Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize
The Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize (spelling Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize ) was first awarded in 1977 by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and was named after the experimental and atomic physicist and former president of the DFG, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz .
The prize is awarded annually to young researchers who have already completed their doctorate in recognition of their outstanding scientific achievements and as an incentive for further research. By 2012, six prizes had been awarded, each endowed with 16,000 euros. In 2013 the prize money (20,000 euros per prize) and the number of prize winners were increased. The prize money is subject to the DFG guidelines for the use of scientific prizes, which stipulate a strict earmarking for "the direct scientific research of the prizewinner and the associated research projects". The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provides the funds for the award.
The award winners are proposed by third parties from among the elected members of the review boards of the German Research Foundation, the scientific universities of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Union of German Academies of Sciences , the Max Planck Society , the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers , the Fraunhofer Society , the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Science Association and German research centers. The winners are selected by a selection committee appointed by the German Research Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research .
On June 5, 2007, the BMBF and the DFG celebrated the 30th anniversary of the award in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany . The 40th anniversary took place on May 3, 2017 in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences on Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin.
Award winners
- 1978: Georges Köhler , Ulrich Krawinkel and Eckard Weber (cell biology), Ernst-U. Petersmann and Thomas Wilder (international law, especially European law)
- 1979: Jan Backhaus and Uwe Kils (oceanography), Frank Halisch , Michaela Vetter and Friedrich Wilkening (developmental psychology)
- 1980: Susanne Enderwitz , Angelika Hartmann , Harald Motzki and Michael Ursinus (Islamic Studies), Hans R. Glatt , Regine Kahl and Reinhold J. Laib (toxicology), Hermann Fasel , Uwe Dallmann and Hans-Peter Kreplin (fluid mechanics)
- 1981: Heinz Reif and Klaus Tenfelde (economic and social history of the 19th and 20th centuries), Ulf-Ingo Flügge , Eberhard Schlodder , Klaus Winter , Susanne Bickel-Sandkötter and Peter Westhoff (photosynthesis research), Ernst Conzelmann and Udo Klein (biochemistry of hereditary diseases)
- 1982: Wilfried Feldenkirchen , Horst Drechsel , Manfred Schüßler , Hendrik Spruit , Günter Wunner and Reiner Hammer (astronomy / astrophysics), Wolfgang Weiß (empirical research), Reiner Bittihn , Gerd Schlechtriemen and Olaf Wolter (electrochemical energy storage)
- 1983: Christian Lehmann , Gerd Hanßon and Fritz Serzisko (typological comparison of languages), Ulrike Beisiegel , Reinhard Hohlfeld , Elisabeth Heywinkel and Harald Jüppner (receptor defects as a cause of disease), Peter Häußler , Hilbert von Löhneysen and Konrad Samwer (amorphous metals - metallic glasses)
- 1984: Claudia Kondor-Koch , Erwin Schneider , Richard Zimmermann , Helmut Kettenmann , Rainer Franz Hedrich and Julian Ivan Schroeder (biological membrane research), Josef Ehmer , Detlev Peukert and Wolfgang Andreas Gestrich (historical youth and family research), Karl-Franz Kleinermanns and Joachim Römelt (chemical reaction dynamics)
