2023: Prof. Dr Hartmut Rosa
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
ERC Starting Grants
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
2023: Prof. Dr Sebastiano Bernuzzi
2021: Prof. Dr Bas Dutilh
2020: Prof. Dr Philipp Adelhelm (presently Humboldt University of Berlin)
2018: Prof. Dr Stefanie Gräfe
2016: Prof. Dr Lothar Wondraczek
2014: Prof. Dr Jens Limpert
ERC Advanced Grants
2023: Prof. Dr Ulrich Schubert
2019: Prof. Dr Jens Limpert
2015: Prof. Dr Andreas Tünnermann
ERC Synergy Grant
2020: Prof. Dr Joachim Denzler
ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant
2021: Prof. Dr Lothar Wondraczek
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Triple ERC
Prof. 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
2023: Prof. Dr Sarah O'Connor
2020: Prof. Dr Johannes Grave
2020: Prof. Dr Markus Reichstein
2015: Prof. Dr Christian Hertweck
2009: Prof. Dr Karl Lenhard Rudolph
2007: Prof. Dr Falko Langenhorst
2005: Prof. Dr Andreas Tünnermann
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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
Heinz 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)
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
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)
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)
2013: Prof. Dr Matthias Dürste, Dr Alfred Hansel, Dr Matin Schmitz, Kerstin Box (Transfer Prize)
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
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
2013: PD Dr Stephan Heblich – Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
2012: PD Dr Olaf Müller – Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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
2022: Dr Magdalena Steinhöfel
2021: Dr Kerstin Krauß
2020: Dr Felix Durner
2019: Dr Johanna Hilpert
2018: Dr Miriam Schade
Faculty of Law
2022: Dr Philipp Köhler
2021: Dr Julian Schick
2020: Dr Philipp Selentin
2019: Dr Carina Klaus
2018: Dr Eric Urzowski
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
2022: Dr Daniel Rodenburger
2021: Yoan Hermstrüwer
2020: Dr Felix Weidinger
2019: Dr Susanne Fricke
2018: Dr David Dose
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
2022: Dr Markus Wegewitz
2021: Dr Katharina Schwinde
2020: Dr Peter Naumann
2019: Dr Julia Mandry
2018: Dr Maximillian Rebitschek
Faculty for Social and Behavioural Sciences
2022: Dr Philipp Baumbach
2021: Dr Sebastian Pusch
2020: Dr Christian Opitz
2019: Dr Alexander Goebel
2018: Dr Nastasja Greischel
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
2022: Dr Jonas Brock
2021: Dr Melchior Wirth
2020: Dr David Krieg
2019: Dr Stefanie Jäckel
2018: Dr Marcel Schmidt
Faculty of Physics and Astronomy
2022: Dr Martin Hafermann
2021: Dr Sebastian Grieninger
2020: Dr Carolin Rothhardt
2019: Dr Yi Zhong
2018: Dr Max Möller
Faculty for Chemistry and Earth Sciences
2022: Dr Carolin Müller
2021: Dr Robert Freund
2020: Dr Philipp Engelmann
2019: Dr Fabian Pettig
2018: Dr Robert Geitner
Faculty of Biological Sciences
2022: Dr Marina Pekmezovic
2021: Dr Sarah Patricia Niehs
2020: Dr Sarah Irmscher
2019: Dr Martin Baunach
2018: Dr Elisabeth Watts
Faculty of Medicne
2022: Dr Thomas Kaas
2021: Dr Judith Hammrich
2020: Dr Yves Werner
2019: Dr Uwe Haselmann
2018: Dr Raphael Seidel