Academy Prize
The prize is awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in any disciplinary field. The award includes prize money of 50,000 Euros and may be awarded biennially. The prize is supported by the Collegium pro Academia – Society of Friends of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
The Academy Prize is conferred in the context of the annual ceremonial session on the Academy’s Leibniz Day celebration in the summer. The prizewinner presents his or her research work in a short academic paper at the award ceremony.
Deadline for nominations 2026: 15th January 2025
Nomination form (DOCX, 16KB)
Prizewinners
2024: Professor Dr. Frank Bradke
2022: Professor Dr. Johannes Krause
2020: Professor Dr. Peter R. Schreiner
2018: Professor Dr. med. Hannah Monyer
2016: Professor Dr. Peter Scholze
2014: Professor Dr. Andreas Bausch
2013: Professor Dr. Helmut Cölfen
2012: Professor Dr. Bernhard Schölkopf
2011: Professor Dr. Martin Mulsow
2010: Professor Dr. Michael Kramer
2009: Dr. Matthias Staudacher
2008: PD Dr. Milos Vec
2007: Professor Dr. Martin Haspelmath
2006: Professor Dr. Heino Falcke
2005: Professor Dr. Michael Schön
2004: Professor Dr. Frédéric Merkt
2003: Professor Dr. Jürgen Gauß
2002: Professor Dr. Albrecht Koschorke
2001: Dr. Achim von Keudell
2000: Professor Dr. Axel Meyer
1999: Professor Dr. Franz-Ulrich Hartl
1998: Professor Dr. Thomas Kaufmann
1997: Dr. David Vokrouhlický
1996: Dr. Marius Grundmann und Dr. Richard Nötzel