical sciences , cultural and human sciences and social sciences since 2008 .
Prize money and topics
Figures in DM up to 1999 , thereafter in euros. In the first few years, third prizes and sponsorship prizes were also awarded. B. in 2001 were 20 times 3,000 and 30 times 1,000 euros.
| year | First prizes | Prize money | Second prizes | Prize money | theme |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 5 | Visual turning point? Images - technology - reflections | |||
| 1999 | 5 | 10,000 | 7,500 | Risk! Dealing with security, opportunity and risk | |
| 2001 | 5 | 5,000 | 10 | 4,000 | Bodycheck - how much body does a person need? |
| 2003 | 5 | 5,000 | 2,000 | Tempo! - The accelerated world | |
| 2005 | 5 | 5,000 | 10 | 2,000 | The market myth? The economic, legal and social design of the world of work |
| 2006 | 5 | 5,000 | 10 | 2,000 | Way out growth? Work, technology and sustainability in a limited world |
| 2007 | 5 | 5,000 | 5 | 2,000 | Focus human? Guiding principles, models and ideas for the compatibility of work and life |
| 2008 | 3 | 30,000 | - | - | |
| 2009 | 3 | 30,000 | 7th | 3,000 | |
| 2010-2013 | 3 | 30,000 | 6th | 3,000 | |
| 2014-2016 | 3 | 25,000 | 6th | 5,000 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 25,000 | 7th | 5,000 |
Judging
The jury, consisting of members of the board of trustees of the German Study Prize, selects the best works. The authors are invited to personally present their research results to the jurors at a total of three full-day events, separated according to the three categories, in order to convince them of the professional quality and social value of their research. A first and two second prizes will be awarded in each category. Representatives from science, media and politics sit on the board of trustees, chaired by the president of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Günter Stock.
Award winners
First prizes received:
- 2020 Andrea Binder, Lucia Sommerer, Johanna Kirchhoff
- 2019 Katharina Neumann, Kilian Huber, Frederik Kotz
- 2018 Silke Braselmann, Johannes Wandt, Anne Christine Holtmann
- 2017 Volker Strauss, Sebastian Schlund, Julia Strasheim
- 2016 Astrid Séville, Elisabeth Wilhelm, Tom Pleiner
- 2015 Anita Gohdes, Svenja Hinderer, Tim Neelmeier
- 2014 Nicole Rippin, Sabine Donauer, Karl Sebastian Mandel
- 2013 Annette Ranko, Philip Mader, Anne Jung
- 2012 Jörg Fresisen, Sabine Machhausen, Benjamin D. Hennig
- 2011 Katrin Kinzelbach, Moritz Renner, Bengt-Frederick Belgardt
- 2010 Martin Binder, Angela Kolbe, Hauke Marquardt
- 2009 Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Alexander Hellgardt, Tobias Otto
- 2008 Gesine Marquardt, Hendrik Dietz , Stephan Sallat
- 2007 Mikko Börkircher and Thilo Gamber, Christian Dries, Bianca Koczan, Martin Schröder and Martin Ehlert, Jakob Schillinger
- 2006 Elena Kikina, Philipp Krohn, Peter Schwarz, Emilio Marti and Marius Christen, Tobias Lorenz
- 2005 Anne Giebel and Christian Apfelbacher, Doris Eikhof, Christin-Melanie Fuchs, Karen Mühlenbein and Christiane Mück, Susanne Ludwig
- 2003 Nadine Schöneck, Wilhelm Hofmann and Stefan Huck, Johanna Marxer, Luise Duda and Anna Neumann, Daniel Shin Altmann
- 2001 Robin Hoffmann, Andreas Löschel, Carsten Dewey
- 1999 Katja Eichler, Detlef Beltz, group of Regensburg students (Christoph Scherber, Anja Hoffmann, Fabian Filipp, Martin Gründl)
- 1997 Julian Petrin and Christian Albrecht, Uwe kurz and Danilo Ludwig, Andreas Eicker and Niels Albrecht
No other winners from 1997–2001
criticism
Critics, especially previous award winners, complain that since 2007 there has been no comparable competition for students and technical college students in Germany to promote innovative ideas at an early stage.
Another point of criticism is that the competition bears the name “German Study Prize” without any substantive justification, as it is awarded by a private foundation and not by the federal government.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schäuble takes over the patronage of the German Study Prize. In: koerber-stiftung.de. March 20, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018 .
- ↑ A look back ahead: Background to the conceptual realignment of the German Study Award ( PDF ( Memento of April 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ); 84 kB)
- ↑ http://www.unireport.info/36065922/unireport_32002.pdf
- ↑ Prize winners. In: koerber-stiftung.de. Retrieved July 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Körber Foundation Hamburg: German Study Prize 2007 awarded. (No longer available online.) In: koerber-stiftung.de. May 22, 2007, archived from the original on March 7, 2016 ; accessed on October 20, 2015 .
- ↑ German Study Prize: How fashion becomes growth. In: spiegel.de. May 8, 2006, accessed October 20, 2015 .
- ↑ German Study Prize 2005 awarded. In: bildungsklick.de. May 3, 2005, accessed October 20, 2015 .
- ↑ German Study Prize awarded by the Körber Foundation. (No longer available online.) In: stellenboersen.de. June 26, 2003, archived from the original on October 21, 2015 ; accessed on October 21, 2015 .
- ↑ Whoever has will be given. Critical opinion contribution on the planned change in the DSP's tendering concept in the online magazine sciencegarden Whoever has is given - sciencegarden