Deutschland - Land der Ideen
In November 2005, the Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V. was awarded the title "Place of Ideas" by German President Horst Köhler. In the following years, seven other Beutenberg projects received this title.
2006
Beutenberg Campus Jena e.V.
2007
Technology and Innovation Park
2010
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
2011
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
2012
Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
2012
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2013
Fraunhofer IOF together with the Institute of Applied Physics – Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2015
Fraunhofer IOF together with Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Important Awards At Beutenberg Campus
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis
Award for German scientists in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Program of the German Research Foundation
2005
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2015
Prof. Christian Hertweck - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
2020
Prof. Markus Reichstein - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2023
Prof. Sarah O'Connor - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Deutscher Zukunftspreis
The German Future Prize honors outstanding technical, engineering and scientific achievements that lead to products ready for application. The prize is awarded by the German President and carries a purse of 250,000 euros.
2007
Dr. Andreas Bräuer - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2013
Prof. Stefan Nolte - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering and Institute of Applied Physics – Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2020
Dr. Sergiy Yulin - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering together with the ZEISS and Trumpf companies
Stifterverband’s “Research with Responsibility” Award
The Stifterverband Science Award comes with prize money of 50,000 euros and is presented on the recommendation of the Leibniz Association for outstanding research.
2002
Dr. A. Bräuer, Dr. P. Danneberg, U. Seppel et al. - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2006
Dr. A. Bräuer, Dr. P. Danneberg, Dr. S. Kudaev, Dr. P. Schreiber -
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2012
Prof. Dr. Karl Lenhard Rudolph -
Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
2018
Dr. Ramona Eberhardt et al. - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
Thüringer Forschungspreise
Numerous Thuringian research prizes were awarded to employees of the Beutenberg Institutes.
You can find the award winners here.
Deutscher Umweltpreis
Every year the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) awards the German Environmental Award, the most lucrative (500,000 €) environmental prize in Europe.
2006
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Deutscher Krebspreis
The German Cancer Prize is awarded annually for outstanding work in German-speaking countries.
2015
Prof. Karl-Lenhard Rudolph - Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute(FLI)
(Prize endowed with 7,500 euros)
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Award in the field of Earth System and Environmental Sciences.
2018
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Marsh Award of the British Ecology Society
Honored for outstanding contributions to climate change research
2019
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal
Prize of the European Geophysical Union (EGU)
2004
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institut for Biogeochemistry
2018
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institut for Biogeochemistry
Ernst Jung Award for Medicine
Jung Foundation for Science and Research, Hamburg
2012 Ernst Jung Gold Medal for Medicine
Prof. Peter Herrlich - Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
2021 Ernst Jung Award for Medicine
Prof. Christian Hertweck - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2008
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max PIanck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2021
Prof. Bill Hansson - Max PIanck Institute for chem. Ecology
Balzan-Prize
The Balzan Prize's aim is to foster culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples throughout the world.
2020
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max PIanck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Awards and Honors (selection)
Balzan Prize
The Balzan Prize's aim is to foster culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples throughout the world.
2020
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max PIanck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Charles Mann Award
American Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society (FACSS)
2023
Prof. Jürgen Popp - Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Deutscher Krebspreis
The German Cancer Prize is awarded annually for outstanding work in German-speaking countries.
2015
Prof. Karl-Lenhard Rudolph - Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
Deutscher Umweltpreis
Every year the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU) awards the German Environmental Award, the most lucrative (500,000 €) environmental prize in Europe.
2006
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Deutscher Zukunftspreis
The German Future Prize honors outstanding technical, engineering and scientific achievements that lead to products ready for application. The prize is awarded by the German President and carries a purse of 250,000 euros.
2007
Dr. Andreas Bräuer - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2013
Prof. Stefan Nolte - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering and Institute of Applied Physics – Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2020
Dr. Sergiy Yulin - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering together with the ZEISS and Trumpf companies
Ellis R. Lippincott Award
This prize is presented by Optica, the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy to an individual who has made significant contributions to vibrational spectroscopy.
2022
Prof. Volker Deckert – Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Ernest Guenther Award Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products
This science award is presented by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
2022
Prof. Sarah O‘Connor – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Ernst Jung Award for Medicine
Jung Foundation for Science and Research, Hamburg
2012
Prof. Peter Herrlich - Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
2021
Prof. Christian Hertweck - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Research Award of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG)
Every two years, the Grand Prize of the DGGG is awarded to promote and honor outstanding scientists in the field of gerontology and geriatrics.
2016
Prof. A. Cellerino, Prof. C. Englert, Dr. M. Platzer - Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
GALENIUS-VON-PERGAMON-Preis
Award for an outstanding achievement in the field of drug discovery - Basic Research Category
2014
Prof. Peter F. Zipfel und Prof. Christine Skerka - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis
Award for German scientists in the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Program of the German Research Foundation
2005
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2015
Prof. Christian Hertweck - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
2020
Prof. Markus Reichstein - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2023
Prof. Sarah O'Connor - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Pize
The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize has been awarded since 1977 by the German Research Foundation to scientists at an early stage of their careers.
