Martin Heinrich Klaproth Award

The Division "Freelance Chemists and Owners of Independent Laboratories" awards the Martin Heinrich Klaproth Award. The award regulations govern the details as follows:

Award regulations for the Martin Heinrich Klaproth Award

§ 1 The Board of the Division of freelance chemists and owners of independent laboratories decides to award a Division Award under the name Martin Heinrich Klaproth Award .

§ 2 The prize shall be awarded to colleagues for innovative independent work in the field of freelance and/or entrepreneurial chemical activity.

§ 3 Members of the Division, university professors, and Head of chemical laboratories are entitled to submit nominations. The members of the Division 's board constitute the jury. They decide by simple majority vote.

§ 4 The award includes a certificate detailing the recipient's merits. The prize money is set at 1000 euros.

§ 5 The awardee reports on the work at the annual meeting of the Division.

Nominations for awardee should be submitted electronically to

German Chemical Society (GDCh)
Board of the FG FFCh
Varrentrappstraße 40 - 42
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Email: n.buerger@gdch.de

As of May 8, 2026