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Pettenkofer-Prize 2025

The Pettenkofer Foundation, which is administered by the Foundation Administration of the City of Munich, intends to award a research prize of € 5,000 for outstanding scientific work on the topic of

 Modulation of the innate immune system by effector molecules of pathogenic bacteria

Up to three outstanding articles published between 2022 and 2025 will be considered. The original articles should represent important contributions to scientific knowledge and/or be of particular clinical significance.

The prize can be awarded to an individual or a group. If submitting a single paper, you must include a statement confirming that all co-authors of the submitted paper agree to the application.

An independent, expert jury will select the prize winner.

Please send your application, together with your CV, scientific career, and list of publications, by email by September 10, 2025, to the Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Pettenkofer Prize 2025 Secretariat, Pettenkoferstr. 9a, 80336 Munich, Germany (pettenkoferpreis@mvp.uni-muenchen.de).

The prize money is provided by Roche Diagnostics GmbH.

Here is the prize posting as a PDF file.