Copernicus Award

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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/

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]

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
2020 [3] Warsaw University
Technische Universität Darmstadt
2018 Stefan Anker[4] Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
2016 [5] University of Warsaw
University of Göttingen
2014 Marek Żukowski[6] University of Gdańsk
TU Wien
2012 Jacek Błażewicz Poznań University of Technology
University of Siegen
2010 University of Würzburg
Wrocław University of Technology
2008 Andrzej Sobolewski[7] Polish Academy of Sciences
Technical University of Munich
2006 University of Warsaw
University of Bonn

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References[]

  1. ^ "The COPERNICUS Award". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  2. ^ "Copernicus Award 2016". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  3. ^ "Przyznano Polsko-Niemiecką Nagrodę Naukową Copernucus 2020" (in Polish). Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Copernicus Award 2018 announced". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  5. ^ "Copernicus Award 2016 announced". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  6. ^ "PROF. MAREK ŻUKOWSKI, PHD HAB. – FNP PRIZE 2013 LAUREATE". Retrieved 2018-08-06.
  7. ^ "Outstanding German-Polish Scientific Cooperation". Retrieved 2018-08-05.
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