Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2013
The new recipients of Germany's most prestigious research funding prize have been announced: On Thursday, 6 December 2012 the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) named eleven researchers – two women and nine men – as winners of the 2013 Leibniz Prize. The recipients of the prize were selected by the Nominations Committee from 135 nominees. Four of the eleven prizewinners are from the life sciences, three from the humanities and social sciences, another three from the natural sciences, and one from engineering sciences. Nine of the prizewinners will receive 2.5 million euros each, while two will share one prize of 1.25 million euros each. The award ceremony will be held on 19 March 2013 in Berlin.
Islamic Studies, Münster University
Biochemistry/Cellular Biology, University of Frankfurt
Molecular Chemistry, Münster University
Biological Psychology, University of Bochum
Biophysics, Humboldt University of Berlin
Forming/Manufacturing Technology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Theoretical Solid-Body Physics, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden / Theoretical Solid-Body Physics, University of Cologne
Paediatrics, Allergology, Epidemiology, University of Munich Hospital
Biomedical Imaging with Optical Methods, Technical University of Munich
Modern and Contemporary History, University of Trier
