Prizes & Awards

TUM scientists in all departments are regularly awarded top prizes for their achievements. Here is an overview.

Humboldt Professorships

The Alexander von Humboldt Professorship is the most highly endowed German science award. It is awarded to top researchers who are world leaders in their field and are active abroad. The Humboldt Professorships are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

2021: Angela Schoellig
2020: Daniel Rückert
2018: Marco Caccamo
2014: Andreas Schulz
2011: Hans-Arno Jacobsen
2010: Gerhard Kramer
2009: Burkhard Rost

Leibniz Prizes

The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is the most important research funding award in Germany. The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) uses it to promote the work of outstanding scientists. The prize is endowed with up to 2.5 million euros.

2023: Fabian Theis
2020: Thomas Neumann
2019: Sami Haddadin
2016: Daniel Cremers
2012: Barbara Wohlmuth
2008: Holger Boche
2008: Susanne Albers
1997: Ernst W. Mayr
1995: Gerhard Hirzinger
1994: Manfred Broy
1991: Karl-Heinz Hoffmann

ERC Grants

Der Europäische Forschungsrat (engl. European Research Council, kurz ERC) fördert Pionierforschung durch Individualförderung und genießt in der Forschungslandschaft einen hervorragenden Ruf.

ERC Starting Grants

2022: Pramod Bhatotia
2021: Viktor Leis
2018: Antonia Wachter-Zeh
2018: Majid Zamani
2018: Matthias Nießner
2016: Agnieszka Wykowska
2014: Nils Thüerey
2013: Sandra Hirche
2013: Björn Schuller
2012: Massimo Fornasier
2012: Andrey Rybalchenko
2011: Eva Viehmann
2010: Fabian Theis
2010: Noam Berger Steiger
2010: Eckehard Steinbach
2009: Daniel Cremers

ERC Consolidator Grants

2023: Jia Chen
2020: Robert König
2020: Robert Wille
2019: Sandra Hirche
2019: Nils Thürey
2018: Matthias Althoff
2017: Eva Viehmann
2016: Thomas Neumann
2015: Christian Liedtke
2014: Daniel Cremers
2014: Wolfang Kellerer

ERC Advanced Grants

2021: Fabian Theis
2019: Mathias Drton
2019: Daniel Rückert
2019: Daniel Cremers
2018: Alin Albu-Schäffer
2017: Javier Esparza
2015: Susanne Albers
2011: Rüdiger Westermann
2010: Martin Buss

ERC Proof of Concept Grants

2019: Sandra Hirche
2019: Daniel Cremers
2018: Nils Thürey
2016: Rüdiger Westermann
2015: Eckehard Steinbach
2013: Daniel Cremers

IEEE Fellows

IEEE Fellows are appointed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to researchers who have made exceptional contributions to their field.

2023: Alois Knoll
2022: Nassir Navab
2021: Wolfgang Utschick
2020: Daniel Rückert
2020: Sandra Hirche
2019: Gerhard Rigoll
2017: Gordon Cheng
2015: Eckhard Steinbach
2014: Martin Buss
2014: Helmut Gräb
2011: Holger Boche
2011: Paolo Lugli
2010: Gerhard Kramer
2007: Markus-Christian Amann
2006: Günther Schmidt
2003: Dierk Schröder
2000: Johann-Friedrich Luy*
1998: Wolfram Boeck
1997: Gerd Hirzinger
1994: Kurt Antreich
1994: Peter Russer
1993: Josef A. Nossek
1992: Joachim Hagenauer
1980: Wolfgang Harth

Legend: * = not at TUM at the time of the award

ACM Fellows

ACM Fellows are appointed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to members who have made outstanding contributions to the field of computer science and information technology.

2022: Peter Boncz
2022: Alfons Kemper
2008: Lawrence C. Paulson

TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professors

Since 2007, the Technical Univerity of Munich awards the honorary title "TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor" to internationally outstanding scientists who have developed a leading research field and who cooperate with their TUM colleagues on a long-term basis. The honorary title is awarded by the President on the basis of a resolution of the Extended Presidential Board and the Senate.

Leon O. Chua
Patrick Dewilde
Eveline Gottzein
Martin Grötschel
Oussama Khatib
Yoshikito Nakamura
Lawrence C. Paulson
Sidney I. Resnick
August-Wilhelm Scheer