Georges-Köhler Prize DGfI Awards

The German Society for Immunology e.V. (DGfI) annually awards the Georges-Köhler Prize to one of its members.

The prize is awarded to scientists whose research has made a significant contribution to the understanding of the immune system or who have created applications resulting from their outstanding research. Applicants should have established themselves as group leaders (with at least one last author publication) and received third-party funds. Generally, applicants should have obtained their degree not more than 10 years prior to application, independently of their current position. Self-nomination and nomination by others is possible. The prize carries a prize money of 3,000 Euro.

The prize is named after Prof. Dr. Georges Jean Franz Köhler (1946-1995), Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine 1984 (with César Milstein und Niels K. Jerne for the discovery of the principal for the generation of monoclonal antibodies) and former director of the Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology, Freiburg.

The Georges Köhler Prize 2024 prize is awarded with the kind support of Biotest AG.