The Division of Macromolecular Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) organizes the Junior Researchers Workshop at Universities every odd-numbered year. This workshop provides a platform for prospective university lecturers in polymer chemistry and related fields to present their research. The next awardee of the Reimund Stadler Prize is selected from among the participants, and two Macro-Chemistry Scholarships, each worth €2,000 (until 2023: €1,000), are also awarded. A selection committee appointed by the Board of the Division decides on the awarding of the Macro-Chemistry Scholarships.
| Year | awardee Winner/ | Affiliation* | Organizer/Award Venue | Presentation title/Research topic |
| 2025 | Dr. Céline Calvino | Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg | Covestro, Leverkusen | Quinolinone-Gated Chemistry: A Versatile Platform for Recyclable and Stimuli-Responsive Polymers |
| 2025 | Junior Professor Dr. Alex J. Plajer | University of Bayreuth | Covestro, Leverkusen | Sequence Control in Sulfur-Containing Ring-Opening Copolymerization |
| 2023 | Dr. Oleksandr Dolynchuk | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Freudenberg, Weinheim | Controlling Crystal Orientation in Thin Films of Poly-3-alkylthiophenes |
| 2023 | Dr. Olga Koshkina | University of Twente | Freudenberg, Weinheim | Shining a New Light: Making Biomedical Polymers Traceable in vivo |
| 2022 | Dr. Franziska Lissel | Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden eV | ALTANA, online | Triblock Copolymers – Using Nanophase Separation to Achieve Low Modulus, Elastic Deformation and Good Mobility in Polymer Semiconductors |
| 2022 | Dr. Christopher Synatschke | Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz | ALTANA, online | Controlling Cell-Material Interactions through Responsive Supramolecular Assemblies |
| 2019 | Dr. Stefan Naumann | University of Stuttgart | Evonik Industries AG, Marl | Olefins as (Organo-)Polymerization Catalysts: Access to Well-Defined Polyethers for Advanced Materials |
2019 | Dr.-Ing. Anja Träger | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Evonik Industries AG, Marl | How Define Polymers Can Help to Overcome Obstacles in Gene Delivery |
| 2017 | Dr. habil. Matthias Barz | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | BASF SE, Ludwigshafen | Polypept(o)ides: From Novel Polymers to Functional Systems |
| 2017 | Dr. Martin D. Hager | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | BASF SE, Ludwigshafen | Self-healing Polymers Based on Covalent Bonds – From Scratch Healing to Restoration of Optical Properties |
| 2017 | PD Dr. Ivo Nischang | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | BASF SE, Ludwigshafen | The Framework of Hydrodynamics in the Experimental Study of Macromolecular Colloidal Systems |
2015 | Dr. Matthias Karg | University of Bayreuth | Lanxess Germany GmbH | Colloidal Assembly Towards Nanooptical Devices |
| 2015 | Dr. Kalina Peneva | Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz | Lanxess Germany GmbH | Designing Molecular Probes and Polymer-based Therapeutics |
| 2015 | Dr. Felix Plamper | RWTH Aachen University | Lanxess Germany GmbH | Polymer Complexation: Architectural Effects and More |
| 2013 | Dr. Laura Hartmann | Free University of Berlin | Henkel AG, Düsseldorf | Sweet Precision Macromolecules: Sugar Polymers for Receptor Targeting and Biomedical Applications |
| 2013 | Dr. Felix H. Schacher | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Henkel AG, Düsseldorf | Nanostructured Materials from Block Copolymers: Switchable Membranes, Hybrid Particles, and Non-Viral Gene Transfection Agents |
*Affiliation at the time of the award.
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