Nemmers Prize
Nemmers Prize ( English Nemmers Prize ) is the name of a series of prizes awarded by Northwestern University in Evanston (Illinois) every two years. They were donated by professor and entrepreneur Erwin Esser Nemmers and his brother, music publisher Frederic Esser Nemmers, with assets of 14 million US dollars.
The prizes are named after one of the founders, Frederic E. Nemmers, or his parents, Mechthild Esser Nemmers and Erwin Plein Nemmers, and his grandfather, Michael Ludwig Nemmers. Four professorships at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University will also be financed from the foundation's assets.
| Name of the prize | English name | initial award |
|---|---|---|
| Nemmers Prize for Economics | Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics | 1994 |
| Nemmers Prize for Mathematics | Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics | 1994 |
| Nemmers Prize for Composition | Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition | 2004 |
| Nemmers Prize for Medicine | Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science | 2016 |
| Nemmers Prize for Geosciences | Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences | 2018 |