Award ceremony for 2026 on 8 May 2027

The Foundation is awarding for 2026

the Technology Prize to Prof. Erdal Arıkan, Ph.D., Norbert Stolte, Ph.D., and Ido Tal, Ph.D.,

the Culture Prize to Prof. Dr. med. Alena M. Buyx, M.A. phil.,

the Youth Prizes to Tim Justus Löffler and Erasmus von Platen.

The award ceremony will take place on Saturday, 8 May 2027, in the afternoon at Flugwerft Schleißheim, Effnerstraße 18, 85764 Oberschleißheim.

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.

Please register your participation by 1 April 2027. If you would like to attend but did not receive an invitation, please send an e-mail to info@eduard-rhein-stiftung.de. The number of participants is limited to approximately 140.

On 7 May 2027, the Technology Prize winners, Prof. Arıkan, Dr Stolte and Dr Tal, will present their research work at a colloquium at the Technical University of Munich; see News.

Overnight stay: A limited room contingent has been arranged with the hotel “Am Schlosspark Zum Kurfürst”: single room €90, double room €145 per night including breakfast. Please book your accommodation as a self-payer by 6 April 2027 at the Hotel am Schlosspark or another nearby hotel. The hotel has an underground car park, parking spaces and charging points.

Free parking is available at the Flugwerft. The Flugwerft can also be reached by public transport: S-Bahn S1 towards Freising/Airport, Oberschleißheim station. Further information: Directions and site plan – Flugwerft Schleißheim – Deutsches Museum.