Awards & Grants

Dr. Steffen Schneider of Helmholtz Munich and KI macht Schule gGmbH has been admitted as a new member of the Young Academy. Working at the interface of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and statistical modelling, Schneider joins the Academy's…

Prof. Heiko Lickert has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding is intended to advance a novel regenerative therapeutic approach for type 2 diabetes from basic research into clinical…

A major international distinction for Leipzig-based obesity research: Prof. Antje Körner has been awarded the Willendorf Award by the World Obesity Federation.

Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos has been awarded the Future Insight Prize 2026 by Merck. The prize recognizes his pioneering contributions to non-invasive health sensing and is endowed with a research grant of €300,000.

Prof. Fabian Theis has been awarded the Akademiepreis of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The Academy honors his pioneering work in computational biomedicine and the development of novel methods for biomedical data analysis.…

Prof. Marcus Conrad has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. With this prestigious scientific honor, the Academy recognizes his outstanding contributions to the study of regulated cell death and its…

Awards & Grants

News

Steffen Schneider Admitted to the Young Academy

Heiko Lickert Receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant for Diabetes Research

Antje Körner Receives Prestigious International Award for Research on Childhood Obesity

Vasilis Ntziachristos Receives Future Insight Prize 2026

Fabian Theis Receives Akademiepreis of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Marcus Conrad Elected to the Leopoldina