Rudolf
Lukeš
Prize

The Experientia Foundation, in cooperation with the Czech Chemical Society, supports the prestigious Rudolf Lukeš Prize for outstanding chemists with a personal award in the amount of 100,000 CZK (approximately 4000 USD).

The Rudolf Lukeš Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding collection of original work in the field published in prestigious international journals in the last 5 years.

Applications for the Rudolf Lukeš Prize can be submitted by scientists of any age currently working at one of the Czech scientific institutions. Applicants must submit a collection of work completed over the past five years for consideration in the contest. Applications must be submitted in English as a pdf file sent electronically to the Society’s head office (lukes.award@csvts.cz). The deadline for applications is 31 March. The Rudolf Lukeš Prize has been awarded annually by the Czech Chemical Society’s Expert Group of Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

 The winning candidate is selected by an independent international committee composed of the following members:

  • Prof. Dr. Burkhard König (Chair)
  • Prof. Harry Anderson
  • Prof. Dr. Carsten Bolm
  • Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach
  • Prof. Dr Karol Grela
  • Prof. Dr. Annemieke Madder
  • Prof. Tibor Soós
  • Prof. Helma Wennemers

The final decision on the winner will be made by the Expert Group of Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Czech Chemical Society based on the international committee’s proposal and approved by the Experientia Foundation by 30 June at the latest.

Prizewinners to date include

2022 Prof. Radek Cibulka, PhD
2021 Dr. Lukáš Trantírek (CEITEC Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno)
2020 Dr. Pavel Jelínek (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
2019 Professor Michal Hocek (Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague)
2018 Dr. Ivo Starý, (IOCB AS CR)
2017 Professor Jana Roithová (Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague)
2016 Professor Petr Štěpnička (Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague)
2015 Filip Teplý, PhD (IOCB AS CR)
2014 Professor Petr Klán (Faculty of Science of Masaryk University in Brno)
2013 Professor Martin Kotora,  (Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague)
2012 Dr. Detlef Schröder (IOCB AS CR).

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