Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize

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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

Web links

  1. IPRax: Latest information in the current issue (05/2020). In: iprax.de. Practice of International Private and Procedural Law, accessed August 27, 2020 .