State Research Prize Baden-Württemberg

The State Research Award Baden-Württemberg is a university award from the State of Baden-Württemberg for particularly good and innovative research achievements.

The State Research Prize has been awarded annually since 1989 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts , in the basic research and application-oriented research categories . With 100,000 euros each, it is the most highly endowed research prize awarded by a federal state .

A jury made up of independent scientists decides on the award of works submitted by universities, technical colleges, non-university research institutions, scientific organizations and the members of the selection committee.

Award winners

• 1989: Erik Jayme , University of Heidelberg
• 1990: Wolfgang Raible , University of Heidelberg
• 1991: Bert Sakmann , Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
• 1992: Ernst Dieter Gilles , G. Eigenberger, HG Fritz, M. Reuss, K. Stephan and M. Zeitz, research group at the University of Stuttgart, process engineering
• 1993: Ina Rösing , Ulm University Hospital; Dietmar Vestweber , University of Münster
• 1994: Willi Jäger , University of Heidelberg
• 1995: Peter Herrlich , Research Center Technology and Environment, Karlsruhe; Margot Zöller , German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
• 1996: Regine Hengge , Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz
• 1998: Wolfgang Bühler , University of Mannheim
• 1999: Eberhard P. Hofer and Christian Rembe , Ulm University; Reinhart Ahlrichs , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• 2000: Thomas Schimmel , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Michael Frotscher , University of Freiburg; Angelos Chaniotis , Heidelberg University
• 2001: Monika Fludernik , University of Freiburg; Christof Niehrs , German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg
• 2002: Doris Wedlich , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Márc Kelemen , Rudolf Kiefer , Michael Mikulla and Martin Walther , Research Group IAF Freiburg
• 2003: Eva Schlecht , University of Hohenheim; Martin Dressel , University of Stuttgart
• 2004: Herta Flor , Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim; Josef Wieland , Konstanz University of Applied Sciences
• 2005: Rolf Stürner , University of Freiburg; Klaus Martin Wegener , KIT and Research Center Karlsruhe
• 2006: Dieter H. Wolf , University of Stuttgart; Martin Walther , Robert Rehm , Joachim Fleissner and Johannes Schmitz , Research Group IAF Freiburg
• 2007: Britta Nestler , Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences; Markus Oberthaler , University of Heidelberg
• 2008: Jürg Leuthold , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Nikolaus Pfanner , University of Freiburg; Wolfram Pyta , University of Stuttgart
• 2009: Joachim Burghartz , University of Stuttgart; Jörn Leonhard , University of Freiburg
• 2010: Detlef Weigel , Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology Tübingen; Rupert Handgretinger , University of Tübingen
• 2011: Peter Sanders , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Peter Auer , University of Freiburg
• 2014: Katerina Harvati , Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of Tübingen; Christian Koos , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• 2016: Fedor Jelezko , Ulm University; Georg Gdynia , Heidelberg University Hospital
• 2018: Niklas Schwarz , University of Tübingen
• 2018: Bernhard Schölkopf , Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Andreas Trumpp , German Cancer Research Center

Web links

• State Research Prize Baden-Württemberg
• Brochure "20 Years of the State Research Award" (PDF; 2.6 MB)
• List of the winners of the state research award

1. ↑ SWR Aktuell: Less animal testing? Tübingen scientists honored. In: swr.de. October 26, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Linda Behringer: Bernhard Schölkopf receives State Research Award 2018. Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, press release from December 10, 2018 at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on December 10, 2018.