Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize
The Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize is named after the German doctor, Japanese and natural scientist, ethnologist and botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold . This research award was donated in 1978 by the German Federal President Walter Scheel on the occasion of his state visit to Japan.
The research prize is awarded annually to a Japanese scientist who has made special contributions to a better mutual understanding of culture and society in Germany and Japan. The scientist should not be older than 50 years and have sufficient knowledge of the German language. In addition, the award winner will be invited to Germany for a research stay of up to one year. The prize is endowed with an amount of EUR 50,000 and is usually presented personally by the German Federal President .
nomination
In addition to the presidents of the Japanese universities, the previous Siebold Prize winners, the heads of the Goethe Institutes in Japan and the German Institute for Japanese Studies, as well as the German Ambassador in Tokyo and the German Consul General in Osaka have the right to propose a nomination. Humboldt research fellows and award winners can submit proposals through the rector of a Japanese university. A special committee chaired by the German ambassador to Japan will decide on the award of the prize. A personal application is not possible.
Award winners
- 1979: Shōsaku Numa , Biology, Kyōto University
- 1980: Shirō Ishii, Law, University of Tokyo
- 1981: Bin Kimura, Psychiatry, Nagoya City University
- 1982: Naoji Kimura , German studies, Sophia University
- 1983: Mitsuyuki Abe, Medicine, Kyoto University
- 1984: Zentarō Kitagawa, Law, Kyoto University
- 1985: Hideo Nakamura, Civil Engineering, Tokyo University
- 1986: Takeo Ōnishi, Economics, Waseda University
- 1987: Kenichi Mishima , German Studies and Philosophy, Gakushūin University
- 1988: Emiko Adachi, Ophthalmology, Chiba University
- 1989: Tokiyasu Fujita, Law, Tohoku University
- 1990: Ryōsuke Ōhashi , Philosophy, Kyōto University of Technology
- 1991: Kōichi Koshi, Art History, Tokyo Art and Music Academy
- 1992: Sakue Yamada, Physics, University of Tokyo
- 1993: Shigeo Nishimura, Lawyer, Kyushu University
- 1994: Makoto Asashima, Biology, Tokyo University
- 1995: Jun Matsuura, German Studies, University of Tokyo
- 1996: Ken Takahashi, Engineer, Tohoku University
- 1997: Keirō Hamasuna, Economics, Kyushu University
- 1998: Toshifumi Futamase, Physics, Tohoku University
- 1999: Shinichi Nishikawa, Medicine, Kyoto University
- 2000: Kenji Yamamoto, Geography, Hōsei University
- 2001: Toshiaki Shibata, Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 2002: Hideo Kozono, Mathematics, Tohoku University
- 2003: Yūji Segawa, German studies, Meiji University
- 2004: Atsuko Ōnuki, German Studies and Philosophy, Gakushūin University
- 2005: Takeshi Tsubata, Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- 2006: Makoto Ida, lawyer, Keiō University
- 2007: Tanehisa Otabe, Aesthetics, Tokyo University
- 2008: Isao Tanaka, Materials Technology, Kyoto University
- 2009: Akio Ogawa, German Studies and Linguistics, Kwansei Gakuin University
- 2010: Jun Tanaka, Art History, Tokyo University
- 2011: Hidetoshi Katori , quantum optics
- 2012: Atsushi Takada, Law
- 2013: Aeka Ishihara, German Studies, University of Tokyo
- 2014: Motomu Tanaka, Physics, Kyoto University
- 2015: Kazuhiro Takii, Legal History, International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto
- 2016: Takeshi Kawasaki, Political Science, Sophia University
- 2017: Hiroshi Abe, Philosophy, Kyoto University
- 2018: Kanako Takayama, Lawyer, Kyoto University
- 2019: Masahiro Noguchi, political scientist, Seikei University Tokyo
- 2020: Yuko Nishitani, Kyoto
Web links
- Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize at the German Academic Exchange Service , Tokyo
- ↑ IPRax: Latest information in the current issue (05/2020). In: iprax.de. Practice of International Private and Procedural Law, accessed August 27, 2020 .