The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is the most important research funding prize in Germany. The aim of the Leibniz program, which was established in 1985, is to improve the working conditions of outstanding scientists, expand their research opportunities, relieve them of administrative workload and make it easier for them to employ particularly qualified scientists. The prize is endowed with up to 2.5 million euros.

Leibniz Prize Winners at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences are:

• Prof. Dr. Achim Rosch (2013)
  Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Prof Dr. Martin Zirnbauer (2009)
  Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Prof. Dr. Jens Claus Brüning (2007)
  Institute of Genetics
• Prof. Dr. Ulf-Ingo Flügge (1996)
  Botanical Institute
• Prof. Dr. Peter Schneider (1992)
  Mathematics