Awards and Grants

PD Dr. Florian Herrmann (LMU University Hospital) has been awarded the 2026 Publication Prize by the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation.

Dr. Kai-Uwe Jarr (Heidelberg University Hospital) has been awarded the 2026 Uta and Jürgen Breunig Research Prize for his research grant entitled "Immunotherapy for cardiovascular diseases".

Clara Bühler, Aslihan Erbay, Kai-Uwe Jarr, Shinwan Kany, David Koeckerling, Johannes Krefting, Karl-Patrik Kresoja, Rebecca Krey, Sricharan Lakkaraju, Torben Lange, Jonas Lehmacher, Oliver Müller, Gregor Nelles, Elias Rawish, Timo Rusack, Konstantin Stark, Kristin Steinhaus, Holger Thiele, Mikail Kaan Tumani, Karla Vollmerig, Julian Wagner

Dr Kami Pekayvaz (LMU Hospital) has been awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize by the DFG, which recognises researchers in the early stages of their careers.

Professor Stefanie Dimmeler (University Hospital Frankfurt) is awarded the Hector Science Prize of the Weinheim-based Hector Foundation, endowed with €200,000.

Dr. Kami Pekayvaz (University Hospital Munich) receives the “Publication Prize 2026 of the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation,” which is endowed with 10,000 euros.

Prof. Dr. med. Lorenz Lehmann (Heidelberg University Hospital), as project leader of an interdisciplinary consortium, has been awarded a grant of 1.3 million euros from the Hector Foundation for a research project into the cardiological side effects of so-called checkpoint inhibitors.