The Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize is German–French science prize. It was created in 1981 by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt based on the recommendation of the German and French research ministries. The prize money is €60,000.
The prize is awarded to researchers that have made outstanding contributions in science, especially in cooperation between the two countries. Four to five German and French scientists from all research disciplines are honored with this award every year. The prize was originally named after Alexander von Humboldt and carries since 1997 the double name Gay-Lussac–Humboldt.The Gay-Lussac-Humboldt Award is granted by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to German researchers nominated by French researchers. On the other hand, it is awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to French researchers nominated by German scientists.
| Year | Recipients | |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Heinz Jürgen Schulz, Jean-Marie Lehn, Paul Hagenmuller | |
| 1983 | Alain Bensoussan, Alain Bourret, Ernst Priesner,,, Holger Martin, Jean Riess, Jules A. Hoffmann, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, | |
| 1984 | , Christos Flytzanis,,, Jean Renaud Garel, Karl Bauer, Marie-France Vigneras, Wolf Lepenies | |
| 1985 | Jeff Schell, Pierre Fromageot, | |
| 1986 | Benno Müller-Hill,,, Henri C. Benoit, Herbert W. Roesky, Jean-Marie Valentin, Robert Vinh Mau, Rudolf Vierhaus | |
| 1987 | , François Mathey, Guy Ourisson, Hans Robert Jauss, Jean Guern,,, Jean-Marie Basset, Joachim Schwermer, Pierre Braunstein,, Raymond Weiss | |
| 1988 | Achim Richter, Burkhart Lutz, Didier Astruc, François Gros, Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, Jens Wittenburg, Joseph Lorius,,,, Marc Julia | |
| 1989 | , Frank Steglich, Kurt Mehlhorn, Maurice Godelier, Michel E. Goldberg,, Pierre-Henri Dixneuf, Roland Bergere, Wolfgang A. Herrmann | |
| 1990 | Bernhard Korte, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Dietrich E. Wolf,, Henri Bouas-Laurent,, Ladislas Kubin, Nicolaas Kuiper,, Yves Jeannin | |
| 1991 | ,,,,, Marcel Veneroni, Monique Aumailley, Oriol Bohigas, Paul Lagarde, Robert Jean-Pierre Corriu, Serge Haroche, Sucharit Bhakdi | |
| 1992 | Claude Detraz, Dietrich Stauffer,, Fritz Eckstein, Georges Ripka, Gerd Haupt, Helmut Ringsdorf, Jean Rouxel,, Magda Ericson,, Michel Guelin, Rainer Buckdam | |
| 1993 | , Claude Bardos,, Heiner Zieschang,, Jacques Lahaye, Joël Menard, Louis Hay,, Pierre Corvol | |
| 1994 | Bernard Julia,, Dima Grigoriev,, Guy Bertrand, Günther Malle, Jacques F. Arvieux, Jean-Marc Richard, Klaus Rajewski, Wolfram Saenger, | |
| 1995 | , Albrecht W. Hoffmann,, Jean-Pierre Majoral, Karl Wieghart, Mannque Rho, Peter Schneider, Rolf Kemler | |
| 1996 | , Dieter Gerlich, Florian Pop,, Heinz Dürr, Jean-François Dubremetz, Michel Rohmer, Philippe Ciarlet | |
| 1997 | , Heinrich Rüterjans, Helmut Knötzinger, Karl G. Roesner, Michel Che, Robert Nicolai, Ulrich Rudolph, Werner Hildenbrand | |
| 1998 | Jean Galy, | |
| 1999 | Alain Aspect,, André Mysyrowicz,, Jean-Paul Poirier, Michael Rapoport | |
| 2000 | Dominique Vautherin,, Gunther Teubner, Heino Finkelmann,, Michel Orrit, Peter Bastian,, Roger Hekinian,, Wolfgang Meyerhof | |
| 2001 | Achim Müller,, Alfred Hüller, Andreas Herrmann,, Claude R. Henry,, Immo Appenzeller | |
| 2002 | , Bernard Meunier, Hanns Ullrich, Hans Föllmer, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Jean-Marc Moura, Reinhard Schinke, Roland Benz | |
| 2003 | , Géraud Sénizergues, Hartmut Kaelble,, Jean Zinn-Justin,, Marie-Paule Pileni,, Paul G. Reinhard, Pierre Agostini, Rudolf Treumann | |
| 2004 | , Denis-Didier Rousseau, Gérard Férey, Hannah Monyer, Henri Berestycki,, Jürgen Kreft,, Roland Oberhänsli | |
| 2005 | Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Dieter Lüst,, Helmut Oeschler, Hervé Bocherens, Horst Möller, Josef Deutscher, Padma Kant Shukla | |
| 2006 | , Bruno Chaudret,, Georges Didi-Huberman, Helmuth Möhwald, Ludger Wöste, Olaf Pongs,, Reinhard Wilhelm, | |
| 2007 | , Christian Sanchez, Friedhelm Bechstedt,, Jean Jacod, Johannes Masing, Jörg Hacker, Jörg Rüpke, Patrice Pavis, Vladimir Kazakov | |
| 2008 | Constance Grewe | |
| 2009 | Claus M. Schneider,,,,, Rainer Schröder, Roland Netz, | |
| 2010 | Anne-Laure Boulesteix,,, Joseph Zyss,,, Vitalyi Gusev, Volker Schomerus, Yves Brechet | |
| 2011 | Christophe Salomon, Hubert Garavel, Karl-Josef Dietz,,,, Vladimir Fateev | |
| 2012 | Elisabeth Giacobino,[1] Hendrik Ziegler, Hermann Nicolai, Jean-Michel Raimond | |
| 2013 | , Alexandre Tsybakov, Alois Fürstner,,, Costas Kounnas, Emilian Dudas,,,,, Roger Ohayon | |
| 2014 | Albert Fert,, Thomas Keller, Volker Meyer, | |
| 2015 | Cordelia Schmid,,,[2] Papa Samba Diop, | |
| 2016 | , | |
| 2017 | Johannes Orphal,[3] | |
| 2019 | Arthur Jacobs,[4] Frank Glorius,[5] Alexandre Bouzdine[6] | |
| 2020 | Thomas Henning[7] | |
| 2021 | Véronique Gayrard[8] [9] | |
| 2022 | Xiaonan Ma[10] [11] |