Research awards
The University of Kassel seeks to support academic career development by strategically nominating established as well as early-career researchers for research awards and prizes.
The Research Support team provides an overview of the relevant awards and prizes and advises on the various application and nomination procedures, coordinating the application processes for any awards or prizes requiring an instiutional nomination.
Application and nomination process
Many research awards require nomination by the university presidential board or other researchers, i.e. self-nomination is not possible. The University of Kassel nominates academics for their outstanding achievements following a decision by the presidential board. In some areas, the faculty dean’s office or colleagues can submit nominations to the relevant foundations.
List of research awards and prizes (selection)
| Academy Award of the BBAW | Deadline: end of November in even years | |
| Alexander von Humboldt Professorship | Deadlines: annually 15 April and 15 September | |
| Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Award | Deadline: in even years in April | |
| Max Planck Humboldt Research Prize | Deadline: annually at the end of November | |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize | Deadline: annually at the end of January | |
| Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize | Deadline: annually at the end of August | |
| Communicator Prize | Deadline: annually at the end of December | |
| Gerda Henckel Prize | Deadline: annually in January | |
| Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize | Deadline: annually in mid-May | |
| Ernst Schering Prize | Deadline: annually at the beginning of December | |
| Balzan Prize | Deadline: annually in March | |
| Hector Science Prize | Deadline: annually in August |
| Humboldt Research Award | Application: possible at any time | |
| Sofja Kovalevskaja Award | currently: no call for applications | |
| Bielefeld Research Prize | Deadline: end of January in even years | |
| Copernicus Prize | Deadline: annually in July | |
| Erwin Schrödinger Prize | Deadline: annually at the beginning of March | |
| Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize | Deadline: in odd-numbered years in December | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize | Application: possible at any time | |
| Hamburg Research Prize | Deadline: end of October in even-numbered years | |
| Heineken Prizes | Deadline: annually in mid-October | |
| academics Prize: University Teacher of the Year | Deadline: annually at the end of September |
| Excellence in teaching | Deadline: annually in July | |
| Hessian Demography Prize | Deadline: annually in mid-March | |
| Hessian Animal Welfare Research Prize | Deadline: annually in mid-June | |
| Hessian History and Regional Studies Research Prize | Deadline: in odd-numbered years at the beginning of December |
Nomination by the university
| Albert Maucher Prize | currently: no call for nominations | |
| Alfried Krupp Award for young university lecturers | Deadline: annually in mid-February |
Self-application
| academics Prize: Young Researcher of the Year | Deadline: annually at the end of September | |
| German Study Award | Deadline: annually in March | |
| Leopoldina Early Career Award | Deadline: every two years | |
| Georg Forster Research Award | Deadline: annually at the end of October | |
| Maria Weber-Grant | Deadline: annually mid-September |