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Leibniz Prize
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The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (German: Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft), or Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to "exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research".[1] Since 1986, up to ten prizes have been awarded annually to individuals or research groups working at a research institution in Germany or at a German research institution abroad.[2] It is considered the most important research award in Germany.

Quick facts Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, Awarded for ...
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz portrayed by Christoph Bernhard Francke, c.1695; Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig

The prize is named after the German polymath and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716). It is one of the highest endowed research prizes in Germany with a maximum of €2.5 million per award.[2] Past prize winners include[3] Stefan Hell (2008), Gerd Faltings (1996), Peter Gruss (1994), Svante Pääbo (1992), Theodor W. Hänsch (1989), Erwin Neher (1987), Bert Sakmann (1987), Jürgen Habermas (1986), Hartmut Michel (1986), and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1986).

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2020–2029

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020

2025:[4]

  • Volker Haucke, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin
  • Hannes Leitgeb, Theoretical Philosophy, LMU Munich
  • Bettina Valeska Lotsch, Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
  • Wolfram Pernice, Experimental Physics, University of Heidelberg
  • Ana Pombo, Genome Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
  • Daniel Rueckert, Artificial Intelligence, Technical University of Munich
  • Angkana Rüland, Applied Mathematics, University of Bonn
  • Michael Seewald [de], Catholic Theology, University of Münster
  • Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Epigenetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München
  • Robert Zeiser [de], Hemato-Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg

2024:

  • Dmitri Efetov [de], Experimental Solid State Physics, LMU Munich
  • Tobias J. Erb, Synthetic Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, and University of Marburg
  • Jonas Grethlein, Classical Philology, University of Heidelberg
  • Moritz Helmstaedter, Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
  • Ulrike Herzschuh [de], Geoecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Potsdam, and University of Potsdam
  • Eike Kiltz [de], Cryptography, University of Bochum
  • Rohini Kuner, Neuropharmacology, University of Heidelberg
  • Jörn Leonhard, Modern and Contemporary History, University of Freiburg
  • Peter Schreiner, Organic Molecular Chemistry, University of Giessen
  • Eva Viehmann, Mathematics, University of Münster

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2021:[7]

  • Asifa Akhtar, Epigenetics, Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie und Epigenetik, Freiburg
  • Elisabeth André, Computer Science, Universität Augsburg
  • Giuseppe Caire, Theoretical Communications Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin
  • Nico Eisenhauer, Biodiversity Research, Universität Leipzig
  • Veronika Eyring, Earth System Modelling, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Standort Oberpfaffenhofen und Universität Bremen
  • Katerina Harvati, Palaeoanthropology, Universität Tübingen und Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Tübingen
  • Steffen Mau, Sociology, Humboldt University of Berlin
  • Rolf Müller, Pharmaceutical Biology, Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS) and Saarland University
  • Jürgen Ruland, Immunology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München
  • Volker Springel, Astrophysics, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Garching

2020:[8]

  • Thorsten Bach, Chemistry, Technical University of Munich
  • Baptiste Jean Germain Gault, Materials Science, Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
  • Johannes Grave, Art History, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena
  • Thomas Kaufmann, Evangelical Theology, Georg August University of Göttingen
  • Andrea Musacchio, Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology
  • Thomas Neumann, Computer Science, Technical University of Munich
  • Marco Prinz, Neuropathology, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
  • Markus Reichstein, Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
  • Dagmar Schäfer, History of Science, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
  • Juliane Vogel, Literature, University of Konstanz

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2019:[9]

  • Sami Haddadin, Robotics, Technical University of Munich
  • Rupert Huber, Experimental physics, University of Regensburg
  • Andreas Reckwitz, Sociology, Viadrina European University, Frankfurt (Oder)
  • Hans-Reimer Rodewald, Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg
  • Melina Schuh, cell biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institute), Göttingen
  • Brenda Schulman, Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB), Martinsried
  • Ayelet Shachar, Law and Political science, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
  • Michèle Tertilt, Economics, University of Mannheim
  • Wolfgang Wernsdorfer, experimental Solid-state physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • Matthias Wessling, Chemical reaction engineering, RWTH Aachen University and Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien (DWI), Aachen

2018:[10]

  • Jens Beckert, Sociology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
  • Alessandra Buonanno, Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam
  • Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Veit Hornung, Immunologie, Genzentrum, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and Eicke Latz, Immunologie, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
  • Heike Paul, Amerikanistik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Erika L. Pearce, Immunologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie und Epigenetik, Freiburg/Breisgau
  • Claus Ropers [de], Experimentelle Festkörperphysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Oliver G. Schmidt, Materialwissenschaften, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden und Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Technische Universität Chemnitz
  • Bernhard Schölkopf, Maschinelles Lernen, Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Tübingen
  • László Székelyhidi, Angewandte Mathematik, Universität Leipzig

2017:[11]

  • Lutz Ackermann, Organic Molecular Chemistry, University of Göttingen
  • Beatrice Gründler, Arabistics, Free University Berlin
  • Ralph Hertwig, Cognition Psychology, Max-Planck-Institute for Education research
  • Karl-Peter Hopfner, Structure Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
  • Frank Jülicher, Theoretical Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Physics of complex systems
  • Lutz Mädler, Mechanical Process engineering, University of Bremen
  • Britta Nestler, Material science, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology
  • Joachim P. Spatz, Biophysics, Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems and Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
  • Anne Storch, Africanistics, University of Köln
  • Jörg Vogel, Medical Microbiology, University of Würzburg

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