Max Planck Society

Awards

1. 2026

   Kurt Kremer

   Max Planck Medal · Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

2. 2026

   Wolfgang Baumeister

   Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

3. 2026

   Matthias Mann

   Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

4. 2026

   Gerd Faltings

   Abel Prize · Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

5. 2025

   Wolfgang Baumeister

   Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

6. 2025

   Dirk Görlich

   Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

7. 2025

   Dennis Gaitsgory

   Breakthrough Prize — Mathematics · Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

8. 2023

   Patrick Cramer

   Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine · Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

9. 2023

   Ferenc Krausz

   Nobel Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

10. 2023

    Rashid Sunyaev

    Max Planck Medal · Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

11. 2023

    Erin Schuman

    The Brain Prize · Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

12. 2022

    Ferenc Krausz

    Wolf Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

13. 2022

    Svante Pääbo

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

14. 2021

    Klaus Hasselmann

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

15. 2021

    Benjamin List

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

16. 2021

    Dieter Oesterhelt

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

17. 2020

    Emmanuelle Charpentier

    Wolf Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens

18. 2020

    Reinhard Genzel

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

19. 2020

    Emmanuelle Charpentier

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens

20. 2020

    Svante Pääbo

    Japan Prize — Life Sciences · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

21. 2020

    Rolf Kemler

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

22. 2020

    Franz-Ulrich Hartl

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

23. 2020

    The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

    Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics · Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

24. 2019

    Axel Ullrich

    Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

25. 2018

    Juan Ignacio Cirac

    Max Planck Medal · Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

26. 2018

    Davor Solter

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

27. 2018

    Peter Scholze

    Fields Medal · Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

28. 2017

    Simon D. M. White

    Shaw Prize — Astronomy · Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

29. 2017

    Emmanuelle Charpentier

    Japan Prize — Life Sciences · Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

30. 2016

    Emmanuelle Charpentier

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology

31. 2016

    Svante Pääbo

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

32. 2015

    Gerd Faltings

    Shaw Prize — Mathematical Sciences · Max Planck Institute for Mathematics

33. 2014

    Stefan W. Hell

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

34. 2013

    Juan Ignacio Cirac

    Wolf Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

35. 2012

    Franz-Ulrich Hartl

    Shaw Prize — Life Science and Medicine · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

36. 2012

    Reinhard Genzel

    Crafoord Prize — Astronomy · Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

37. 2011

    Franz-Ulrich Hartl

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

38. 2011

    Rashid Sunyaev

    Kyoto Prize — Basic Sciences · Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

39. 2010

    Axel Ullrich

    Wolf Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

40. 2008

    Reinhard Genzel

    Shaw Prize — Astronomy · Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

41. 2008

    Rashid Sunyaev

    Crafoord Prize — Astronomy · Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

42. 2007

    Gerhard Ertl

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Fritz Haber Institute

43. 2005

    Theodor W. Hänsch

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

44. 2004

    Franz-Ulrich Hartl

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

45. 2002

    Jürgen Ehlers

    Max Planck Medal · Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

46. 1998

    Gerhard Ertl

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry · Fritz Haber Institute

47. 1998

    Jozef S. Schell

    Japan Prize — Biotechnology in Agricultural Sciences · Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

48. 1995

    Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

49. 1995

    Paul J. Crutzen

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

50. 1992

    Gerhard Ertl

    Japan Prize — Science and Technology of Material Interfaces · Fritz Haber Institute

51. 1991

    Bert Sakmann

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

52. 1991

    Erwin Neher

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

53. 1991

    Wolfhart Zimmermann

    Max Planck Medal · Max Planck Institute for Physics

54. 1991

    Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

55. 1990

    Jozef Stefaan Schell

    Wolf Prize — Agriculture · Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

56. 1989

    Erwin Neher

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

57. 1989

    Bert Sakmann

    Canada Gairdner International Award · Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

58. 1988

    Hartmut Michel

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

59. 1988

    Robert Huber

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

60. 1986

    Ernst Ruska

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Fritz Haber Institute

61. 1985

    Klaus von Klitzing

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

62. 1982

    Hans-Arwed Weidenmüller

    Max Planck Medal · Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics

63. 1967

    Manfred Eigen

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

64. 1964

    Feodor Lynen

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

65. 1963

    Karl Ziegler

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Coal Research

66. 1958

    Gerhard Schramm

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award · Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

67. 1949

    Otto Hahn

    Max Planck Medal

68. 1944

    Otto Hahn

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

69. 1939

    Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

70. 1938

    Richard Kuhn

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Max Planck Institute for Medical Research

71. 1931

    Otto Heinrich Warburg

    Nobel Prize — Medicine · Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

72. 1921

    Albert Einstein

    Nobel Prize — Physics · Max Planck Institute for Physics

73. 1918

    Fritz Haber

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Fritz Haber Institute