Körber Prize for European Science

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The Körber Prize for European Science is awarded annually to outstanding individual scientists working in Europe for promising research work by the Körber Foundation in Hamburg . With the prize money of 1 million euros (previously until 2018: 750,000 euros), the Körber Foundation is promoting research in the life and physical sciences .

history

In 1984, in collaboration with the President of the Max Planck Society , Reimar Lüst , the entrepreneur and founder Kurt A. Körber developed a prize which, in a divided Europe, was supposed to use science to overcome borders. Primarily cooperation projects of European research groups were honored. Since 2005, only individual people living and researching in Europe have been honored in order to keep top talent in Europe as a science location. The payment of the funding is also linked to the fact that the award winner does not leave Europe during this time.

Selection process

Two search committees made up of scientists look for suitable award-winning candidates from the fields of life sciences and physical sciences . Those who are shortlisted are asked to submit a proposal for a research project, which is then assessed by the Search Committee in two evaluation rounds. This work is supported by international experts. At the end of the day, up to five candidates are presented to the Board of Trustees , which decides on the award winners based on an overall review of expert assessment, publication performance and academic career. An application is not possible.

Prize money

All award winners receive a certificate and a sum of 750,000 euros. The respective award winner should research the research project over a three-year period with this prize money. The winner decides independently on the use of the research funds. Ten percent of the prize money is available to the winner for personal purposes.

Award

The Körber Prize for European Science is awarded annually in the Great Ballroom of the Hamburg City Hall in the presence of the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and 600 guests from science, business, politics and society.

Award winners

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artificial Intelligence Körber Prize 2019 goes to AI pioneer , forschung-und-lehre.de, June 26, 2019
  2. ↑ Körber Foundation: Excellent Minds. 25 years of scientific peak 2009, p. 4 ff.
  3. ↑ Andrea Bayerlein: Gravity signals from the depths of space. Körber Foundation, press release from May 31, 2017 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on May 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Körber Prize 2018 , accessed on June 21, 2018.