It honours researchers who made significant scientific contributions in their fields and whose work in the future expects to yield pathbreaking findings.

The prize is endowed with 2.5 million euros - one of the greatest prize moneys worldwide.

EKFP2020_Aiuti 2020 - Alessandro Aiuti: Genome Editing and Gene Therapy
Prize for Medical Research 2017 - Karl Deisseroth: Biological Basis of Psychiatric Disorders 2017 - Karl Deisseroth: Biological Basis of Psychiatric Disorders
Prize for Medical Research 2013 - Ruslan Medzhitov: Immunology 2013 - Ruslan Medzhitov: Immunology

The Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical Research was presented for the first time in 2013 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Else Kröner’s death. Since then, it has been awarded regularly.

The announcement of the prizewinner for 2020, who shall be honored for his or her work in the field of “Genome Editing and Gene Therapy”, was made digitally on June 4, 2020. Read our current press release here.

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Portrait Dr. Alexander Lehmann
Dr. Alexander Lehmann
Scientific Funding: Graduate and Research Schools and International Research Prize
a.lehmann@ekfs.de
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