Leipzig Science Prize

The Leipzig Science Prize is an award given by the City of Leipzig , the University of Leipzig and the Saxon Academy of Sciences . It is intended to honor Leipzig as a city of science.

With the Science Award honors scientists who have a Leipzig background or whose work is directly related to the city. The prize is advertised every two to three years and is awarded by a nine-member volunteer jury. It is endowed with 10,000 euros.

Award winners

2001: Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography for the National Atlas Federal Republic of Germany project

2003: Svante Pääbo , biologist

2006: Jürgen Haase , physicist

2009: Frank Zöllner , art historian

2011: Marius Grundmann , physicist

2013: Dan Diner , historian

2016: Annette G. Beck-Sickinger , biochemist, and Manfred Rudersdorf , historian

2019: Evamarie Hey-Hawkins , chemist, and Frank-Dieter Kopinke , chemist

Web links

Leipzig Science Prize. Saxon Academy of Sciences .
Leipzig Science Prize. City of Leipzig .

Individual evidence

↑ Katrin Henneberg: Leipzig Science Prize 2019 awarded twice. University of Leipzig, press release from April 12, 2019 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 12, 2019.

[1] Katrin Henneberg: Leipzig Science Prize 2019 awarded twice. University of Leipzig, press release from April 12, 2019 from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on April 12, 2019.