Award statutes

§1 The Executive Board of the Nuclear Chemistry Division decides to award a prize of the Division under the name "Fritz Strassmann Prize".

§2 The Fritz Strassmann Prize is awarded to established scientists who have made outstanding achievements in the field of nuclear chemistry.

§3 As a rule, the prize can be awarded every four years.

§4 All members of the specialist group are entitled to nominate candidates. Self-applications are excluded. The members of the Executive Board and Advisory Board of the specialist group decide on the award by a simple majority of votes. In the event of a tie, the vote of the chair of the specialist group shall be decisive.

§5 Applications must be submitted to the GDCh office in electronic form. The proposal must be accompanied by:

• A detailed justification of the award worthiness by the proposer
• A curriculum vitae with a maximum of three pages, a list of publications, as well as a selection of important lectures and awards

§6 If possible, the award should be presented in conjunction with a specialist group conference and a lecture by the award winner. The award includes a certificate that highlights the merits of the honouree. The prize is endowed with 2500,- Euro.

§7 Amendments to these statutes are only possible with a 2/3 majority of the Specialist Group Board.

Decision of the Executive Board of 28 April 2025, Frankfurt am Main

The Executive Committee of the GDCh Nuclear Chemistry Division invites applications for the Fritz Strassmann Prize to be awarded in 2026. The prize will be awarded at the annual conference of the division, which will take place in Mainz from 22 to 24 September 2026.

The Fritz Strassmann Prize is awarded every four years to established scientists who have made outstanding achievements in the field of nuclear chemistry. The prize is endowed with 2500 euros. The award is decided by the members of the Executive Board and Advisory Board of the specialist group.

Proposals - self-applications are excluded - must be submitted in electronic form by 31 March 2026 to the Executive Board of the Nuclear Chemistry Division, n.buerger@gdch.de,

2022
Dr habil. Moritz Schmidt, Helmholtz Centre Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)

2017
Prof. Dr Giuseppe Modolo, Forschungszentrum Jülich

2013
PD Dr Thorsten Stumpf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Management (INE)

2009
Dr Sönke Szidat University of Bern, Laboratory for Radio- and Environmental Chemistry
Dr Clemens Walther, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management, FZ Karlsruhe

2005
Dr Petra J. Panak, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management, FZ Karlsruhe

2001
Dr Tobias Reich, Institute of Radiochemistry, FZ Rossendorf

1998
Dr Thomas Fanghänel, Institute for Nuclear Waste Management, FZ Karlsruhe

1994
Dr Andreas Türler, Paul Scherrer Institute/CH

1990
Dr Klaus Lützenkirchen, University of Mainz

1989
Dr Christoph Lierse, TU Munich

1986
Prof Dr Rolf Michel, University of Hanover

1984
Dr Norbert Trautmann, University of Mainz

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