- 1985: Franz Bairlein , Manfred Küppers , Markus Riederer , Bernhard Schink and Ulrich Sommer (ecophysiology), Wolfgang Hartwig and Wilfried Helbig (asymmetric synthesis of enantiomerically pure biologically active compounds), Gerhard Lappus , Hans-Peter Opitz , Peter A. Ronge , Günter Roppenecker and Hans Schuler (control engineering)
- 1986: Christoph Freist , Lothar Ophey , Karl Peters and Norbert Sommer (production engineering), Matthias Frosch , Edith Koch , Paul Massa and Thomas F. Meyer (pathogenicity mechanisms of microorganisms), Martin Dobrick , Paul Dohmen and Norbert Schwarz (social psychology)
- 1987: Ottmar Ette , Joachim Küpper , Regine Schmolling and Brigitte Simon de Souza (languages and literatures of the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America), Rainer Klump , Kornelius Kraft , Karl-Heinz Paqué and Andrea Gubitz (economic policy), Samuel Martin , Stefan Thomae and Dieter Wintgen (nonlinear dynamic systems)
- 1988: Bernd Arnold , Hans-Georg R Bäumenee , Michael Reth and Christine Kocks (immunogenetics), Eduard Arzt , Werner Kapellner and Thomas Link (materials technology), Matthias Kaufmann , Harald Köhl , Anna Kusser , Thomas Pittrof , Stella Reiter-Theil and Christoph Fehige (practical philosophy)
- 1989: Alexander Mielke , Michael Röckner , Gabriel Wittum , Roland Freund , Enno Mammen and Tobias von Petersdorff (applied mathematics), Matthias J. Herdegen (constitutional law - special award), Hans-Detlef Horn , Johannes Siebelt , Julia Dürig , Damian Hecker , Wolfgang March and Thomas Wolfgang Schmitz (constitutional law), Peter Reinartz , Peter Schlüssel , Thomas Viehoff , Martin Kähler and Gunter Menz (remote sensing)
- 1990: Holger Bohlmann , William Martin and Thomas Schmülling (molecular biology of higher plants), Antje Meier , Klaus Opwis , Peter Reimann and Heribert Schriefers (cognitive psychology), Jacek Drozak , Ralf Markus Eiswirth , Hans-Joachim Ernst , Christiane A. Helm and Peter Krüger (structure and reactivity of surfaces)
- 1991: Hans-Bernd Brosius and Rudolf Stöber (journalism and communication science), Bernd d'Hoedt and Ernst-Jürgen Richter (dental implantology), Carsten Bolm (organometallic chemistry), Bernhard Keppler (organometallic chemistry), Norbert Krause , Jun Okuda , Hans Schumann , Helmut Sitzmann and Christoph Janiak (organometallic chemistry)
- 1992: Dante Canil , Stephen Francis Foley , Ulrich Hansen , Hans Keppler and Klaus Mezger (physics and chemistry of the deep interior of the earth), Gerd Graßhoff , Frank-Michael Kuhlemann , Frank Rexroth , Christiane Schildknecht , Götz-Rüdiger Tewes , Eva-Maria Engelen , Klaus-Dieter Hentschel and Annette Wittkau (history of science and education), Peter Majewski , Jürgen Rödel , Gerold Schneider , Orlaw Karl Massler and Thomas Vietor (ceramic materials)
- 1993: Barbara Hemforth , Stephan Mehl , André Fuhrmann , Hans Dieter Rott and Rainer Goebel (cognitive research), Christian Bahr , Stefan Norbert Blügel , Roland A. Fischer , Michael Horn-von Hoegen , Dieter Neher and Matthias Wuttig (chemistry and physics of thin layers and shift systems)
- 1994: Stefan Heinemann , Peter Jonas , Christoph Schuster , Andreas Ultsch and Peter Stern (ion channels and signal transduction), Michael Dolg , Martin Kaupp , Thomas M. Klapötke and Jörg Henrik Sundermeyer (electronic structure and properties of molecules with heavy atoms), Andreas Joachim Hospital and Elke Schweers (mechanical process engineering)
- 1994 (sponsorship awards): Wolfram Altenhofen , Martin Biel , Hartmut Schlüter and Klaus Steinmeyer (ion channels and signal transduction), Peter Kürpick and Georg Jansen (electronic structure and properties of molecules with heavy atoms), Ioannis Nicolaou and Eberhard Schmidt (mechanical process engineering)
