Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2024
Presentation of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prizes 2024
The award winners with Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Bavarian State Minister of Science and the Arts Markus Blume and DFG President Prof. Dr. Katja Becker (from right) as well as DFG Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens (left)
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Dmiri Efetov
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Jonas Grethlein
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Moritz Helmstaedter
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Ulrike Herzschuh
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Eike Kiltz
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Rohini Kuner
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Jörn Leonhard
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Peter Schreiner
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Award ceremony for Prof. Dr. Eva Viehmann
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Federal Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger during her welcoming address
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DFG President Katja Becker (center) in conversation with Federal Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (right) and Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume (left)
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Bavarian State Minister Markus Blume
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The band "Deep Talk" provided the music for the award ceremony
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In the spotlight
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The Leibniz Hall of the BBAW
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Group picture at the end of the ceremony
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Many of the award winners had their children with them – who followed the award ceremony spellbound
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The award winners with Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, Bavarian State Minister of Science and the Arts Markus Blume and DFG President Prof. Dr. Katja Becker (from right) as well as DFG Secretary General Dr. Heide Ahrens (left)
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In December 2023, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) awarded the 2024 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize to ten researchers – three women and seven men. They were previously chosen from among 150 nominees by the selection committee responsible. Of the ten prizewinners, two work in the humanities and social sciences, three in the life sciences, four in the natural sciences and one in the engineering sciences. The winners each receive €2.5 million in prize money. They are entitled to use these funds for their research work in any way they wish, without bureaucratic obstacles, for up to seven years. The award ceremony for the Leibniz Prizes was held in Berlin on 13 March 2024.
