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| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize Förderpreis für deutsche Wissenschaftler im Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft | |
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| Awarded for | Exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Presented by | German Research Foundation |
| Reward(s) | up to €2.5 million |
| First awarded | 1986 |
| Website | dfg.de |
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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.
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).
- ^ "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize". Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize – In Brief". Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "Liste der Leibniz-Preisträger 1986 – 2017" [List of all prize recipients 1986–2015] (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.