Hamburg Science Prize
The Hamburg Science Prize of the Hamburg Foundation for Science, Development and Culture Helmut and Hannelore Greve is awarded every two years by the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg .
The nationwide invitation to tender is based on a thematic focus that can relate to all disciplines in the natural, technical, human and social sciences. The first call for entries for 2009 was dedicated to infection research, the second to energy research in 2011. The Hamburg Science Prize 2013 was dedicated to dementia research and 2015 to nanosciences .
Selection process
A jury decides on the award of the Hamburg Science Prize. You belong to:
- the President of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg (Chair)
- two further members of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg, appointed by the meeting of full members
- a representative named by the Hamburg Foundation for Science, Development and Culture Helmut and Hannelore Greve
- a scientist from the region, appointed by the meeting of full members of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg
- a science journalist from the region, appointed by the meeting of full members of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg
In consultation with the jury, the board of directors of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg can nominate expert reviewers who support the work of the jury. The composition of the jury will be named when the award is advertised.
The Hamburg Science Prize is awarded to a scientist or research group working in Germany.
Prize money
The Hamburg Science Prize is awarded 100,000 euros by the Hamburg Foundation for Science, Development and Culture Helmut and Hannelore Greve. This makes it the most highly endowed prize from a science academy in Germany.
The prize money is intended to support further research, and the intended use proposed by the candidates is a decisive criterion for the award. The award is not made for a completed, scientific life's work, but for research that has proven its quality but is still in progress .
Award winners
- 2009 - Infection research: Stefan Ehlers , Research Center Borstel and University of Kiel
- 2011 - Energy research: Ferdi Schüth , Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
- 2013 - Dementia research: Mathias Jucker , Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research at Tübingen University Hospital
- 2015 - Nanosciences: Roland Wiesendanger , Department of Physics at the University of Hamburg
- 2017 - Energy efficiency: Xinliang Feng , Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden , and Klaus Müllen , Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
- 2019 - Congenital rare diseases: Jutta Gärtner , University Medical Center Göttingen
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.awhamburg.de/fileadmin/redakteure/Richtlinien_Hamburger_Wwissenschaftspreis.pdf
- ↑ Hamburg Science Award 2019. In: awhamburg.de. Academy of Sciences in Hamburg , August 15, 2019, accessed on August 16, 2019 .