Meyer Galow Foundation for Business Chemistry

Science and Aesthetics

This sculpture by the sculptor Günter Steinmann will be presented to all award winners. It translates creative activity into artistic design language and thus creates a lasting symbol.

The founder

Professor Dr. Erhard Meyer-Galow has mainly worked at the interface between chemistry and the market in his professional life. That is why business chemistry runs like a red thread through his professional work. During his time as President of the GDCh in 1998/1999, Professor Meyer-Galow campaigned particularly for the establishment of the "Vereinigung Chemie und Wirtschaft (VCW)" in the GDCh and for the establishment of a "Business Chemistry" course at German universities. In order to accelerate this course of study, HÜLS AG established the endowed professorship "Business Administration for Natural Sciences, especially Chemistry" at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster for a period of five years for a period of five years under his leadership. This chair was the first of its kind in Germany and continues to train business chemists very successfully to this day. The founder himself gave lectures on "Business Chemistry in the Chemical Industry" at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster for many years. Prof. Dr. Erhard Meyer-Galow was appointed honorary professor on July 28, 1998 and received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon on October 20, 1998 for his diverse achievements.

The Foundation

To further promote business chemistry, especially from the point of view of sustainability and the need for chemical products or processes with high value for our society, he founded the "Meyer-Galow Foundation for Business Chemistry", whose task is the annual award of the "Meyer-Galow Prize for Business Chemistry" is. The foundation is administered by the GDCh in accordance with the decision of the board of the German Chemical Society eV on March 5, 2012. Endowments are welcome.

The Meyer-Galow Award for Business Chemistry

The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros.

It is awarded to people who have successfully introduced a current chemical innovation onto the market in the German-speaking area - alone or with a team. It can be a product or a process. The invention that is brought to innovation can, but does not have to, come from himself. However, it should be the driving force for implementation in the market.

The awardee winner proves to be worthy especially if he or she

 

• has introduced an innovation onto the market that largely takes sustainability into account,
• has introduced an innovation onto the market that represents a particularly necessary value for society ("must have" and not "nice to have"!)
• is a mature personality and enjoys a high level of human appreciation among employees, colleagues, superiors and in business relationships. The leadership style is characterized by a particularly high level of empathy.

Recordings of the award ceremonies are available on the founder's YouTube channel.

The Board of Trustees

The work to fulfill the foundation's purpose is carried out by an advisory board. In addition to the founder, this board should ideally include:

 

• the Association of Chemistry and Economics (VCW) in the GDCh
• the representatives of industry on the GDCh Board
• a university professor of industrial chemistry

Current members of the Board of Trustees are

Prof. Dr. Erhard Meyer-Galow, Essen (founder and Chair of the foundation)
Dr. Felix Müller, Evonik Industries AG, Essen (Secretary of the Foundation)
Prof. Dr. Karsten Danielmeier, Covestro AG, Leverkusen
Prof. Dr. Michael Dröscher, Dorsten
Prof. Dr. Jens Leker, University of Münster
Dr. Carla Seidel, BASF/Ludwigshafen
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stephan von Delft, University of Münster

Nomination Guidelines

The following documents must be attached to the nomination:

• Short, meaningful justification by the proposer (1 page)

• CV of the nominee (1 page)

• Description of the innovation by the nominee (1 page)

• Nominations should be addressed to the Foundation Secretary Dr. Felix Müller felix.mueller@uni-oldenburg.de.

• call for proposals