Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis


The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis, in honor and memory of the German physicist Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, is funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, and it is awarded by a selection committee appointed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the BMBF.
Since 2013, there are ten recipients of the prize and each receives 20,000 Euros, which is an increase over the original 16,000 Euros that had been given to six recipients per year until 2012.
Nominees for the award may be put forward by: