Academy of Sciences and Humanities of Baden-Württemberg Prizes 2026

List of prizes to be awarded:

• Akademiepreis (this year for works in engineering, science, and mathematics)
• Walter-Witzenmann-Preis (for works concerning societal and culture changes as well as technological transformations and their impact on present times)
• Ökologiepreis der Viktor & Sigrid Dulger-Stiftung (for works from all disciplines concerned with environmental problems and their solutions)
• Manfred-Fuchs-Preis (for works that build bridges between different disciplines)
• Manfred-Lautenschläger-Preis (for history, society, and culture)
• Hector Stiftung-Preis (IT and robotics)

As a rule, members of the Academy as well as heads of scientific institutions at universities and non-university research institutes in Baden-Württemberg are eligible to nominate postdoctoral researchers or habilitated researchers/research group leaders, depending on the specific prize. Self-nominations are not possible. 

These renowned awards are meant to encourage early career researchers in pursuing further research and to give due credit and visibility to excellent scientific work. For further information on all awards, please visit: https://www.hadw-bw.de/preise/nominierungsportal. 

Please submit nominations (each compiled into one pdf file) until 31 August 2025 to hadwmail-hadw-bw.de.