Scientific Awards

Honorary awards for groundbreaking research achievements

Advances in fundamental and industrial research are the assets of the future for Germany as a base for industry. For this reason, the Bayer Science & Education Foundation rewards every two years outstanding research achievements with three scientific awards.

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The Otto Bayer Award honors researchers who have made pioneering contributions in innovative areas in chemistry and biochemistry, while the Hansen Family Award is given for outstanding achievements in the fields of medical science. Both are among the most prestigious science awards within the German-speaking world and each of them comes with a prize of EUR 75,000.

The Bayer Climate Award was established in 2008. It is a pioneering international award for basic climate research. The award seeks to honor basic research on limiting climate change. The Bayer Climate Award carries a prize sum of EUR 50,000.

To supplement the foundation's established prizes, the Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award was created in 2009 to support talented young scientists in the early stage of their academic career.

One purpose of the three research awards is to foster wider acceptance of pioneering key technologies in the future.