Copernicus Award

{{Short description|German-Polish science award}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox award | name = Copernicus Award | current_awards = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | awarded_for = the individuals most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional research achievements as a result of that cooperation | presenter = Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science | country = Germany/Poland | reward = €200,000 | year = 2006 | year2 = | website = {{URL|https://fnp.org.pl/en/component/fnp_programs/program/nicolaus-copernicus-polish-german-research-award}} }}

The '''Nicolaus Copernicus Polish-German Research Award''' (also known as '''Copernicus Award''') is a biannual science award conferred by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Foundation for Polish Science "to the individuals most active in Polish-German scientific cooperation who have made exceptional research achievements as a result of that cooperation." The award was established in 2006 and is named after Renaissance astronomer and polymath Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543). It carries a cash prize of €200,000 shared equally by two winners, one from Germany and one from Poland. In order to be eligible for the award, candidates must have at least a doctoral degree and work in Polish or German scientific institutions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/oferta/the-polish-german-scientific-award-copernicus/ |title=The COPERNICUS Award |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/announcements_proposals/2015/info_wissenschaft_15_26/index.html |title=Copernicus Award 2016 |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>

Permanent members of the Jury of the Copernicus Award include: Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (University of Warsaw) – chair of the Jury; Immo Fritsche (Leipzig University) – deputy chair of the Jury; Bernd Büchner (IFW Dresden); Paweł Idziak (Jagiellonian University); Maria Mittag (University of Jena); Marek Samoć (Wrocław University of Technology).

==Copernicus Award winners== {| align="left" class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !scope=col| Year !scope=col| Name !scope=col| Institution !scope=col| Field |- !rowspan=2| 2026 | Dorothee Haroske<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/pressemitteilungen/2026/pressemitteilung-nr-12|language=de|title=Deutsch-polnische Zusammenarbeit in der Mathematik mit Copernicus-Preis 2026 ausgezeichnet: DFG und polnische FNP vergeben Preis an Wissenschaftlerin aus Jena und Wissenschaftler aus Posen|publisher=DFG|date=16 April 2026|access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref> | University of Jena |rowspan=2| Mathematical analysis |- | Leszek Skrzypczak | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |- !rowspan=2| 2024 | Joachim Wambsganss | University of Heidelberg |rowspan=2|Exoplanets |- | Andrzej Udalski<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.dfg.de/en/service/press/press-releases/2024/press-release-no-21 |title=Copernicus Award 2024 for Outstanding German-Polish Collaboration in Astrophysics |website=dfg.de/en |date=22 May 2024 |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> | University of Warsaw |- !rowspan=2| 2022 | Sascha Feuchert<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfg.de/en/service/press/press_releases/2022/press_release_no_12/index.html |title=Copernicus Award 2022 for Outstanding German-Polish Collaboration in German Literary Studies |website=dfg.de |date=28 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> | University of Giessen |rowspan=2|Holocaust studies |- | Krystyna Radziszewska | University of Łódź |- !rowspan=2| 2020 | Stefan Dziembowski<ref>{{cite web| url = https://polishscience.pl/pl/przyznano-polsko-niemiecka-nagrode-naukowa-copernicus-2020/ |language = pl |title=Przyznano Polsko-Niemiecką Nagrodę Naukową Copernucus 2020 | access-date = 5 August 2021}}</ref> | University of Warsaw |rowspan=2|Theoretical cryptography and information security |- | Sebastian Faust | Technische Universität Darmstadt |- !rowspan=2| 2018 | Stefan Anker<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/copernicus-award-2018-announced/ |title=Copernicus Award 2018 announced |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |rowspan=2|Pathophysiology of heart failure |- | Piotr Ponikowski | Wrocław Medical University |- !rowspan=2| 2016 | Agnieszka Chacińska<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/nagroda-copernicus-2016-przyznana/ |title=Copernicus Award 2016 announced |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> | University of Warsaw |rowspan=2|Molecular cell biology |- | Peter Rehling | University of Göttingen |- !rowspan=2| 2014 | Marek Żukowski<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fnp.org.pl/en/prof-dr-hab-marek-zukowski-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2013/ |title=PROF. MAREK ŻUKOWSKI, PHD HAB. – FNP PRIZE 2013 LAUREATE |access-date=6 August 2018}}</ref> | University of Gdańsk |rowspan=2|Quantum optics |- | Harald Weinfurter | TU Wien |- !rowspan=2| 2012 | Jacek Błażewicz | Poznań University of Technology |rowspan=2|Business information systems |- | Erwin Pesch | University of Siegen |- !rowspan=2| 2010 | Alfred Forchel | University of Würzburg |rowspan=2|Solid-state physics and the physics of nanostructures |- | Jan Misiewicz | Wrocław University of Technology |- !rowspan=2| 2008 | Andrzej Sobolewski<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dfg.de/en/service/press/press_releases/2008/pressemitteilung_nr_14/index.html |title=Outstanding German-Polish Scientific Cooperation |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> | Polish Academy of Sciences |rowspan=2| Photochemistry and photophysics of biomolecules |- | Wolfgang Domcke | Technical University of Munich |- !rowspan=2| 2006 | Barbara Malinowska | University of Warsaw |rowspan=2| Pharmacology and physiology |- | Eberhard Schlicker | University of Bonn |} {{clear}}

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==External links== * {{official|https://www.dfg.de/en/research-funding/funding-opportunities/prizes/copernicus-award}} I * {{official|https://fnp.org.pl/en/component/fnp_programs/program/nicolaus-copernicus-polish-german-research-award}} II

Category:German science and technology awards Category:Polish science and technology awards Category:Awards established in 2006