The Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize is a German–French science prize. It was created in 1981 by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt based on the recommendation of the German and French research ministries. The prize money is €60,000.
The prize is awarded to researchers that have made outstanding contributions in science, especially in cooperation between the two countries. Four to five German and French scientists from all research disciplines are honored with this award every year. The prize was originally named after Alexander von Humboldt and carries since 1997 the double name Gay-Lussac–Humboldt. The Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Award is granted by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to German researchers nominated by French researchers. On the other hand, it is awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to French researchers nominated by German scientists.
Prize winners
Year Recipients 1982 Heinz Jürgen Schulz, Jean-Marie Lehn, Paul Hagenmuller 1983 Alain Bensoussan, Alain Bourret, Ernst Priesner, , Hermann Kühn, Holger Martin, Jean Riess, Jules A. Hoffmann, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, 1984 , Christos Flytzanis, , , Jean Renaud Garel, Karl Bauer, Marie-France Vigneras, Wolf Lepenies 1985 Jeff Schell, Pierre Fromageot, 1986 Benno Müller-Hill, , , Henri C. Benoit, Herbert W. Roesky, Jean-Marie Valentin, Robert Vinh Mau, Rudolf Vierhaus, Nicolaas Hendrik Kuiper 1987 , François Mathey, Guy Ourisson, Hans Robert Jauss, Jean Guern, , , Jean-Marie Basset, Joachim Schwermer, Pierre Braunstein, , Raymond Weiss 1988 Achim Richter, Burkhart Lutz, Didier Astruc, François Gros, Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel, Jens Wittenburg, Joseph Lorius, , , , Marc Julia 1989 , Frank Steglich, Kurt Mehlhorn, Maurice Godelier, Michel E. Goldberg, , Pierre-Henri Dixneuf, Roland Bergere, Wolfgang A. Herrmann 1990 Bernhard Korte, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Dietrich E. Wolf, , Henri Bouas-Laurent, , Ladislas Kubin, , Yves Jeannin 1991 , , , , , Marcel Veneroni, Monique Aumailley, Oriol Bohigas, Paul Lagarde, Robert Jean-Pierre Corriu, Serge Haroche, Sucharit Bhakdi 1992 Claude Detraz, Dietrich Stauffer, , , Georges Ripka, Gerd Haupt, Helmut Ringsdorf, Jean Rouxel, , Magda Ericson, , Michel Guelin, Rainer Buckdam 1993 , Claude Bardos, , Heiner Zieschang, , Jacques Lahaye, Joël Menard, Louis Hay, , Pierre Corvol 1994 Bernard Julia, , Dima Grigoriev, , Guy Bertrand, Günther Malle, Jacques F. Arvieux, Jean-Marc Richard, Klaus Rajewski, Wolfram Saenger, 1995 , Albrecht W. Hoffmann, , Jean-Pierre Majoral, Karl Wieghart, Mannque Rho, Peter Schneider, Rolf Kemler 1996 , Dieter Gerlich, Florian Pop, , Heinz Dürr, Jean-François Dubremetz, Michel Rohmer, Philippe Ciarlet 1997 Florian Holsboer, Heinrich Rüterjans, Helmut Knötzinger, Karl G. Roesner, Michel Che, Robert Nicolai, Ulrich Rudolph, Werner Hildenbrand 1998 Jean Galy, 1999 Alain Aspect, , André Mysyrowicz, , Jean-Paul Poirier, Michael Rapoport 2000 Dominique Vautherin, , Gunther Teubner, Heino Finkelmann, , Michel Orrit, Peter Bastian, , Roger Hekinian, , Wolfgang Meyerhof 2001 Achim Müller, , Alfred Hüller, Andreas Herrmann, , Claude R. Henry, , Immo Appenzeller 2002 , Bernard Meunier, Hanns Ullrich, Hans Föllmer, Jean-Marc Fontaine, Jean-Marc Moura, Reinhard Schinke, Roland Benz 2003 Christian Bordé, Géraud Sénizergues, Hartmut Kaelble, , Jean Zinn-Justin, , Marie-Paule Pileni, , Paul G. Reinhard, Pierre Agostini, Rudolf Treumann 2004 , Denis-Didier Rousseau, Gérard Férey, Hannah Monyer, Henri Berestycki, , Jürgen Kreft, , Roland Oberhänsli 2005 Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Dieter Lüst, , Helmut Oeschler, Hervé Bocherens, Horst Möller, Josef Deutscher, Padma Kant Shukla 2006 , Bruno Chaudret, , Georges Didi-Huberman, Helmuth Möhwald, Ludger Wöste, Olaf Pongs, , Reinhard Wilhelm, 2007 , Christian Sanchez, Friedhelm Bechstedt, , Jean Jacod, Johannes Masing, Jörg Hacker, Jörg Rüpke, Patrice Pavis, Vladimir Kazakov 2008 Constance Grewe 2009 Claus M. Schneider, Hartmut Herrmann, , Marc Mézard, , Rainer Schröder, Roland Netz, 2010 Anne-Laure Boulesteix, , , Joseph Zyss, , , Vitalyi Gusev, Volker Schomerus, Yves Brechet 2011 Christophe Salomon, Hubert Garavel, Karl-Josef Dietz, , , , Vladimir Fateev 2012 Elisabeth Giacobino, Hendrik Ziegler, Hermann Nicolai, Jean-Michel Raimond 2013 , Alexandre Tsybakov, Alois Fürstner, , , Costas Kounnas, Emilian Dudas, , , , , Roger Ohayon 2014 Albert Fert, , Thomas Keller, Volker Meyer, 2015 Cordelia Schmid, , , Papa Samba Diop, 2016 , 2017 Johannes Orphal, 2019 Arthur Jacobs, Frank Glorius, Alexandre Bouzdine 2020 Thomas Henning 2021 Véronique Gayrard 2022 Xiaonan Ma
References
Sources Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (PDF, in French) Laureates 1983–2010 (PDF, in French) 2012 Laureates (PDF, in French) 2013 Laureates (in French) 2014 Laureates (in French) 2015 Laureates (in French) 2016 Laureates (in French)