Manfred FuchsPrize
In order to encourage young scientists and ensure that outstanding scientific achievements receive the recognition they deserve, Dr. Dr. h.c. Manfred Fuchs has established a research award to promote young scientists in Baden-Württemberg.
It has been awarded by the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2015 and comes with a prize of 10,000 euros.
Who can be nominated?
The award is given to particularly qualified young scientists who are completing their postdoctoral qualifications in the humanities or who head a research group in the natural sciences and engineering and are generally preparing for a professorship. The award particularly honors young scientists who build bridges between different scientific cultures. Previous scientific achievements are evaluated in the assessment process.
Nominees for the award should be no older than 40. If several candidates have contributed equally to the work, the Prize may be awarded Prize in equal shares.
Who is allowed to make suggestions?
- all members of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- the management of all academic institutions at universities in Baden-Württemberg (rectorates, deaneries, executive directors, institute management)
- the management of all non-university research institutions in Baden-Württemberg (executive directors)
- Unsolicited applications are not accepted.
The prize founder
Manfred Fuchs was born in Mannheim in 1939 and studied business administration at what was then the Mannheim Business School. In 1963, Dr. Manfred Fuchs took over his father's company and expanded it into a global enterprise, Fuchs Petrolub SE(external link).
Manfred Fuchs is committed to a wide range of social projects and the arts in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region.
He has been a member of the Friends of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities external link) since 2008 and has served on its board of directors ever since.
