The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize supports exceptional early career researchers in all fields with advancing their academic careers by providing them with a one-off endowment worth 20,000 euros.

Laureates

2022
Professor Irmtraud Huber, Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies

2016

Professor Isabell Otto, Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies
Further information: Press release no. 18, 2016

2014

Professor Bent Gebert, Department of Literature, Art and Media Studies
Further information: Press release no. 20, 2014

2012

Dr Denis Gebauer, Department of Chemistry
Further information: Press release no. 38, 2012

2004

Pavlína Rychterová, Department of History and Sociology

1999

Karsten Weihe, Department of Computer Science

1993

Andre Fuhrmann, Cognition research, Hans Rott, Department of Philosophy

1992

Professor Eva-Maria Engelen, History of Science and Education
Christiane Schildknecht, History of Science and Education

 
1985

Professor Bernhard Schink, Ecophysiology