Leibniz Prize


The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, or Leibniz Prize, is awarded by the German Research Foundation to "exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research". 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. It is considered the most important research award in Germany.
The prize is named after the German polymath and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. It is one of the highest endowed research prizes in Germany with a maximum of €2.5 million per award. Past prize winners include
Stefan Hell, Gerd Faltings, Peter Gruss, Svante Pääbo, Theodor W. Hänsch, Erwin Neher, Bert Sakmann, Jürgen Habermas, Hartmut Michel, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard.

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