Award ceremony for 2025 on April 25, 2026

The foundation is awarding for 2025

the Technology Prize to Prof. Mathias Fink, Ph.D. and Prof. Mickael Tanter, Ph.D.,

the Culture Prize to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Bertrand Piccard,

the Youth Prize to Nguyen Kim Bao Chu and Gurkirat Singh Khinda, as well as Kristof Kulber.

The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 25 April 2026, at 3 pm, at Flugwerft Schleißheim, Effnerstr. 18, 85764 Oberschleißheim. (Admission from 14:00.)

The programme of the ceremony will be published here shortly.

After the award ceremony, there will be a dinner with guests and award winners at the Flugwerft.

On 24 April 2026, the technology award winners, Prof. Fink and Prof. Tanter, will present their research work at a colloquium at the Technical University of Munich, see News.

Overnight stay: A limited contingent could be arranged with the hotel “Am Schlosspark Zum Kurfürst”: Single room 88 €, double room 145 € / night incl. breakfast buffet. You will receive further information when you register. As a self-payer, please book your accommodation promptly at the Hotel am Schlosspark or in neighbouring hotels. The hotel has an underground car park, parking spaces and charging points.

Free parking spaces are available at the Flugwerft. The Flugwerft can also be reached by public transport: S-Bahn: S1 direction Freising/Flughafen, stop Oberschleißheim. For more information, see Directions and site plan – Flugwerft Schleißheim – Deutsches Museum (deutsches-museum.de).