Augsburg Science Prize

Augsburg Science Prize for Intercultural Studies

The University of Augsburg, the Forum Interkulturelles Leben und Lernen (FiLL e.V.) and the City of Peace Augsburg jointly award the Augsburg Science Prize for Intercultural Studies.

The Augsburg Academic Prize for Intercultural Studies, which was first awarded in 1997 on the initiative of the founder of FiLL e. V., the entrepreneur and later Augsburg Peace Prize winner Helmut Hartmann, honors outstanding achievements by young academics whose research deals with intercultural reality in Germany and the associated issues and challenges.

The competition is open to all academic disciplines and aims to reward interdisciplinary and innovative qualification work in a special way. The award is intended to provide incentives for thematically relevant research work and to promote intercultural issues in particular. The aim is for academia to provide research results that contribute to a better understanding of a society characterized by diversity and the forms of organization that are becoming necessary here. By rewarding excellent young researchers, the importance of intercultural studies for peaceful coexistence in open societies is emphasized and scientific development is supported and promoted with this in mind.

Academic theses that were submitted to a German university no more than two years before the current application deadline may be submitted.

The main prize of 5,000 euros is awarded for dissertations or post-doctoral theses , while the sponsorship prize of 1,500 euros is awarded for Master's, Diplom, Magister or state examination theses.

Applications must be sent by a supervising university lecturer exclusively as a PDF by e-mail to: . The following must be included: kristina.lang@presse.uni-augsburg.de

• a curriculum vitae
• a copy of the work,
• a maximum four-page summary of the study prepared by the doctoral candidate. Please include the following criteria:
  • 1. Motivation
  • 2. gesellschaftliche Relevanz und Passung zur thematischen Ausrichtung des Preises
  • 3. Methode
  • 4. Ergebnisse
  • zwei Gutachten der TAC-Mitglieder

Please send the documents as a PDF in the order listed below:

• Curriculum vitae
• Summary
• Expert opinion 1 and 2
• Complete work

The Augsburg Academic Prize for Intercultural Studies is awarded by a jury made up of academics from the University of Augsburg and other universities as well as representatives of FiLL e.V. and the City of Augsburg. Both prizes are awarded at an academic ceremony in the summer semester in the Golden Hall of Augsburg City Hall.

You can find more information at: https://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/ueber-uns/ehrungen/preise/augsburger-wisspreis-interkulturell/