Science Awards
Science prizes and special research awards
Three trophies of the Thuringian Research Award stand side by side
Science prizes, awards and memberships honour researchers for their work and are an important part of promoting science and research. A selection of awarded researchers of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena can be found on the following page.
International Awards
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
2021: Prof. Dr Bas Dutilh
Bas Dutilh stands on a platform and looks over Jena.
Image: Alexander-von-Humboldt-StiftungERC Starting Grants
2024: Prof. Dr. Janine George
2022: Prof. Dr Martin Oschatz
2021: Prof. Dr Dietmar Gallistl
2018: Prof. Dr Kai Papenfort
2017: Prof. Dr Sebastiano Bernuzzi
2009: Prof. Dr Jens Limpert
ERC Consolidator Grants
2024: Prof. Dr. Ilona Croy
2023: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bocklitz
2023: Prof. Dr. Sebastiano Bernuzzi
2021: Prof. Dr. Bas Dutilh
2020: Prof. Dr. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum
2020: Prof. Dr. Philipp Adelhelm (jetzt Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
2018: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Gräfe
2016: Prof. Dr. Lothar Wondraczek
2014: Prof. Dr. Jens Limpert
ERC Advanced Grants
2024: Prof. Dr. Thomas Stöhlker
2024: Prof. Dr. Christian Hertweck
2023: Prof. Dr Ulrich Schubert
2019: Prof. Dr Jens Limpert
2015: Prof. Dr Andreas Tünnermann
ERC Synergy Grant
2024: Prof. Dr. Carsten Ronning
2020: Prof. Dr Joachim Denzler
ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant
2021: Prof. Dr Lothar Wondraczek
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Triple ERCProf. Dr. Jens Limpert is one of the few researchers in Germany who has succeeded in obtaining ERC funding three times: in 2009 he received a »Starting Grant«, followed by a »Consolidator Grant« in 2014, crowned with an »Advanced Grant« in 2019.
National Awards
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
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2023: Prof. Dr Hartmut RosaImage: Anne Günther (University of Jena) -
2023: Prof. Dr Sarah O'ConnorImage: David Ausserhofer, DFG -
2020: Prof. Dr Johannes GraveImage: Jens Meyer (University of Jena) -
2020: Prof. Dr Markus ReichsteinImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena) -
2015: Prof. Dr Christian HertweckImage: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena) -
2009: Prof. Dr Karl Lenhard RudolphImage: Anne Günther (University of Jena) -
2007: Prof. Dr Falko LangenhorstImage: Anne Günther (University of Jena) -
2005: Prof. Dr Andreas TünnermannImage: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize)
2013: Prof. Dr Stefan Nolte (middle) together with Dr Dirk Sutter (left)and Dr Jens König (right)
Laureates of the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2013
Image: Deutscher Zukunftspreis Ansgar PudenzHeinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
2021: Prof. Dr Kai Lawonn
2014: Prof. Dr Nico Eisenhauer (presently Leiptzig University)
2006: Prof. Dr Holger Gies
1999: Prof. Dr Anne S. Ulrich (jetzt Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
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Prof. Dr. Kai Lawonn
Regional Awards
Thüringer Forschungspreis (Thuringian Research Prize)
(Award winners of the past ten years, only current members of the University of Jena at the time of proposal)
2024: Prof.Dr. Andrey Turchanin, Dr. Antony George, Dr. Falk Eilenberger, Dr. Christof Neumann (Applied Research)
2023: Prof. Dr Benjamin Dietzek-Ivansic, Dr Linda Zedler (Applied Research)
2022: Prof. Dr Sebastian Böcker, Dr Kai Dührkop, Dr Markus Fleischauer, Dr Marcus Ludwig, Martin A. Hoffmann (Basic Resarch)
