Daimler und Benz Stiftung - Miscellanea

The Daimler and Benz Foundation maintains close contact with its scholarship-holders and Bertha Benz Prize winners – even after the conclusion of the funding period. It thereby keeps track of their scientific work and careers. Here you can find information on awards, events, and research findings from the world of science.

Christopher Degelmann and Dominika Wylezalek to receive the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2024

The historian Dr. Christopher Degelmann and the physicist Dr. Dominika Wylezalek are to be awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2024 of the German Research Foundation for their scientific achievements. The two academics received funding as part of the Daimler and Benz Foundation’s scholarship program for junior professors and postdocs.

Marcella Woud Awarded the 2023 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz

In recognition of her scientific achievements, Prof. Dr. Marcella Woud has been awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German Research Foundation. From 2015 to 2018, the psychologist already received funding as part of the Daimler and Benz Foundation’s scholarship program for junior professors and postdocs.

German Environmental Award for former scholarship-holder Dr. Christof Schenck

For his commitment to species and nature conservation in wilderness areas, Dr. Christof Schenck was presented with the German Environmental Award 2022 by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Congratulations from the Foundation

The Daimler and Benz Foundation regularly has cause to be pleased with its scholarship-holders and their successful research work. Law scholar Prof. Dr. Hanjo Hamann was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize 2022, which is bestowed once a year on ten young academics by the German Research Foundation ...