2014
Dr. Sönke Zaehle -Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2021
Dr. Patrick Roberts – Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Letterstedt Prize of the Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
2009
Prof. Bill Hansson – Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Lothar-Späth Award
The prize is awarded every two years to pioneering innovators from business and science. (Lothar Späth Award Foundation)
2018
Prof. Dr. Andreas Tünnermann, Dr. Tino Eidam; Bettina Limpert
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering; FSU Institute for Applied Physics
2021
Dr. Stefan Risse, Henrik von Lukowicz
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering; FSU Institute for Applied Physics
Innovationspreis „INNOspace“
Science prize of the German Aerospace Center endowed with 40,000 €.
2021
Dr. Tobias Vogl - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering;
FSU Institute for Applied Physics
Marsh Award der Britischen Ökologischen Gesellschaft
Honored for outstanding contributions to climate change research
2019
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Max-Planck-Forschungspreis der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung und der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
1992
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2013
Prof. Markus Reichstein - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Röntgenpreis
The prize is awarded for new, outstanding scientific work and services in the field of basic research in radiation physics, photonics or radiation biology. It is primarily intended to honour the work of young scientists. (Justus Liebig University Gießen)
2020
Dr. Jan Rothhardt – Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering; FSU Institute for Applied Physics
RSC Perkin Prize for Organic Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry
2019
Prof. Sarah O‘Connor – Max- Plack Institute for Chemical Ecology
Sofja Kovalevskaja-Preis
Every two years the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany bestows the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award.
2016
Dr. Francesco Neri - Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
Thüringer Forschungspreise
Numerous Thuringian research prizes were awarded to employees of the Beutenberg Institutes.
You can find the award winners here.
Stifterverband’s “Research with Responsibility” Award
The Stifterverband Science Award comes with prize money of 50,000 euros and is presented on the recommendation of the Leibniz Association for outstanding research.
2002
Dr. A. Bräuer, Dr. P. Danneberg, U. Seppel et al.. - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2006
Dr. A. Bräuer, Dr. P. Danneberg, Dr. S. Kudaev, Dr. P. Schreiber - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
2012
Prof. Dr. Karl Lenhard Rudolph -Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
2018
Dr. Ramona Eberhardt et al. - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
Adolph Lomb Medal
Optical Society of America (OSA) Award for Young Scientists
2014
Dr. Alexander Szameit – – Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering; FSU Institute for Applied Physics
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Award in the field of Earth System and Environmental Sciences.
2018
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse
Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2008
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2021
Prof. Bill Hansson - Max PIanck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
The Ellis Island Medal is an American award founded by the Ellis Island Honors Society (EIHS).
2016
Prof. Bill Hansson – Max PIanck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Fraunhofer Medal of Honor
2022
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann – Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering; FSU Institute for Applied Physics
Inhoffen Medal
The Inhoffen Medal is one of the most prestigious German prizes in the field of natural product chemistry. It is awarded by the Technical University of Braunschweig and the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research.
2005
Prof. Wilhelm Boland – Max PIanck Institute for Chemical Ecology
2020
Prof. Christian Hertweck - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Jubilee Medal of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
2017
Prof. Bill Hansson – Max PIanck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Order of Merit of the State of Thuringia
2011
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann – Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering; FSU Institute for Applied Physics
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal
Prize of the European Geophysical Union (EGU)
2004
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2018
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1993
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2005
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2021
Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
1990
Prof. Ernst-Detlef Schulze - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2008
Prof. Axel A. Brakhage - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
2013
Prof. Ian T. Baldwin - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
2015
Prof. Christian Hertweck - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
2016
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2017
Prof. Bill Hansson - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
2021
Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017
Prof. Ian T. Baldwin - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
National Academy of Sciences of the USA (NAS)
2010
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
2013
Prof. Ian T. Baldwin - Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Optical Society of America OSA / OPTICA
2020
Prof. Jürgen Popp - Leibniz Institute of Photoinc Technology
European Research Council - ERC Grants
European Research Council - ERC Grants
ERC STARTING GRANTS
2008
Prof. Markus Reichstein - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
QUASOM - Quantifying and modeling pathways of soil organic matter as affected by abiotic factors, microbial dyamics, and transport processes
2009
Prof. Jens Limpert - Fraunhofer IOF / FSU - Institute of Applied Physics
PECS - Powerful and Efficient EUV Coherent Light Sources
2013
Prof. Johannes Krause - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
APGREID -Ancient Pathogen Genomics of Re-Emerging Infectious Disease
Dr. Jed Kaplan - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
COEVOLVE - From Forest to Farmland and Meadow to Metropolis: What Role for Humans in Explaining the Enigma of Holocene CO2 and Methane Concentrations?
