The Erwin Schrödinger Prize (German: Erwin Schrödinger-Preis) is an annual award presented by the
Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every fi ...
for lifetime achievement by Austrians in the fields of mathematics and
natural sciences
Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...
.
The prize was established in 1958, and was first awarded to its namesake,
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ( ; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as or , was an Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist who developed fundamental results in quantum field theory, quantum theory. In particul ...
.
Prize criteria and endowment
The prize is awarded at the discretion of the Austrian Academy of Sciences to scholars resident in Austria for excellence and achievements in the mathematical and scientific disciplines in the broadest sense. The prize is not awarded to full members of the Academy.
The award ceremony is held annually in October. The prize includes an annual stipend currently of € 15 000, paid monthly.
Prize winners
Source:
*1956
Erwin Schrödinger
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ( ; ; 12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961), sometimes written as or , was an Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist who developed fundamental results in quantum field theory, quantum theory. In particul ...
*1958
Felix Machatschki
*1960
Erich Schmid
*1962
Marietta Blau
*1963
Ludwig Flamm and
Karl Przibram
*1964
Otto Kratky
*1965
Fritz Wessely
*1966
Georg Stetter
*1967
Berta Karlik and
Gustav Ortner
*1968
Hans Nowotny
*1969
Walter Thirring
*1970
Erika Cremer
Erika Cremer (20 May 1900, Munich – 21 September 1996, Innsbruck) was a German physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as one of the most important pioneers in gas chromatography, as she second c ...
*1971
Richard Biebl
*1972
Fritz Regler and
Paul Urban
*1973
Hans Tuppy
*1974
Otto Hittmair and
Peter Weinzierl
*1975
Richard Kiefer and
Erwin Plöckinger
*1976
Herbert W. König and
Ferdinand Steinhauser
*1977
Viktor Gutmann and
Helmut Rauch
*1978
Edmund Hlawka and
Günther Porod
*1979
Heinz Parkus
*1980
Peter Klaudy and
Hans List
*1981
Kurt Komarek
*1982
Othmar Preining
*1983
Josef Schurz and
Peter Schuster
*1984
Leopold Schmetterer and
Josef Zemann
*1985
Adolf Neckel and
Karl Schlögl
*1986
Walter Majerotto and
Horst Wahl
*1987
Edwin Franz Hengge and
Franz Seitelberger
*1988 Wolfgang Kummer and
Fritz Paschke
*1989
Johannes Pötzl
*1990
Manfred W. Breiter and
Karl Kordesch
*1991
Siegfried J. Bauer and
Willibald Riedler
*1992
Josef F. K. Huber and
Karlheinz Seeger
*1993
Benno F. Lux and
Oskar F. Olaj
*1994
Tilmann Märk and
Heide Narnhofer
*1995
Heinz Gamsjäger and Jürgen Hafner
*1996
Alfred Kluwick
*1997
Werner Lindinger and
Thomas Schönfeld
*1998
Peter Zoller
Peter Zoller (born 16 September 1952) is a theoretical physicist from Austria. He is professor at the University of Innsbruck and works on quantum optics and quantum information and is best known for his pioneering research on quantum computing ...
*1999
Johann Mulzer
Johann Hermann Wolfgang Mulzer is a German organic chemist
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the science, scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic matter, or ...
*2000
Erich Gornik and
Hans Troger
*2001
Bernhard Kräutler and
Siegfried Selberherr
*2002
Ekkehart Tillmanns
*2003
Erwin S. Hochmair and
Hildegunde Piza
*2004
Anton Stütz and
Jakob Yngvason
*2005
Franz Dieter Fischer and
Rainer Kotz
*2006
Rainer Blatt
*2007
Georg Brasseur and
Thomas Jenuwein
*2008
Georg Wick
*2009
Bernd Mayer
*2010
Walter Kutschera
*2011
Gerhard A. Holzapfel
*2012
Jürgen Knoblich
*2013
Nick Barton
*2014
Denise P. Barlow
*2015 und
Jiří Friml
*2016
Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid and
Jürgen Sandkühler
*2017
Francesca Ferlaino
*2018
Elly Tanaka and
Peter Jonas
*2019
Karlheinz Gröchenig and
Helmut Ritsch
*2020
László Erdős and
Markus Arndt
*2021
Christoph Bock
*2022
Robert Seiringer
See also
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Schrödinger Medal
References
External links
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Austrian science and technology awards