The German foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung was founded in 1992 by the engineer, entrepreneur and patron

Berthold Leibinger Berthold Leibinger (26 November 1930 – 16 October 2018) was a German mechanical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist. He was the head of the German company Trumpf, a leader in laser technology, and founder of the non-profit foundation Ber ...

Ditzingen Ditzingen ( Swabian: ''Ditzenge'') is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km northwest of Stuttgart, and 12 km southwest of Ludwigsburg. The Hirschlanden transmitter was ...

near

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The non-profit foundation is dedicated to cultural, scientific, church related and social issues. The capital stock amounts to 9.9 Millionen

Euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

s (in 2008). Since 2000 the foundation biennially awards the international innovation prize

Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis __NOTOC__ The Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis is an award for given to those who have created applied laser technology and innovations on the application or generation of laser light. It is open to participants worldwide. It is biennially awar ...

for applied

laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fir ...

technology. The

Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis {{single source, date=February 2020 The Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis (engl.: future prize) is an international award for excellent research on the application or generation of laser light. Since 2006 it is biennially awarded by the German non-pr ...

(engl.: future prize) honors milestones in research on the application or generation of

light since 2006. The Leibinger foundation supports the

American Academy in Berlin The American Academy in Berlin is a private, independent, nonpartisan research and cultural institution in Berlin dedicated to sustaining and enhancing the long-term intellectual, cultural, and political ties between the United States and Germany ...

Fellow's program.

References

''Laser Focus World'', Volume: 43 Issue: 9, Sept. 2007: Prize for laser innovation accepting entries
* The Grants Register 2007, 25th Edition, Macmillan Publishers Ltd. *

Maecenas Award The Maecenas-Ehrung is a distinction awarded by the German ''Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute'', AsKI. (engl.: Association of Independent Cultural Institutions). The distinction is awarded biennially to personalities that have significan ...

presented to

Laudation, in German

an

of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
Berthold Leibinger Fellow Class of Spring 2008 on Website of American Academy in Berlin

External links

* http://www.leibinger-stiftung.de Website of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung * http://www.americanacademy.de/home/fellows/ The American Academy in Berlin Fellow's program Webpage {{Authority control Foundations based in Germany