Copernicus Award

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]

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 byDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science
Reward(s)€200,000
First awarded2006
Websitefnp.org.pl/en/oferta/the-polish-german-scientific-award-copernicus/

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
Year Name Institution
2018 Stefan Anker[3] Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
2016 Agnieszka Chacińska[4] University of Warsaw
Peter Rehling University of Göttingen
2014 Marek Żukowski[5] 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[6] Polish Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang Domcke Technical University of Munich
2006 Barbara Malinowska University of Warsaw
Eberhard Schlicker University of Bonn

See also

References
  1. "The COPERNICUS Award". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. "Copernicus Award 2016". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. "Copernicus Award 2018 announced". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  4. "Copernicus Award 2016 announced". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  5. "PROF. MAREK ŻUKOWSKI, PHD HAB. – FNP PRIZE 2013 LAUREATE". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  6. "Outstanding German-Polish Scientific Cooperation". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
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