Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize
The Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize, donated by the marine geologist and former president of the DFG and his wife, serves to promote research and understanding between Germany and Japan.
Information about the Programme
Type of Prize
Personal prize, bestowed biennially since 1997. In the year 2020, the prize will be granted for the last time.
Purpose
With this prize, Japanese and German scientists will be awarded, whose work has contributed to a better understanding of the other country.
Number and Value of Awards
In 2020, the prize, worth approximately €15,000, is awarded to two German and two Japanese scientist. In exceptional cases the prize may also be awarded to a research team.
Nominations
The prize is awarded on the basis of nominations received in response to an invitation for recommendations from the DFG. The following are eligible to submit nominations:
- The German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo supported by the Philipp Franz vonSiebold Stiftung
- The German JSPS Alumni Association
- The Deutsch-Ostasiatische Wissenschaftsforum in Tübingen – Stuttgart – Hohenheim
- The German Association for Japanese Studies in Trier
- The Japanese-German Center Berlin
- The Japan Foundation in Cologne
- The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- The European Association for Japanese Studies
- The German-Japanese Association of Jurists
- The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- The German Academic Exchange Service
- The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
- The Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres
- Previous prize winners
Direct applications are not accepted.
Selection Criteria
The prizes will be awarded in 2020 for outstanding achievements in all scientific fields. These include the humanities and social sciences, including law and economics, on the one hand, and the natural sciences, including the life sciences, engineering and medicine, on the other. The prize may be awarded either in recognition of a scientist's life's work, or to encourage a young researcher who has already excelled through outstanding and significant work.
Selection of Prizewinners
The prizewinner is selected by a jury chaired by a Vice-president of the DFG. The Secretary General of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is an ex-officio member of the jury. Members of the jury are appointed for one two-year term.
Nomination Deadlines
The deadline for submission of nominations for 2020 is February 07.
Documents Required
An appraisal of the nominee's special merits in relation to the purpose of the prize, Curriculum vitae, a complete list of publications and two references.
Forms and Guidelines
Contact
For further information on the Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize please contact
- Interner LinkDr. Ingrid Krüßmann
- Interner LinkRaoul Wagner
- Corinna Herrmann
phone +49 228 885-2285
Link auf E-Mailcorinna.herrmann@dfg.de