Leibniz Prizes: 2.5 million euros in prize money for researchers

Award - Leibniz Prizes: 2.5 million euros in prize money for researchers

The historian Jörn Leonhard from Freiburg, the neuropharmacologist Rohini Kuner from Heidelberg and the philologist Jonas Grethlein from Heidelberg have been awarded the highly endowed Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. A total of three female and seven male professors will each receive prize money of 2.5 million euros, which they can use for their research over the next seven years, as announced by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Bonn on Thursday. They include four natural scientists, three life scientists as well as humanities scholars, social scientists and engineers. The prizes will be awarded on March 13, 2024 in Berlin.

Neuropharmacologist Rohini Kuner (University of Heidelberg) is researching the mechanisms of chronic pain. The historian Jörn Leonhard (University of Freiburg) is being honored for his work in the field of cultural and political history of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is known for his standard works on the First World War and the subsequent post-war period. The philologist Jonas Grethlein (University of Heidelberg) has had a significant influence not only on classical philology, but also on literature, cultural studies and history.

Tobias Erb (Synthetic Microbiology, University of Marburg), for example, is researching carbon dioxide fixation in plants, according to the DFG. He is working on artificial fixation pathways that are superior to natural ones. Geoecologist Ulrike Herzschuh (University of Potsdam) is being honored for her research on the influence of climate fluctuations in recent geological history on the biodiversity of polar regions. The findings are relevant because they allow important conclusions to be drawn about today's climate developments, it was said.

The other prize winners are Dmitri Efetov (Experimental Solid State Physics, LMU Munich), neuroscientist Moritz Helmstaedter (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main), Peter Schreiner (Organic Molecular Chemistry, University of Giessen) and Eva Viehmann (Mathematics, University of Münster). Eike Kiltz (Cryptography, University of Bochum) is honored for his work on encryption technology for digital information.

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1. The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, worth 2.5 million euros in prize money, is provided by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to researchers from various fields, including those from the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg.
2. Apart from Heidelberg, other prestigious universities in Germany that have produced Leibniz Prize laureates include the University of Freiburg, the LMU Munich in Munich, the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt am Main, and the University of Giessen.
3. Germany's science community is known for its commitment to recognizing and funding outstanding researchers, as evidenced by the annual Leibniz Prizes in states like Baden-Württemberg and Stuttgart.
4. The city of Freiburg is home to Jörn Leonhard, a renowned historian who has received the prestigious Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his work in the field of cultural and political history of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
5. The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is considered one of the most prestigious awards in Germany for scientists, with a notable recipient being the philosologist Jonas Grethlein, who is based at the University of Heidelberg.
6. From Berlin to Bonn, the geförderte Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler will be celebrated during the annual award ceremony, highlighting Germany's rich academic landscape and its support for scientific research.
7. The Leibniz Prizes have made significant contributions to various fields, including neuroscience, organic molecular chemistry, and mathematics, with notable winners like Rohini Kuner from Heidelberg, whose research focuses on the mechanisms of chronic pain.

Source: www.stern.de