Current call for proposals for the Paul Bunge Prize 2024: German, English.
Nomination and application deadline: September 30, 2023.
Nomination and application form
Hans R. Jenemann (1920 - 1996), chemist at Schott Glaswerke in Mainz, became known for his contributions to the history of scientific equipment, especially historical analytical balances. Paul Bunge (1839 - 1888) set new standards as a precision mechanic and engineer in the construction of scales.
The Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation, established in 1992, is awarded jointly by the GDCh and the German Bunsen Society for physical chemistry (DBG) for work on the history of scientific instruments. The award takes place annually, alternately at DBG general meetings and lecture conferences of the GDCh Division of History of Chemistry. The prize is advertised publicly and internationally. Everyone is eligible to nominate. Self-applications are permitted.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Paul Bunge Prize in 2023, the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation invited all previous awardee to think together about the topic "Writing the History of Scientific Instruments: State of the Art and Future Perspectives".
A short history of the foundation and the prize as well as the program of the anniversary conference can be downloaded here:
Charlotte Bigg & Christoph Meinel (eds.), Paul Bunge Prize: History of Scientific Instruments, 1993-2023 (Frankfurt/Main: GDCh, 2023), 96 pp.
| 1993 | Klaus Hentschel, Goettingen Mara Miniati, Florence/Italy |
| 1994 | Matthias Dorries, Munich Heinz Otto Sibum, Cambridge/England |
| 1995 | Gerard L`Estrange Turner, Oxford/England |
| 1996 | David A. King, Frankfurt/Main Stuart M. Feffer, Aberdeen/USA |
| 1997 | Silvio A. Bedini, Washington DC/USA |
| 1998 | Robert Bud, London/England Deborah Jean Warner, Washington DC/USA |
| 1999 | Nicolas Rasmussen, Sydney/Australia |
| 2000 | Alan Q. Morton, London/England Richard J. Sorrenson, Bloomington/USA |
| 2001 | Jim Bennett, Oxford/England |
| 2002 | Paolo Brenni, Mendrisio/Switzerland and Florence/Italy |
| 2003 | Jean F. Johnston, Dumfries/Great Britain |
| 2004 | Jobst Broelmann, Munich Carsten Reinhardt, Regensburg |
| 2005 | Myles W. Jackson, Salem, OR/USA |
| 2006 | Inge Keil, Augsburg Davis Baird, Columbia, SC/USA |
| 2007 | Charlotte Bigg, Berlin |
| 2008 | Alison Morrison-Low, Edinburgh/Great Britain |
| 2009 | Jutta Schikore, Bloomington, Indiana/USA |
| 2010 | Henning Schmidgen, Berlin |
| 2011 | Matteo Valleriani, Berlin |
| 2012 | David Pantalony, Ottawa/Canada |
| 2013 | Marco Beretta, Bologna/Italy |
| 2014 | Cyrus Mody, Houston/USA |
| 2015 | Brian Gee, Leicester/UK (posthumous, † 2009) |
| 2016 | Robert Anderson, Cambridge/UK |
| 2017 | Simon Schaffer, Cambridge/UK |
| 2018 | Anthony Turner, Le Mesnill le Roi/F |
| 2019 | Sara Schechner, Harvard, Cambridge/USA |
| 2020 | Simon Werrett, London/UK |
| 2021 | Liba Taub, Cambridge/UK |
| 2022 | Matthew L. Jones, Columbia University, New York/USA |
| 2023 | Robert W. Smith, University of Alberta, Edmonton/Canada |
dr Charlotte BIGG, Paris (Chair)
Prof. Helmuth TRISCHLER, Munich (German Museum)
Prof. Henning HOPF, Braunschweig (Former President of the GDCh)
Prof. Jürgen JANEK, Gießen (representative of the DBG)
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