2017
Dr. Katerina Douka- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
FINDER - Fossil Fingerprinting and Identification of New Denisovan remains from Pleistocene Asia
Dr. Johann-Mattis List - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
CALC - Computer-Assisted Language Comparison: Reconciling Computational and Classical Approaches in Historical Linguistics
2018
Dr. Kirsten Bos - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
CoDisEASe - Communicable Disease Exchange in the Age of Seafaring
Dr. Adam Powell - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
WAVES - Waves of history in the South Pacific: A gene-culture coevolutionary approach
Dr. Christina Warinner- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
DAIRYCULTURES - Cultures of dairying: gene-culture-microbiome evolution and the ancient invention of dairy foods
2019
Prof. Christine Beemelmanns -Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
MORPHEUS - Deciphering Bacteria-induced Morphogenesis and Protection in marine Eukaryotes
Dr. Stephan Schiffels - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
MICROSCOPE - Zooming into the Population History of Iron Age Europe with Rare Genetic Variants
2020
Dr. Patrick Roberts - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
PANTROPOCENE - Finding a Pre-Industrial, Pan-tropical "Anthropocene"
Dr. Robert Spengler - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
FEDD - Fruits of Eurasia: Domestication and Dispersal
Dr. Yuko Ulrich - Max Planck Institute for chemical Ecology
EPIDEMIC - Experimental Epidemiology in Ant Societies
2022
Dr. Eleanor Scerri - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
ISLANDLAB - Island ecosystem ecology from deep prehistory to the Anthropocene
ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS
2014
Prof. Jens Limpert - Fraunhofer IOF / FSU-Institute of Applied Physics
ACOPS - Advanced Coherent Ultrafast Laser Pulse Stacking
2015
Prof. Martine Robbeets - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Eurasia3angle - Millet and beans, language and genes: The origin and dispersal of the Transeurasian family
Dr. Sönke Zaehle - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
QUINCY - Quantifying the effects of interacting nutrient cycles on terrestrial biosphere dynamics and their climate feedbacks
2017
Prof. Tomáš Čižmár - Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
LIFEGATE - Holographic super-resolution micro-endoscopy for in-vivo applications
2018
Dr. Wolfgang Haak - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
PALEoRIDER - Human health and migration in prehistory
2020
Prof. Miriam Agler-Rosenbaum - Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
e-MICROBe - Energizing microbes with redox mediators for new bioproductions
2021
Prof. Martin Kaltenpoth - Max Planck Institute for chemical Ecology
SYMBEETLE - Symbiont-assisted cuticle biosynthesis as a key innovation contributing to the evolutionary success of beetles
2023
Dr. Alessandro Ori - Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
ComplexAge - Vulnerability of protein complexes andorganelles to protein degradation impairment in aging neurons
PD Dr. Ioachim Pupeza - Leibniz Instuítute of Photonic Technology (L-IPHT)
LIVE - Laser-Based Infrared Vibrational Electric-Field Fingerprinting
PD Dr. Thomas Bocklitz - Leibniz Instuítute of Photonic Technology (L-IPHT)
STAIN IT - Non-invasive computational immunohistochemical staining based on deep learning and multimodal imaging
Dr. Maria Ermolaeva - Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI)
LifeLongFit - Ein Leben lang fit bleiben!
ERC ADVANCED GRANTS
2012
Prof. Ian T. Baldwin - Max Planck Institute for chemical Ecology
CLOCKWORK GREEN - Ecological performance of arrhythmic plants in nature
Dr. Michael Petraglia - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
PALEODESERTS - Climate Change and Hominin Evolution in the Arabian Desert: Life and Death at the Cross-roads of the Old World
2013
Prof. Karl Lenhard Rudolph - Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz-Lipmann-Institut (FLI)
STEMCELLGERONTOGENES - Longevity and aging associated genes that control self-renewal and function of adult stem cells during aging
2015
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann - Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Multi-dimensional interferometric amplification of ultrashort laser pulses
2016
Prof. Susan Trumbore - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
14Constraint: Radiocarbon constraints for models of C cycling in terrestrial ecosystems: from process understanding to global benchmarking
2018
Prof. Sarah O’Connor - Max Planck Institute for chemical Ecology
MEDPLANT - Harnessing the Molecules of Medicinal Plant
2019
Prof. Jens Limpert - Fraunhofer IOF / FSU-Institute of Applied Physics
SALT - High-Flux Synchrotron Alternatives Driven by Powerful Long-Wavelength Fiber Lasers
ERC SYNERGY GRANTS
2020
Prof. Markus Reichstein - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
USMILE - Understanding and Modelling the Earth System with Machine Learning
2021
Dr. Mathias Göckede, Prof. Martin Heimann - Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Q-ARCTIC - Quantify disturbance impacts on feedbacks between Arctic permafrost and global climate
ERC PROOF of CONCEPT - PoC GRANTS
2022
Prof. Tomáš Čižmár - Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
WOKEGATE - Minimally invasive endoscopes for neuronal activity monImaging-assisted single-cell specific activity monitoring and optogenetic stimulation of deep brain structures in motile and awaken animal models