Humboldt Prize

The Humboldt Prize, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to internationally renowned scientists and scholars. The prize is currently valued at € 60,000 with the possibility of further support during the prize winner's life. Up to one hundred such awards are granted each year. Nominations must be submitted by established academics in Germany.

The award is named after the late Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

Günter Blobel, Serge Daan, Daniel Gianola, Hendrikus Granzier, Dan Graur, Bert Hölldobler, Sergej Nedospasov, Hans Othmer, Burkhard Rost (2009), Thomas Dyer Seeley, Günter P. Wagner, Rüdiger Wehner, Eckard Wimmer.

Anthony J. Arduengo III, Paul Josef Crutzen, Robert F. Curl, John Bennett Fenn, Walter Gilbert, Robert H. Grubbs, Narayan Hosmane, Jean-Marie Lehn, Yuri Lvov, Rudolph Marcus, James Cullen Martin, Debashis Mukherjee, Kenji Ohmori, Geoffrey Ozin, John Anthony Pople, Ronald T. Raines, Roger ReedJulius Rebek, Richard R. Schrock, Peter Schwerdtfeger, Oktay Sinanoğlu, Yoshitaka Tanimura, Matthias Tschöp, Thomas Zemb, Ahmed H. Zewail.

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