Alfred Hauptmann Award

The Alfred Hauptmann Award is bestowed together with the German and Austrian epileptology associations. It goes to individuals or working groups in German-speaking countries for the best experimental or clinical research publication in the field of epileptology. It is awarded every two years.

The Award now comes with prize money of €20,000. Half the prize money goes to the author of a basic research document that has been published, while the other half is awarded in the field of clinical research.

Submissions should be works written in English or German that have been published or accepted for publication. They should be accompanied by

    • the applicant’s/applicants’ curriculum vitae,
    • a comment from the chair of the applicant’s home clinic/institution,
    • where there are several authors, an indication of the degree of involvement of each author
    • the information for which category the entry applies and
    • Information on applications for other awards.

 

The email address for applications is until 31 December 2024.

The award is named after the German neurologist Alfred Hauptmann, who discovered the anticonvulsant efficacy of phenobarbital in 1912 and had to emigrate from Germany in 1933 because of his Jewish origins.

O. Eichmüller, N. Corsini, J. Knoblich (l. to r.). Photo: IMBA.

Laureates 2023

Basic research: Oliver L. Eichmüller, Nina S. Corsini and Jürgen A. Knoblich  (Vienna)

Clinical research (rechts/unten): Kerstin Alexandra Klotz (Freiburg i.Br.)

Kerstin Alexandra Klotz

Laureates 2021

Dr. Maxime Baud (Bern) and Dr. Timothée Proix (Genève)

Laureates 2019

Dr. Johannes Lang, Erlangen, Prof. Dr. Karel Kostev, Frankfurt, and Prof. Dr. Hajo M. Hamer, Erlangen

Press release (in German)

Laureates 2017

Gian Marco De Marchis, Basel (Foto) and Deborah Pugin, Geneva as well as

Carola Haas, Freiburg i.Br.

 

Other laureates

2015

Anne-Sophie Wendling and Bernhard J. Steinhoff, Kehl-Kork

2013

Yvonne Weber, Tübingen

2011

Ingmar Blümcke, Erlangen as well as Claudia Brandt, Hannover

2009

Hans-Jürgen Huppertz, Zürich; Jörg Wellmer, Bonn; Anke Maren Staack, Kehl-Kork; Dirk-Matthias Altenmüller, Freiburg; Horst Urbach, Bonn; Judith Kröll-Seger, Zürich

2008

Christoph Hübner, Jena

2006

Ying Wang-Tilz, Christian Tilz, Elisabeth Pauli and Hermann Stefan, Erlangen

2002

Christian Bien, Bonn as well as Ulrich Ebert, Hannover

2000

Heinz Beck, Bonn as well as Alois Ebner, Bethel-Bielefeld and Hennric Jokeit, Zürich

1998

Ortrud Steinlein, Bonn and Thomas J. Jentsch, Hamburg as well as
Rüdiger Köhling, Anne Lücke and Heidrun Straub, Münster

1996

Claus Brühl und Otto W. Witte, Düsseldorf as well as Christoph Helmstaedter, Bonn

1994

Rainer Wolf, Franz Strehle and Hinderk M. Emrich, Hannover

1992

Hermann Stefan, Peter Schüler, Cornelia Hummel, Klaus Abraham-Fuchs and Siegfried Schneider; Erlangen as well as Andreas Bayer, München

1990

Andreas Hufnagel, Christian E. Elger, Dieter-Karsten Böker, Detlef B. Linke, Martin Kurthen and Laszio Solymosi, Bonn

1988

Uwe Heinemann, Köln and Istvan Mody, München as well as Jörg Walden and Otto W. Witte, Münster

1986

Hans-Dieter Oldigs, Kiel

1984

Christin E. Elger and Erwin-Josef Speckmann, Münster as well as Dieter Schmidt, Berlin

1982

no award

1980

Hans-Hasso Frey and Wolfgang Löscher, Berlin as well as Helmut Fichsel, Bonn