Prizes and Awards
Here you will find information and announcements on the various academic prizes and awards at JLU Giessen. In terms of content, the prizes and awards at JLU can be divided into three categories, which you will find in the navigation column on the left. There is also the overarching area of 'Sustainability', in which three prizes are awarded separately for each category.
- Röntgen Prize at Justus Liebig University Giessen
- The prize is awarded for new, outstanding scientific work and services in the field of basic research in radiation physics, photonics or radiation biology. It is primarily intended to honour the work of young scientists.
- Roentgen Prize
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Endowment
€15,000
Deadline
April 30
Target group
Career researcher (advanced postdoc)
- Justus Liebig University Giessen's Prize
- The prize is awarded for outstanding work that young scientists have completed at JLU or for interesting and promising research projects.
- JLU Prize
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Endowment
€5,000
Deadline
April 30
Target group
Researchers (advanced postdoc)
- History Award of JLU
- The JLU History Award is to be presented for independent work on the history of Justus Liebig University Giessen or its teachers and students, as well as on historical topics of the region.
- JLU History Award
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Endowment
€2,000
Deadline
April 30
Target
Historical publications about JLU and the region
- Dissertation Awards
- Six awards for excellent dissertations of one year in all JLU subject areas as well as for two cross-sectional and interdisciplinary theses.
- Dissertation Awards
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Endowment
€500
Deadline
April 15 at the faculty
Target group
PhDs with summa cum laude
- Dr. Herbert Stolzenberg Prizes
- Award for scientific work at habilitation level in four JLU subject areas
- Dr. Herbert Stolzenberg Prizes
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Endowment
€3,000
Deadline
August 15
Target group
Early career researchers (advanced postdoc)
- Dr. Herbert Stolzenberg Teaching Prize
- Award for lecturers at JLU in four subject areas for outstanding teaching performance.
- Dr. Herbert Stolzenberg Teaching Prize
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Endowment
€1,500
Deadline
August 15
Target group
Junior scientists of JLU for innovative concepts and outstanding Engagement in academic teaching
- Dr. Herbert Stolzenberg Awards
- Prizes for scientific work at doctoral level or in the postdoc phase, which the JLU Graduate Centers (GGK, GCSC, GGS, GGN, and GGL) award on an alternating basis. More information on this can be found at the respective institutions (the corresponding links can be found at the end of this website).
- Dr. Herbert Stolzenberg Awards
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Endowment
Usually €1,500
Deadline
The deadlines are defined by each graduate center
Target group
Early career researchers
- Wolfgang Mittermaier Prize for outstanding achievements in academic teaching
- In memory of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mittermaier, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Giessen from 1903 to 1933, the Erwin Stein Foundation endowed the Wolfgang Mittermaier Prize in 1995. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in academic teaching and is endowed with €3,000.
- Wolfgang Mittermaier Prize
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Endowment
€3,000
Deadlines
Winterterm 2023/2024 und 2024/2025: 1st of March 2025;
Summerterm 2023 und 2024: 1st of August 2025Target Group
Teching staff of the faculties 01 to 06 at JLU
- Dr. Dieter and Siegrun Neukirch Prize
- The prize serves to promote outstanding academic theses in the fields of archaeology, classical languages and geography at JLU.
- Dr. Dieter und Sigrun Neukirch Prize
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Endowment
Usually €4,000
Deadline
August 31
Target group
Early career researchers in archaeology, ancient languages, and geography
- DAAD Prize
- Every year, JLU awards a DAAD prize for special social commitment and outstanding achievements by international students.
- DAAD Award
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Endowment
€1,000
Deadline
July 15
Target group
International students with social commitment and excellent academic success
- Helge Agnes Pross Grant
- Helge Agnes Pross Grant for outstanding qualification work in the field of women's and gender studies. There is currently no call for applications.
- Helge-Agnes-Pross-Förderpreis
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Endowment in two categories:
a) master thesis: €500
b) PhD thesis: €4,500
- Deadline:
once a year (currently no announcement)
- Target:
Excellent papers concerning gender issues
- Deadline:
- Klipstein Award
- With the Klipstein science award, the Dr. Ernst-Leopold Klipstein Foundation honors basic research that contributes to the improvement of environmentally friendly and sustainable agricultural production.
- Klipstein Award
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Endowment
Usually €10,000
Deadline
Every three years on September 15 (next announcement 09/15/2026)
Target group
Researchers or research groups—not only at JLU—with exploratory focus on phytopathological and biotechnological research
- Qualification papers
- This prize is awarded for qualification papers in the field of sustainability. All members and affiliates of Justus Liebig University Giessen are entitled to nominate candidates. Self-applications are possible. Based on the calendar year in which the prize is awarded, the evaluation of the qualification thesis may not have been completed more than one year previously. The date of the decision of the examination committee or the doctoral committee is decisive for this.
- Sustainability Prize at JLU for excellent final assignments
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Endowment in two categories
a) €200 fo a master's thesis
b) €500 for a PhD thesisDeadline
Mai 15
Target
Excellent papers written at JLU concerning sustainability
- Teaching Concepts
- This prize is awarded to a teaching concept developed at JLU with content and methodological reference to education for sustainable development (ESD) and includes prize money of €1,500.
- Sustainability Prize at JLU for teaching concepts
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Endowment
€1,500
Deadline
May 15
Target group
Teaching staff at JLU
- Individual Behavior
- This prize is awarded to a (potentially) effective contribution that supports the values, attitudes and/or behavior of JLU members in terms of sustainability and includes prize money of €500.
- Sustainability Prize at JLU for commitment
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Endowment
€500
Nomination Deadline
May 15
Target group
Members of JLU