Meyenburg Prize

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Meyenburg Prize
TypeScientific award
Awarded forOutstanding scientific achievements in cancer research
Sponsored byMeyenburg Foundation
CountryGermany
Presented by German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
Reward€50,000
First award1981
Final award2023/24
Website www.meyenburg-stiftung.de/2preis.htm

The Meyenburg Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in cancer research by the Meyenburg Foundation in support of the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (DKFZ), which is the largest biomedical research institution in Germany. The prize has been awarded annually since 1981, and currently has an honorarium of €50,000. [1]

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The prize is highly regarded, and a notable number of Meyenburg Prize recipients have later gone on to win the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Chemistry, underscoring its importance in recognizing world-class research. [2]

List of Recipients

Source: Meyenburg Award Winners

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Meyenburg Recipients List, in German
  2. ↑ "Booster for cellular immunotherapy: Immunologist Michel Sadelain awarded Meyenburg Prize" . Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Stammzellexperte Clevers ausgezeichnet". FR.de (in German). 30 January 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "2010 Meyenburg Award for Discoverer of BRCA 2 Breast Cancer Gene". www.dkfz.de. 11 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "From microscopy to nanoscopy: 2011 Meyenburg Award goes to Stefan Hell". www.dkfz.de. 16 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Von der Mikroskopie zur Nanoskopie: Meyenburg-Preis 2011 geht an Stefan Hell". analytica-world.com (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Spurensuche im Erbgut von Blutkrebs: Meyenburg-Preis 2012 geht an Charles G. Mullighan". www.dkfz.de. 26 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Das Krebs-Erbgut im Kreuzverhör: Meyenburg-Preis 2014 geht an Peter Campbell". German Cancer Research Center. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "How the immune system recognizes cancer: 2015 Meyenburg Award for Ton Schumacher". German Cancer Research Center. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Krebs-DNA mit Liquid Biopsy aufspüren". MT-Portal (in German). 3 December 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  11. ↑ "Booster für die zelluläre Immuntherapie: Immunologe Michel Sadelain mit Meyenburg-Preis ausgezeichnet". Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (in German). 1 April 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.


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