Since 2010, the Working Group Separation Science has been awarding the Eberhard Gerstel Prize for an outstanding publication in the field of analytical separation techniques. This prize, which is awarded every two years and is endowed with 2000 euros, is donated by GERSTEL GmbH & Co. KG Mülheim an der Ruhr, which was founded in 1967 by Eberhard Gerstel and has become one of the world's leading providers of systems and solutions for automated sample preparation and sample introduction developed in GC / MS and LC / MS.

All candidates - applications and nominations are possible - should be first-time authors or correspondence authors of a published or accepted publication in an internationally recognized journal with a review system. Decisive selection criteria for awarding the prize are originality, scientific, methodological or technical significance as well as the independence of the work. The decision on the award of the prize is in the hands of an international jury and the award will take place during the analytica conference, which will take place in Munich in even years.