Scientific Awards

The Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award

With the Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award, established in 2009, the Bayer foundation adds to its program a prize designed to actively support talented young researchers in the fields of engineering and science at an early stage of their academic career.

This new international award will be presented annually in the categories

Biology
Chemistry
Materials

It carries prize money of € 10,000 per category.

Suitable candidates can be nominated for the Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award up to five years after finishing their PhD.

The award is presented by an independent panel of experts, honoring the originality and quality of the candidate’s achievements and the signifi cance of this work in the respective category.

Upon presentation of the award, the winner is given the opportunity to teach a specialist seminar for Bayer researchers.

The winners of the prize

2009	Dr. Jürgen Groll, RWTH Aachen in the category "Materials" Dr. Noriyuki Nishimura, University of California, San Diego, USA in the category "Biology" Dr. Tobias Ritter, Harvard University, USA in the category "Chemistry" Press Information