Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize

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The Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize is an annual award bestowed by the Paul Ehrlich Foundation [de] since 1952 for research in medicine. It carries a monetary prize of 120,000 Euro.[1] The prize ceremony is traditionally held on 14 March, the birthday of Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich, in St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main. The other namesake is Ludwig Darmstaedter.

Paulskirche, Frankfurt, location of prize ceremony

Researchers from countries worldwide are awarded in the following fields of medicine: Immunology, Cancer research, Haematology, Microbiology and experimental and clinical Chemotherapy.

The prize is one of the highest endowed and internationally distinguished awards in medicine that is based in Germany.

List of winners

Adolf Butenandt portrait, recipient 1953
Otto Warburg, recipient 1963
Katalin Karikó by Christopher Michel 2024, recipient 2022

Some of the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize winners have also been awarded the Nobel Prize. ( indicates Nobel Prize recipients):[2]

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