- funded by the Walter Kölle Foundation -
The Society of Water Chemistry Division of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) has awarded the Division Award Society of Water Chemistry at its annual conference , WASSER, since 1971, provided the candidates are deserving of recognition. The prize honors outstanding scientific achievements by young researchers in the field of water chemistry and is awarded to individuals whose doctoral degrees were awarded no more than ten years prior. The award includes a certificate and prize money of 3,000 euros, funded by the Walter Kölle Foundation. The decision regarding the prize is made by all impartial members of the Society of Water Chemistry's board.
The award, originally established under the name "Division Award", has been operating as the "Division Award Society of Water Chemistry - sponsored by the Walter-Kölle-Foundation" since 2011.
The price is not currently listed.
| Year | awardee: | Affiliation at the time of award |
2023 | Dr. Uwe Kunkel | augsburg |
2022 | Dr. Oliver Happel | Karlsruhe |
2021 | Dr. Thorsten Hueffer | Vienna, AT |
2020 | Dr. Arne Wick | Koblenz |
| 2019 | Dr. Holger Lutze | Eat |
2017 | Dr.-Ing. Aki Sebastian Ruhl | Berlin |
2013 | Dr. Martin Elsner | Neuherberg |
| 2011 | Dr. Michael Radke | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2008 | Dr. Carsten Schmidt | Cologne |
2007 | Dr. Frank from the Chamber | |
| 2005 | Prof. Dr. Thilo Hofmann | Vienna, AT |
| 2004 | Dr. Thomas Heberer Dr. Thomas Ternes | Berlin Idstein |
| 2001 | Dr. Michael Hupfer Dr. Christian Zwiener | Berlin Karlsruhe |
| 2000 | Dr. Michael Weller | Munich |
| 1999 | Dr. Thorsten Reemtsma | Berlin |
| 1998 | Dr. Adelheid Wessler | Mainz |
| 1992 | Dr. Gudrun Abbt-Braun | Karlsruhe |
| 1989 | Dr. Heinz-Jürgen Brauch | Karlsruhe |
| 1988 | Dr. Peter Werner | Karlsruhe |
| 1987 | Dr. Ralf Klopp | Eat |
| 1986 | Dr. Günther Baldauf Dr. Ursula Obst | Karlsruhe Eat |
| 1985 | Dr. Christian Steinberg | Munich |
| 1984 | Dr. Uwe Schöttler | Dortmund |
| 1983 | Dr. Rolf Dieter Gimbel Dr. Wolfgang Hoell | Karlsruhe |
| 1982 | Dr. Martin Jekel | Karlsruhe |
| 1981 | Dr. Ludwig Dinkloh | Bonn |
| 1979 | Dr. Ernest Gilbert | Karlsruhe |
| 1978 | Dipl.-Ing. Sabine Normann Dr. Ernst A. Nusch | Wiesbaden Eat |
| 1977 | Dr. Wolfgang Kuehn | Karlsruhe |
| 1976 | Dr. Dietrich Maier | Überlingen |
| 1975 | Dr. Fritz Frimmel | Munich |
| 1973 | Dr. Andreas Grohmann Dr. Johannes K. Reichert | Berlin Mainz |
| 1972 | Dr. Ludwig Weil | Munich |
| 1971 | Dr. Walter Kölle | Karlsruhe |
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