New International Award of the Einstein Foundation: Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research
The Einstein Foundation Berlin is offering a unique international award in the field of quality assurance in research. The Einstein Award for Promoting Quality in Research, endowed with 500,000 euros, honors scientists and institutions that make a fundamental contribution to improving the quality of research and the resilience of research results. The prize money is provided by the Damp Foundation. The publishing house Nature Research supports the announcement and establishment of the award, which will be presented for the first time in November 2021 in Berlin.
Award Categories
Individual Award:
Individual scientist or small teams of collaborating scientists can be nominated. The laureate will be awarded €200,000.
Institutional Award:
Governmental and non-governmental organizations, institutions, or other entities can apply or be nominated. The award-winning organization or institution will receive €200,000. If governmental organizations or institutions are the recipients of the award, they will not receive any funds in addition to the award itself.
Early Career Award:
Early career researcher can submit a project proposal for an award of €100,000.
Eligibility
This award is open to any researcher or group of researchers, organization, or institution. To be eligible for the Early Career Research Award, candidates must hold a doctorate or have equivalent research experience, and should have been an independent researcher for no longer than five years.
Jury
The Einstein Foundation Council has convened an outstanding group of scholars, representing the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences, to select the award winners.
Kontakt:
For further information please contact
Ulrike Pannasch
Coordinator Einstein Foundation Award
E-Mail: up(at)einsteinfoundation.de