- 1995: Dirk Barghop , Sabine Kienitz , Beate Schuster and Gabriela Signori (historical anthropology), Eckart Apfelstedt-Sylla and Olaf Strauss (hereditary retinal diseases), Victor Batyrev , Matthias Flach , Steffen König and Volkmar Welker (algebra, number theory, algebraic and arithmetic geometry )
- 1995 (sponsorship awards): Eva Labouvie and Friedemann Schmoll (historical anthropology), Sigrid Fuchs (hereditary retinal diseases), Annette Huber (algebra, number theory, algebraic and arithmetic geometry)
- 1996: no award
- 1997: Sigrid Beck (linguistics), Lutz Gade (inorganic chemistry), Dirk Görlich (biochemistry), Detlef Lohse (theoretical physics), Peter Mankowski (law), Gerlind Plonka (mathematics), Frank Sauer (genetics), Uwe Völker (microbiology )
- 1998: Thomas Deller (anatomy), Markus Denzel (economic and social history), Matthias Epple (chemistry), Marius Grundmann (experimental physics), Ulrich Jakobus (electrical engineering), Doris Kolesch (literary studies)
- 1999: Bernhard Breit (organic chemistry), Martin Grohe (mathematics), Gerd Kempermann (neurology), Rainer Michalzk (optoelectronics), Anne Ulrich (biochemistry), Karsten Weihe (computer science)
- 2000: Leif Kobbelt (computer science), Christian Kubisch (human genetics), Thomas Mayer (cell biology), Barbara Mitter (sinology), Christian Remling (mathematical physics), Matthias Rief (biochemistry, atomic force microscopy)
- 2001: Gabriele Britz (law), Gesine Manuwald (classical philology), Matilde Marcolli (mathematics), Thomas Mussweiler (social psychology), Kay Severin (inorganic chemistry), Mikael Simonis (medicine)
- 2002: Rainer Haag (chemistry), Guinevere Kauffmann (astronomy), Achim Kramer (biochemistry), Frank Lyko (genetics), Robert Schober (electrical engineering), Volker Zimmermann (historian)
- 2003: Marc Alexa (computer science), Martin Beyer (physical chemistry), Tim Clausen (biochemistry), Dirk Kerzel (psychology), Daniel Schwermer (ancient oriental studies), Ralf Wehrspohn (physics)
- 2004: Friedrich Eisenbrand (mathematics), Filipp Furche (quantum chemistry), Marion Merklein (manufacturing technology), Pavlina Rychterová (literature of the Middle Ages), Volker Springel (cosmology), Boris Worm (marine ecology)
- 2005: Valentin Blomer (mathematics), Jiri Friml (molecular biology (biochemistry)), Natalija Novak (medicine (allergology)), Sandra Pott (literary studies), Sebastian Wolff (astronomy (formation of planets)), Anne-Julia Zwierlein (literary studies)
- 2006: Laure Bally-Cuif (neuroscience), Holger Gies (theoretical physics), Jonas Grethlein (classical philology), Ana Martin-Villalba (neuro-oncology), Bernd Smarsly (polymer chemistry), Fabian Theis (statistical data analysis)
- 2007: Eric Bell (astrophysics), Michael Dumbser (fluid mechanics), Veit Hornung (clinical pharmacology), Stefan Linden (physics), Nicole Schweikardt (computer science), Christian Wild (microbiology, ecology)
- 2008: Nicole Deitelhoff (political science), André Fischer (neurobiology), Torsten Granzow (materials science), Michael Huber (discrete mathematics), Christine Silberhorn (quantum optics), Oliver Trapp (analytical chemistry)
- 2009: André Bornemann (geosciences), Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (linguistics), Patrik Ferrari (mathematical physics), Heike Krebber (molecular biology), Gisela Lanza (mechanical engineering), Angelika Lohwasser (Egyptology)
- 2010: Daniel Balzani (building mechanics), Wilhelm Hofmann (psychology), Hannah Markwig (mathematics), Ansgar Reiners (astrophysics), Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner (ancient history), Christina Thiele (chemistry)
