Furhter awards

Prof Tian Xiaofei — As a recipient of the Humboldt Research Award, Professor Tian Xiaofei was hosted by Prof Dr Kerstin Storm and Prof Dr Reinhard Emmerich to conduct research at the Institute of Sinology and East Asian Studies from 2023 to 2024.
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Unlike in sciences, scholars in humanities tend not to work in large groups, but we do need mutual inspiration and stimulation from our colleagues, and exchanges across national borders are more important than ever in our times. The Humboldt Research Award has enabled precisely such fruitful exchanges between German scholars in my field and myself, which contributes to expanded intellectual horizons and a deepened understanding and appreciation of different scholarly traditions in Germany, the Unites States, and East Asia.
Prof. Tian, Humboldt Research Award Winner

Humboldt Research Award

Each year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards to internationally recognised researchers. The €60,000 research award is presented to leading international researchers from abroad in any discipline in recognition of their academic achievements to date. In addition, the foundation enables award winners to carry out research stays of up to twelve months in Germany.

Year	Recipient	Host at the University of Münster	Subject area
2024	Prof Dr Miguel John Versluys	Prof Dr Engelbert Winter	Archaeology
2023	Prof Dr George Willis	Prof Dr Dr Katrin Tent	Mathematics
2022	Prof Dr Xiaofei Tian	Prof Dr Reinhard Emmerich	Sinology
2022	Prof Dr Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa	Prof Dr Stefan Klein	Information systems
2020	Prof Dr Russell A. Miller	Prof Dr Matthias Casper	Law
2020	Prof Dr Andre Nies	Prof Dr Dr Katrin Tent	Mathematics
2020	Prof Dr Eric N. Jacobsen	Prof Dr Frank Glorius	Chemistry
2019	Prof Dr Ron Naaman	Prof Dr Helmut Zacharias	Physics
2019	Prof Dr Eduardo Peris	Prof Dr Ekkehardt Hahn	Chemistry
2018	Prof Dr Christophe Royon	Prof D. Michael Klasen	Physics
2017	Prof Dr Naoto Chatani	Prof Dr Frank Glorius	Chemistry
2016	Prof Dr Sukbok Chang	Prof Dr Frank Glorius	Chemistry
2016	Prof Dr Guillermo Cortinas	Prof Dr Joachim Cuntz	Mathematics
2016	Prof Dr Guo-Xin Jin	Prof Dr Ekkehardt Hahn	Chemistry
2016	Prof Dr Kuiling Ding	Prof Dr Frank Glorius	Chemistry
2016	Prof Dr Wayne D. Hoyer	Prof Dr Manfred Krafft	Business administration
2016	Prof Dr Arnd Scheel	Prof Dr Angela Stevens	Mathematics
2015	Prof Dr Michinori Suginome	Prof Dr Armido Studer	Chemistry

Overview of all prize winners with a research stay at the University of Münster

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Each year, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants around 20 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Awards to internationally renowned academics from abroad (no more than 18 years after gaining their doctorate) in recognition of their outstanding research achievements. In addition to the €45,000 award money, the award winners are invited to spend up to twelve months in Germany for a research stay.

Year	Recipient	Host at the University of Münster	Subject area
2024	Prof Dr Guangbin Dong	Prof Dr Armido Studer	Chemistry
2024	Prof Dr Jeroen Schillewaert	Prof Dr Linus Kramer	Mathematics
2023	Dr Colin Reid	Prof Dr Dr Katrin Tent	Mathematics
2019	Prof Dr Su Lui	Prof Dr Rebekka Lencer	Medicine
2019	Prof Dr Guosheng Liu	Prof Dr Armido Studer	Chemistry
2018	Prof Dr Trevor W. Hayton	Prof Dr Gerhard Erker	Chemistry
2018	Prof Dr Gurvan Michel	Prof Dr Bruno M. Moerschbacher	Biology
2017	Prof Dr Dr Dr habil Ilaria L. E. Ramelli	Prof Dr Hermut Löhr	Protestant theology
2014	Prof. Bertrand Rémy	Prof Dr Linus Kramer	Mathematics
2014	Prof. Dr. Tehshik Peter Yoon	Prof Dr Frank Glorius	Chemistry
2013	Prof Dr Martin Albrecht	Prof Dr Ekkehardt Hahn	Chemistry
2007	Prof Dr Ulrike Luise Tillmann	Prof Dr Wolfgang Lück	Mathematics
2004	Prof Dr Guillermo Bazan	Prof Dr Gerhard Erker	Chemistry

Communicator Award

The Communicator Award - Science Award of the Stifterverband is awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to researchers or teams who make their research work accessible to a wider audience in a particularly innovative, diverse and effective way and are thus committed to the dialog between research community and the public. It is endowed with 50,000 euros.

Year	Recipient	Subject area
2004	Prof Dr Dr hc Hubert Wolf	Catholic theology

Bielefeld Science Prize

In close cooperation with the University of Bielefeld and the city of Bielefeld, the Sparkasse Bielefeld Foundation awards the Bielefeld Science Prize, which is endowed with 25,000 euros, in memory of the Bielefeld sociologist Niklas Luhmann. It is open to researchers from Germany and abroad, particularly from the social and life sciences.

Year	Recipient	Subject area
2020	Prof Dr Bettina Schöne-Seifert	Medicine
2018	Prof Dr Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger	Recent and modern history

Last updated: 02/2025