Current Calls
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize is an accolade for early career researchers that recognises outstanding scientific work and encourages them to continue their scientific careers. Since obtaining their doctorate, the recipients should have established a distinctive profile early on and the results of their research should have attracted attention within the subject-specific community, suggesting that excellent performance can be expected of them in the future. Ten prizes are awarded each year, each endowed with 200,000 euros. The prize money can be used for further scientific research for up to three years. The nomination is submitted by the Rectorate. Therefore, please contact us well before the deadline (see below).
Deadline: 14 May 2025
Holberg International Memorial Prize
The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology, either in one of these fields or through interdisciplinary work. The recipient must have had a decisive influence on international research. The prize is worth NOK 6,000,000. The nomination is submitted by the Rectorate. Therefore, please contact us well before the deadline (see below).
Deadline: 15 June 2025
Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose Akademie-Preis für Geisteswissenschaften
The Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose Akademie-Preis is awarded every two years to excellent early career researchers from the entire field of the humanities. Early career researchers can be nominated if they have already made outstanding contributions to research at an early stage of their academic career, have developed an independent academic profile and are now about to complete their habilitation or have an equivalent qualification. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Deadline: 15 June 2025
Science Prize of the Düsseldorf Industry Club & the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts
The Industrie-Club Düsseldorf awards the Science Prize in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia every two years in cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. The Science Prize aims to bridge the gap between basic research and innovation in application and is awarded alternately in the disciplines of physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology. It is endowed with 20,000 euros.
Deadline: 30 June 2025