| Copernicus Award | |
| Awarded For: | the individuals most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional research achievements as a result of that cooperation |
| Presenter: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science |
| Country: | Germany/Poland |
| Reward: | €200,000 |
| Year: | 2006 |
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).
| scope=col | Year | scope=col | Name | scope=col | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Joachim Wambsganss | University of Heidelberg | |||
| Andrzej Udalski[3] | University of Warsaw | ||||
| 2022 | Sascha Feuchert[4] | University of Giessen | |||
| Krystyna Radziszewska | University of Łódź | ||||
| 2020 | Stefan Dziembowski[5] | University of Warsaw | |||
| Sebastian Faust | Technische Universität Darmstadt | ||||
| 2018 | Stefan Anker[6] | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | |||
| Piotr Ponikowski | Wrocław Medical University | ||||
| 2016 | Agnieszka Chacińska[7] | University of Warsaw | |||
| Peter Rehling | University of Göttingen | ||||
| 2014 | Marek Żukowski[8] | University of Gdańsk | |||
| Harald Weinfurter | TU Wien | ||||
| 2012 | Jacek Błażewicz | Poznań University of Technology | |||
| Erwin Pesch | University of Siegen | ||||
| 2010 | Alfred Forchel | University of Würzburg | |||
| Jan Misiewicz | Wrocław University of Technology | ||||
| 2008 | Andrzej Sobolewski[9] | Polish Academy of Sciences | |||
| Wolfgang Domcke | Technical University of Munich | ||||
| 2006 | Barbara Malinowska | University of Warsaw | |||
| Eberhard Schlicker | University of Bonn |