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Prizes and Awards

Each year, our scientists are honored with a number of prestigious prizes, awards, and medals for their achievements in a variety of scientific disciplines. See a selection here.

Prizes and Awards

  • Honor for Decades of Contribution to Drug Delivery Science

    Every year, the Controlled Release Society (CRS) honors outstanding individuals who have significantly advanced the field of drug delivery. This year, Prof. Claus-Michael Lehr has been awarded the CRS Distinguished Service Award for his long-standing commitment to the society and his influential contributions to pharmaceutical science.

  • Kanert Award for Allergy Research Goes to Dr. Matthias Reiger

    As part of the 37th Allergy Colloquium at the Research Center Borstel, Dr. Matthias Reiger was awarded the Kanert Award for Allergy Research. The scientist received the recognition for a research project focused on the use of nanopore sequencing in atopic dermatitis research.

  • DDG Recognizes Three Researchers from Helmholtz Munich

    At this year’s Congress of the German Diabetes Association (DDG), three researchers from Helmholtz Munich were honored for their outstanding scientific achievements. Their groundbreaking work is helping to advance the understanding, prevention, and treatment of diabetes mellitus.

  • Jörg Weißmüller receives the Heyn-Denkmünze

    Prof. Jörg Weißmüller has received a great appreciation for his work: he has been awarded the Heyn-Denkmünze, the highest award of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM). It attracts attention in Germany and internationally, as it is awarded for outstanding research achievements.

  • Anette-Gabriele Ziegler Receives Hamm International Prize for Diabetes Research

    Prof. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler, Director of the Helmholtz Munich Institute for Diabetes Research, is awarded with this year’s Hamm International Prize. She is being honored for her research to understand the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes and efforts toward its prediction, early diagnosis and prevention. 

  • Paul Martini Prize for Marcus Conrad

    For his discoveries in the field of ferroptosis – a specific form of programmed cell death that opens up new perspectives for the development of drugs in cancer therapy and organ transplantation – Prof. Marcus Conrad has been awarded the Paul Martini Prize. The prestigious award, presented annually by the Paul Martini Foundation in Berlin, honors outstanding achievements in…

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