Carl Zeiss Award
for Young Researchers
Making research visible.
Promoting young talent.
Since 2016, the Ernst Abbe Fund has been
supporting young scientists in optics and photonics.
Optics and photonics are among the key technologies of the 21st century. The Carl Zeiss Award for Young Researchers is aimed at young scientists in the fields of optics and photonics and the associated fields of precision mechanics and electronics as well as other related disciplines.
The award recognizes outstanding research achievements that drive innovation in optics, photonics, and related technologies. It highlights the contributions of young scientists to the advancement of this field of technology. It is one of the most important awards for young scientists in this field in Germany. The prize is typically awarded every two years.
The online application is submitted via MoveOn.
Registration is required in advance.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- Doctorate: obtained within the last three years
- Self-nomination: supported by at least one university professor
- Publication: in an internationally recognized journal
TO WIN
- Prize money: 7,000 euros
- Additional: certificate and trophy
- Invitation: Award ceremony as part of the ZEISS Research Award presentation at the Deutsches Museum in Munich
PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS
- Dr. Simon Baier
Department for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
Realization of a multinode quantum network of remote solid-state qubits
(Science, 2021)
- Dr. Dasha Nelidova
Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (Switzerland)
Engineering near-infrared vision
(Science, 2020)
- Dr. Arindam Ghosh
Chair of Biotechnology, University of Würzburg (Germany)
Graphene-based metal-induced energy transfer for sub-nanometre optical localization
(Nature Photonics, 2019)
- Dr. Fabian Wolf
QUEST – Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB Braunschweig (Germany)
Motional Fock states for quantum-enhanced amplitude and phase measurements with trapped ions
(Nature Communications, 2019)
- Dr. Christian Haffner
Maryland Nanocenter and Physical Measurement Laboratory, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA)
Low-loss plasmon-assisted electro-optic modulator
(Nature, 2018)
- Dr. Stefan Heist
Institute of Applied Physics (IAP), Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
GOBO projection for 3D measurements at highest frame rates: a performance analysis
(Light: Science & Applications, 2018)
- Dr. Kilian Heeg
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg (Germany)
Spectral narrowing of x-ray pulses for precision spectroscopy with nuclear resonances
(Science, 2017)
- Dr. Irene Costantini
European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence (Italy)
A versatile clearing agent for multi modal brain imaging
(Scientific Reports, 2015)
- Dr. Fabian Stutzki
Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany)
Designing advanced very-large-mode-area fibers for power scaling of fiber-laser systems
(Optica, 2014)
- Dr. Georg Heinze
QPSA – Quantum Photonics with Solids and Atoms, The Institute of Phototonic Science, Castelldefells/Barcelona (Spain)
Stopped Light and Image Storage by Electromagnetically Induced Transparency up to the Regime of One Minute
(Physical Review Letters, 2013)
- Dr. Robert Brückner
Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials & CFAED, Dresden University of Technology (Germany)
Phase-locked coherent modes in a patterned metal–organic microcavity
(Nature Photonics, 2012)
- Dr. Robert Keil
Department for Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
The random mass Dirac model and long-range correlations on an integrated optical platform
(Nature Communications, 2012)
THE JURY
The award is presented by the Board of Trustees of the Ernst Abbe Fund.
A jury consisting of three board members from industry and academia with
expertise in optics and photonics evaluates the submissions.
THE FOUNDATION
The award has been presented by the Ernst Abbe Fund since 2016.
The fund is a foundation of the Carl Zeiss Foundation and is administered
in trust by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V.
Further information about the Ernst Abbe Fund
