| Founded in | 1976 |
| Legal Seat | Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg |
| Foundation goals
according to the statutory revision of 1989 |
The promotion of scientific research and of learning, the arts, and culture at home and abroad through monetary awards |
| Management
Headquarters |
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Str. 6
D-56727 Mayen, Federal Republic of Germany Telephone ++49 - 2651 - 7 72 70 Fax ++59 - 2651 - 10 03 |
| Executive Board | Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Rolf Gartz (Managing Chairman)
Prof. Dr. Dr. E. h. Joachim Hagenauer, Munich University of Technology Prof. Dr.h.c.mult. Hans Zehetmair, Minister of the State of Bavaria (ret.), Munich |
| Board of Curators | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Walke (Chairman),
Aachen University of Technology
Prof. Dr. Klaus Bender, Munich University of Technology Prof. Dr. Horst Bessai, Siegen University Dr. Werner Bux, IBM Research Laboratory, Zurich Prof. Dr. Norbert Frühauf, University of Stuttgart Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Grallert, Heinrich Hertz Institute/FhG, Berlin Prof. Dr. Jürgen Lindner, Ulm University |
| Evaluation
Committee |
Prof. Dr. Michael Wolffsohn (Chairman), Munich Bundeswehr University
Dr.h.c. Fritz Genser, PC-Software, Düsseldorf Claus Larass, ProSieben Sat1 Media A.G., Berlin Dr. Gerold Lingnau, formerly Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Richard Schröder, Berlin Humboldt University Dipl.-Phys. Ranga Yogeshwar, WDR Cologne |
| Agreement of Affiliation | Communications Society of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Corporate
Memberships |
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences
Fraunhofer Society for Applied Research German Technion Society Association of German Engineers Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies German Informatics Society International Gutenberg Society German Confederation of Technical and Scientific Associations Federal Association of German Foundations |