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Max Gruber Prize

Max Gruber portret - Academia building
Max Gruber portret - Academia building


The Max Gruber Foundation was established in 1983 by Prof. Dr. M. Gruber and his wife, Suzanne Gruber-Heinemann, with the goal of promoting Biochemistry in Groningen in the broadest sense.

Every two years, the Foundation Board awards one or more prizes of € 1.000 for the best PhD student publication in molecular life sciences. To be eligible, the PhD student must be a first author, and the research must have been primarily conducted in Groningen, with a Groningen-based principal investigator as the corresponding author.

Nomination Guidelines

Who can nominate?
Principal Investigators from the Faculty of Science and Engineering and UMCG at the University of Groningen.

Eligibility criteria

  • The nominee must have published an outstanding publication in the molecular life sciences as part of his/her PhD project.
  • The paper must have been published or accepted between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024.
  • For multi-first-author papers, individual contributions should be clearly specified.

How to apply

  • brief nomination letter outlining the main discovery and its impact and the role of the nominee.
  • PDF copy of the nominated paper.
  • Submissions should be uploaded via the nomination form.


Deadline:
 May 1, 2025

The Foundation Board will select the winners, who will be invited to present their research in a special meeting in fall 2025.



Award ceremony Max Gruber Prize 2025


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contact: maxgruber@rug.nl

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