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The KIT-Department BGU takes a holistic approach to understanding, protecting, using, and sustainably shaping the environment as the basis of our lives in teaching, research, and innovations.
In this context, the geosciences and environmental sciences work closely together with the civil engineering sciences. Thus, the department makes an essential contribution to living in an attractive environment also in the future.
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The Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry in Baden-Württemberg – SÜDWESTMETALL – is once again awarding the Südwestmetall Prize for the promotion of young academics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
The prize is awarded for particularly outstanding dissertations that are important for the industrial working world and/or its socio-political framework conditions. Candidates must have defended their doctoral thesis between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026.
Applications by individuals cannot be accepted, they must be submitted via the respective KIT Department. Each KIT Department can submit a maximum of two proposals. We ask the KIT Departments to also consider outstanding early-career female researchers in their nominations.
Dissertations that have already been awarded a research prize with a comparable purpose and endowment may not be submitted.
Deadline: November, 16, 2026
moreThe “Klaus Dyckerhoff Prize for Young Scientists” is open to international applicants every 18 months. The prize is awarded for scientific work on the research, application, or production of hydraulic or alternative binders. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros and is intended for individuals who do not yet hold a leadership position.
This year, the prize was awarded to Dr. Jan P. Höffgen of the Institute of Concrete Structures and Building Materials (KIT). The laureate is being honored for his “in-depth research and modeling of the strength potential of recycled concrete sand.”
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Am 24.07.2026 im Alter von 101 Jahren ist Frau Berta Susanna (genannt Berti) Müller-Czerwenka verstorben.
Frau Müller-Czerwenka war Stifterin, private Förderin und seit 2024 Ehrenbürgerin des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT). Dem KIT war Frau Müller-Czerwenka auf das Engste verbunden. Die Förderung von Forschung und Lehre, insbesondere des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses im Bauingenieurwesen, war ihr ein Herzensanliegen. Ihr geleisteter Beitrag als Mäzenin und Freundin des KIT ist unschätzbar wertvoll. Damit ist sie ein herausragendes Vorbild für gesellschaftliches Engagement.
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