2021: Prof. Dr Stefan Lorkowski, Dr Christine Dawczinski (Applied Research)
2021: Prof. Dr Klaus Dörre, Prof. Dr Hartmut Rosa (Basic Resarch)
2019: Prof. Dr Ulrich Brose (Basic Resarch)
2018: Prof. Dr Lambert Wiesing (Basic Resarch)
2017: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schubert, Dr. Martin Hager, Tobias Janoschka (Applied research)
2015: Prof. Dr Christian Hübner, PD Dr Ingo Kurth (Basic Resarch)
2014: Prof. Dr Thomas Heinze, Friedrich Scholz (Applied Research)
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Rowena Morse Prize
Friedrich Schiller University annually awards the Rowena Morse Prize as a distinction for academics who are outstanding in research and teaching, who have attained their eligibility for appointment for a professorship, but who were not yet appointed to a tenured professorship at the time of their special achievements. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Laureates of the past ten years
2024: JP Dr Anika Klafki - Faculty of Law
2023: JP Giancarlo Soavi - Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
2022: Dr Anja Träger – Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
2021: PD Dr Lukas Werther – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2020: PD Dr Paula Wojcik – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2019: PD Dr Tony Bruns – Faculty of Medicine
2018: PD Dr Andreas Koeberle – Faculty of Biological Sciences
2017: PD Dr Claudia Schnohr – Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
2016: PD Dr Dana Kralisch – Faculty of Biological Sciences
2015: PD Dr Thomas Ernst – Faculty of Medicine
2014: PD Dr Jessica Schmidt – Faculty of Law
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Doctoral Prizes
The doctoral prize of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena is an award for researchers who have achieved outstanding results in their doctoral studies and have thereby promoted the reputation of the Alma Mater Jenensis. The prize is endowed with 750 euros.
Laureates of the past five years
Faculty of Theology
2024: Dr Jonathan Steensen
2023: Dr Christian Kamleiter
2022: Dr Magdalena Steinhöfel
2021: Dr Kerstin Krauß
2020: Dr Felix DurnerFaculty of Law
2024: Dr Leo Juri Kriese
2023: Dr Luise Sophia Kavacs
2022: Dr Philipp Köhler
2021: Dr Julian Schick
2020: Dr Philipp SelentinFaculty of Economics and Business Administration
2024: Dr Thomas Robert Holy
2023: Dr Leonard Hoeft
2022: Dr Daniel Rodenburger
2021: Yoan Hermstrüwer
2020: Dr Felix WeidingerFaculty of Arts and Humanities
2024: Dr Florian Hesse
2023: Dr Sven Eric Büchel
2022: Dr Markus Wegewitz
2021: Dr Katharina Schwinde
2020: Dr Peter NaumannFaculty for Social and Behavioural Sciences
2024: Dr Adreas Stotzt
2023: Dr Simon Lübcke
2022: Dr Philipp Baumbach
2021: Dr Sebastian Pusch
2020: Dr Christian OpitzFaculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
2024: Dr Daniel Dörfler
2023: Dr Benjamin Hinrich
2022: Dr Jonas Brock
2021: Dr Melchior Wirth
2020: Dr David KriegFaculty of Physics and Astronomy
2024: Dr Maja Struczynska
2023: Dr Silvia Simionato
2022: Dr Martin Hafermann
2021: Dr Sebastian Grieninger
2020: Dr Carolin RothhardtFaculty for Chemistry and Earth Sciences
2024: Dr Karl Michael Ziems
2023: Dr Paul Strobel
2022: Dr Carolin Müller
2021: Dr Robert Freund
2020: Dr Philipp EngelmannFaculty of Biological Sciences
2024: Dr Shuaibing Zhang
2023: Dr Paul Mike Jordan
2022: Dr Marina Pekmezovic
2021: Dr Sarah Patricia Niehs
2020: Dr Sarah IrmscherFaculty of Medicine
2024: Dr Leonie Karoline Stabenow
2023: Dr Stefanie Quickert
2022: Dr Thomas Kaas
2021: Dr Judith Hammrich
2020: Dr Yves Werner