International Prizes with Mobility
The International Affairs Service Unit (INTL) coordinates the procedure for awarding two international prizes.
DAAD Prize for Excellence International students
Once a year KIT honors particularly committed foreign students with the prize of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The prize is endowed with 1000 euros. The nominees are international students who perform outstandingly well during their studies and also show a great intercultural commitment to society.
Contact: Jan Straube
Prize winners:
- 2017 Andreea-Roxana Tulbure
- 2018 Lama Alkadi
Helmholtz International Fellow Award
The Helmholtz International Fellow Award is intended to contribute to intensifying existing cooperations between scientists at Helmholtz centers and excellent foreign researchers. It is endowed with 20,000 euros and should enable successful candidates to realize joint research projects with colleagues from the Helmholtz Association or to strengthen existing cooperations. The Helmholtz institutions, including the KIT, nominate candidates twice a year, and the Helmholtz presidium makes the selection.
Contact:
Prize winners:
- 2018 Paul Burn (University of Queensland in Australia)
