Ludwig Biermann Award
Introduction The '''Ludwig Biermann Award''' is an annual prize awarded by the German  (German Astronomical Society) to an outstanding young astronomer. The prize is named in honour of the German astronomer Ludwig Biermann and was first awarded in 1989, three years after his death. Nominees for the award must be under the age of 35.The monetary value of the award is 2500 €, and it is intended to enable the awardee to make one or more research visits to an institute of their choice. Usually, only a single prize is awarded per year, but in a few cases, two prizes have been awarded.
Past winners of the Ludwig Biermann Award +Ludwig Biermann Award WinnersYearName1989  Norbert Langer1990  Reinhard W. Hanuschik1992  Joachim Puls1993  Andreas Burkert1994  Christoph U. Keller1995  Karl Mannheim1996  Eva K. Grebel, Matthias L. Bartelmann1997  Ralf Napiwotzki1998  Ralph Neuhäuser1999  Markus Kissler-Patig2000  Heino Falcke2001  Stefanie Komossa2002  Ralf Klessen2003  Luis R. Bellot Rubio2004  Falk Herwig2005  Philipp Richter2006   ''No award''2007  Henrik Beuther, Ansgar Reiners2008  Andreas Koch2009  Anna Frebel, Sonja Schuh2010  Maryam Modjaz2011  Thorsten Lisker2012  Cecilia Scannapieco2013  Frank Bigiel2014  Stephan Geier2015  Ivan Minchev2016  Karin Lind2017  Diederik Kruijssen2018  Else Starkenburg 2019  Eduardo Bañados
See also * List of astronomy awards* Prizes named after people
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