- 2011: Swantje Bargmann (materials science), Markus Friedrich (modern history), Christian Hackenberger (chemistry), Thorsten Holz (computer science), Moritz Kerz (mathematics), Henrike Manuwald (literary studies)
- 2012: Denis Gebauer (chemistry), Lisa Kaltenegger (astronomy), Katrin Paeschke (biochemistry), Stefan Roth (computer science), Pieter Samyn (production engineering), Yee Lee Shing (psychology)
- 2013: Christine Hentschel (sociology), Lena Maier-Hein (medical informatics), Nuno Maulide (organic chemistry), Nicole Megow (discrete mathematics (informatics)), Thomas Pfeifer (physics), Holger J. Pletsch (astrophysics), Volker Presser (Materials Science), Daniel Stein (American Studies ), Clarissa Vierke (African Studies)
- 2014: Eric Bodden (computer science), Wim Decock (legal history), Dorothee Dormann (biochemistry), Nico Eisenhauer (biology / ecology), Bent Gebert (literary studies), Silvia Gruhn (neurobiology / mathematics), Daniel Meyer (manufacturing processes), Laura Na Liu (nanosciences), Marc D. Walter (inorganic molecular chemistry), Sönke Zaehle , (biogeochemistry)
- 2015: Marian Burchardt (empirical social research), Jessica Burgner-Kahrs (mechatronics), Pavel Levkin (polymer chemistry), Soeren Lienkamp (medicine), Thomas Niendorf (materials technology), Stephan Packard (media culture studies), Susanne Paulus (ancient oriental studies), Cynthia Sharma ( Infection Biology), Sarah Weigelt (Psychology), Xiaoxiang Zhu (Geodesy)
- 2016: Aline Bozec (Rheumatology), Tobias J. Erb (Microbiology), Daniel Gutzmann (General Linguistics), Markus Krötzsch (Computer Science, Knowledge Representation), Christoph Lundgreen (Ancient History), Isabell Otto (Media Studies), Hannah Petersen (Theoretical High Energy Physics) , Ludovic Righetti (robotics), Tatjana Tchumatchenko (theoretical neuroscience), Céline Teney (empirical social research)
- 2017: Andreas Geiger (Intelligent Systems), Christian Groß (Quantum Optics), Mandy Hütter (Psychology), Philipp Kanske (Neuroscience), Christoph Kirchlechner (Materials Science), Olivier Namur (Mineralogy), Ute Scholl (Nephrology), Michael Seewald (Catholic Theology ), Marion Silies (Neuroscience), Evi Zemanek (Comparative Literature)
- 2018: Jennifer Nina Andexer (Chemical Biology), Alexey Chernikov (Condensed Matter Physics), Sascha Fahl (Computer Science), Benedikt Paul Göcke (Catholic Theology), Valeska Huber (Modern History), Lucas Jae (Functional Genomics), Benjamin Kohlmann ( English literature), Eva CM Nowack (evolutionary biology), Antonia Wachter-Zeh (communications engineering) , Xiaoyong Zhuang (numerical mechanics)
- 2019: Stefan Cihan Aykut (Sociology), Karl Bringmann (Theoretical Computer Science), Fabian Dielmann (Inorganic Molecular Chemistry), Jonathan F. Donges (Statistical Physics and Climate Research), Knut Drescher (Microbiology and Biophysics), Stefanie Gänger (Modern History) , Nicolas Perkowski (probability theory), Uta Reinöhl (general linguistics), Thimoteus Speer (nephrology), Nina Henriette Uhlenhaut (experimental endocrinology)
- 2020: Daniel Kotlarz (child and adolescent medicine), Ulrike Ingrid Kramm (physical chemistry of solids), Elvira Mass (immunology), Fruzsina Molnár-Gábor (international medical and data protection law), Timothy Nunan (global history), Georg Oberdieck (mathematics / Algebraic Geometry), Michael Saliba (Materials Science), Erik Schilling (Modern German Literature), Monika Undorf (Cognitive Psychology), Wolfgang Zeier (Physical Chemistry of Solids)
Web links
- The winners from 1999 and a list of the winners from 1978 on the DFG website, accessed on February 28, 2019
- Films for the 40th anniversary of the award in the "DFG moves" media library, accessed on February 28, 2019
- Information on Heinz Maier-Leibnitz as DFG President (1974-1979), accessed on June 4, 2018