Robert Koch Awards

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Robert Koch Foundation (Germany)

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The Robert Koch Foundation, founded in 1907, is a non-profit foundation for the promotion of medical progress based in Berlin. The Foundation has set itself the goal of supporting the fight against infectious diseases and other epidemics. The Foundation supports both financially and through public recognition basic scientific research in the field of infectious diseases, as well as exemplary projects designed to address medical and hygienic problems.

The Foundation awards each year a number of prestigious scientific awards: the Robert Koch Award, one of the highest-ranking scientific awards in Germany, the Robert Koch Gold Medal, three awards for young scientists and, since 2013, the Prize for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention:

  • The Robert Koch Award is one of the most prestigious scientific awards in the Federal Republic of Germany. The prize is awarded annually to researchers for outstanding and internationally recognized scientific achievements. The Federal Ministry of Health has supported the prize for years and finances half of the prize money, which was increased in 2017 from 100,000 to 120,000 euros.
  • The Foundation annually awards the Robert Koch Gold Medal in recognition of the outstanding life’s work of a scientist.

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