International Excellence Award of KIT and Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) wishes to grant the “International Excellence Award of KIT“ in combination with the “Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation“ to an internationally renowned scientist from abroad in recognition of her or his scientific achievements. Eligible are researchers of all disciplines and from all countries, whose research has a lasting impact on their discipline also beyond their own field of work and addresses global challenges facing society in the 21st century as well as topics of relevance to the future.
The awardee will receive an invitation to stay at KIT for up to six months in order to execute a self-chosen project in cooperation with the nominating scientists of KIT. Projects extending beyond a single institute or discipline are expressly welcome.
The awardee will receive:
- The “International Excellence Award of KIT“ in the form of funds for equipment in the amount of up to EUR 50,000 for the execution of a self-chosen research project at the host institute of KIT. These funds will be transferred to the host institute.
- The “Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation“ as a subsistence allowance for the awardee during her or his stay of up to six months at KIT.
- In addition, a research grant can be awarded for up to 1 year to an early-stage researcher (postdoc) from the group of the awardee for a parallel research stay at KIT.
The “International Excellence Award of KIT“ and the “Fellowship of SCHROFF Foundation“ are awarded once per year.
Dates in 2026
| Nomination Deadline | Communication of the Selection Result | Award Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| June 25, 2026 | Start of August, 2026 | Fall 2026 |
All necessary documents and templates as well as details on the nomination and funding procedure can be found below.
Program Information
| Nomination and Funding Procedure |
Documents to be submitted
| Nomination Form | |
| Personal statement of the nominator(s) (laudation, scientific appraisal; 3 pages max.) | |
| Invitation by the host institute(s) of KIT and description of the planned research project (scientific focus, ways of imparting knowledge, e.g. presentations etc.; 3 pages max.) | |
| CV in tabular form | |
| List of key publications of the nominee (10 publications max.) | |
| 1 or 2 recommendation letters by internationally acknowledged experts of the nominee’s discipline |
Please submit the documents in electronic form to ieg ∂does-not-exist.intl kit edu.
• B. Leonard Holman Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Founding Director of Surgical Planning Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA
• Research Project: Image-guided surgery with extended reality (XR): Advancing surgical navigation of lung through real-time visualization and interaction
• Scientific Host at KIT: Prof. Dr.-Ing. M. Francesca Spadea, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
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• Director of the Climate Hazards Center (CHC) at the University of California in Santa Barbara, USA
• Research Project: Optimization of remote sensing methods for monitoring droughts, extreme precipitation events and heat waves in tropical regions
• Scientific Host at KIT: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
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• Professor of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
• Research Project: Investigating and unveiling the fundamental properties of metallic nanoparticles and of derived materials using various experimental and theoretical methods
• Scientific Host at KIT: Prof. Dr. Manfred Kappes, Institute of Physical Chemistry
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