The Einstein Foundation Berlin promotes international cutting-edge research in and for Berlin. With evidence-based research, reliable standards, and open access to new findings being more important than ever.
In this spirit, the Einstein Foundation launched a new international prize, the Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research – the first of its kind worldwide.
In cooperation with the BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research at Charité, the Einstein Foundation annually recognizes outstanding researchers and institutions whose work helps to advance the quality and robustness of research findings – whether they are breaking new ground, using and testing innovative methods, or collecting and sharing their data in novel ways. An international and interdisciplinary jury of researchers and research quality experts selects the awardees.
The Award Funders and Partners
The total prize money for 2025 amounts to €350,000. The Individual and Institutional Awards are funded by Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft, while the BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research funds the Early Career Award. Additional resources are made available by the State of Berlin. The publisher Nature Portfolio, the Public Library of Science (PLOS), the National Academy of Sciences, the Berlin University Alliance, the Max Planck Society and the Max Planck Foundation support the Einstein Foundation Berlin and the BIH QUEST Center for Responsible Research in promoting and implementing the award.
