Joachim Herz Foundation Awards

Our awards honor excellent research in the natural and economic sciences as well as exemplary language education and language support projects for adolescents and young adults.


Science Prizes

German Business Award

Since 2016, the German Economics Award has been presented every two years to established researchers and young academics for outstanding research in economics. With this award, we promote interdisciplinary methods and approaches in economics.

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Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics

Together with the Wolfgang Pauli Centre of DESY and the University of Hamburg, the DESY and the two Clusters of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter" and "Quantum Universe" of the University of Hamburg, we have been awarding outstanding scientists in the field of theoretical physics since 2010.

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Prize in the field of educational participation

Prize for language education and promotion

With the Megafon Award, we honor exemplary language education and language promotion projects for adolescents and young adults that promote personal development and enable social participation.

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