Copernicus Award

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Copernicus Award
Awarded forthe individuals most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional research achievements as a result of that cooperation
CountryGermany/Poland
Presented by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science
Reward(s)€200,000
First awarded2006
Website fnp.org.pl/en/oferta/the-polish-german-scientific-award-copernicus/

The Nicolaus Copernicus Polish-German Research Award (also known as Copernicus Award) is a biannual science award conferred by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science "to the individuals most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional research achievements as a result of that cooperation." The award was established in 2006 and is named after Renaissance astronomer and polymath Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). It carries a cash prize of €200,000 shared equally by two winners, one from Germany and one from Poland. In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must have at least a doctoral degree and work in Polish or German scientific institutions. [1] [2]

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Permanent members of the Jury of the Copernicus Award include: Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (University of Warsaw) – chair of the Jury; Immo Fritsche (Leipzig University) – deputy chair of the Jury; Bernd Büchner (IFW Dresden); Paweł Idziak (Jagiellonian University); Maria Mittag (University of Jena); Marek Samoć (Wrocław University of Technology).

Copernicus Award winners

YearNameInstitution
2024 Joachim Wambsganss University of Heidelberg
Andrzej Udalski [3] University of Warsaw
2022 Sascha Feuchert [4] University of Giessen
Krystyna Radziszewska University of Łódź
2020 Stefan Dziembowski [5] University of Warsaw
Sebastian Faust Technische Universität Darmstadt
2018 Stefan Anker [6] Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
2016 Agnieszka Chacińska [7] University of Warsaw
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
2014 Marek Żukowski [8] University of Gdańsk
Harald Weinfurter TU Wien
2012 Jacek Błażewicz Poznań University of Technology
Erwin Pesch University of Siegen
2010 Alfred Forchel University of Würzburg
Jan Misiewicz Wrocław University of Technology
2008 Andrzej Sobolewski [9] Polish Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang Domcke Technical University of Munich
2006 Barbara Malinowska University of Warsaw
Eberhard Schlicker University of Bonn

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