GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature

New name!

The GDCh Board has decided to rename the "GDCh award for journalists and writers" to "GDCh prize for journalism and literature". The new inclusive name makes it clear that equal opportunities have a high priority in the GDCh.

The GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature (previously GDCh Prize for journalists and writers) is awarded for outstanding journalistic or literary achievements, regardless of the language, which contribute in a special way to the dissemination of chemical science content in German-speaking countries. In 1980 a prize for journalists and in 1997 a prize for writers were set up at the GDCh. Both prizes were awarded alternately until they were merged into the GDCh award for journalists and writers in 2008, which was renamed in 2021.

Current awardee: Lars Fischer

Lars Fischer receives the GDCh Prize for Journalism and Literature in recognition of his excellent journalistic work, with which he makes chemistry and other natural sciences accessible to interested parties of all kinds in an outstanding way, particularly via digital formats in his blog, in social media and also as an editor at spektrum.de.

More information about Lars Fischer

Award winner interview 2020

selection committee

Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, University of Leipzig (lead)
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Charlotte Gerischer, JCF Berlin
Dr. Peter Gölitz, former Wiley-VCH
Dr. Michael Groß, science journalist, Oxford
Dr. Tom Kinzel, GDCh Executive Director
Prof. Dr. Holger Wormer, Technical University of Dortmund