This overview highlights selected grants, prizes, and awards received by SCIoI researchers for work related to the cluster’s research areas. It is not intended to be exhaustive, particularly for the early years of the funding period.
Major Recognitions
Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Award, Christa Thöne-Reineke (2026)
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RSS 2026 Test of Time Award, Oliver Brock and Raphael Deimel (2026)
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Member of the Academia Europaea, Jens Krause (2026)
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Werner Heisenberg Medaille, Oliver Brock (2024)
EACL’s Outstanding Paper Award, Alan Akbik (2023)
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Lieselotte Pongratz Dissertation Award (The German Academic Scholarship Foundation), Richard Schweitzer (2022)
Humboldt Preis, Richard Schweitzer (2021)
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Best Practice Communication Award in Animal Research (Tiervesuche verstehen), Christa Thöne-Reineke and Lars Lewejohann (2021)
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Outstanding Associate Editor (IEEE Robotics Automation Letters), Guillermo Gallego (2021)
Animal Welfare Award (Dr Wilma von Düring Research Prize), Katharina Hohlbaum (2019)
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Grants and Prizes
NSF AccelNet NeuroPac Fellowship, Friedhelm Hamann (2024)
Teaching grants from the Berlin Senate Fund, Aravind Battaje, Mark Boon, Jonas Frenkel, Friedhelm Hamann, Benjamin Lang, Svetlana Levit, David Mezey, Nicolas Roth, Mohsen Raoufi, Olga Shurygina (2024)
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ERC Starting Grant, Nina Hanning (2024)
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G-Research Grant for PhD Students in a Quantitative Field, Robert Tjarko Lange (2023)
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SCIoI Research Grants, Nicolas Roth (2022), Aravind Battaje, (2023), Mohsen Raoufi (2023)
G-Research Grant for PhD Students, Robert Tjarko Lange (2023)
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X-Student Research Group Grants (BUA) Doris Pischedda (summer 2021), Pia Bideau (summer 2023), Pia Bideau (winter 2023/2024), Valentin Lecheval (summer 2024)
Google Cloud Research Credit Grant, Robert Lange (2021)
DFG Eigene Stelle Fellowship, Sean Ehlman
Emmy Noether Grant, Alan Akbik (2021)
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Experimental Labs for Science Communication (Berlin University Alliance) for “CollActive Materials” project, Oliver Brock, Dimitri Coelho Mollo, Solveig Steinhardt (2021)
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Research Fellow Chair MIAI, (Grenoble Alpes, France), Pia Bideau
ERC Consolidator Grant, Martin Rolfs (2019)
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Other Awards
Glushko Dissertation Prize, Lynn Schmittwilken (2026)
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Scout in the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Henriette Harz Scouting Program, Martin Rolfs (2026)
Best Poster Award (VNOP Conference), Julia Rodriguez Buritica (2026)
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Distinguished Poster Prize (DPG), Maryam Karimian (2026)
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Best Poster Award, Berliner Postdoc Days, Tamal Roy (2025)
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Chorafas Prize, Nicolas Roth (2025)
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Best Paper Award at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vito Mengers (ICRA) (2025)
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Honorable Mention (Paper), Guillermo Gallego et al. (2025)
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Best Workshop Poster Award (ICRA 2024), Heiko Hamann, Mohsen Raoufi, Pawel Romanczuk (2024)
Student Travel Award (GECCO 2023 Conference), Robert Tjarko Lange (2023)
Best Poster Award (VISAPP 2023), Niek Andresen, Katharina Hohlbaum, Christa Thöne-Reineke, Lars Lewejohann, Olaf Hellwich (2023)
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VSS Travel Awards, Olga Shurygina (2022)
Best Paper Award (ECVP 2021), Lynn Schmittwilken, Marianne Maertens (2021)
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Member of the Young Academy, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Alice von Auersperg (2021)
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Lower Austria Science Award; City of Vienna Science Award; Rupert Riedl Prize; Kardinal Innitzer Award, Alice von Auersperg (2021)
