Current call for entries for the Paul Bunge Prize 2026: Deutsch< Englisch
Nomination and application deadline: 30 September 2025. Nomination and application form
Hans R. Jenemann (1920 - 1996), chemist at Schott Glaswerke in Mainz, became famous for his contributions to the history of scientific instruments, especially historical analytical balances. Paul Bunge (1839 - 1888) set new standards in balance construction as a precision mechanic and engineer.
The Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation, established in 1992, is awarded jointly by the GDCh and the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG) for work on the history of scientific instruments. The prize is awarded annually, alternately at DBG general meetings and lecture conferences of the GDCh History of Chemistry Division. The prize is advertised publicly and internationally. Anyone is entitled to nominate candidates. Self-applications are permitted.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Paul Bunge Prize, the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation has invited all previous prizewinners to reflect together on the topic of "Writing the History of Scientific Instruments: State of the Art and Future Perspectives" in 2023.
A brief history of the foundation and the prize as well as the programme of the anniversary conference can be downloaded here:
Charlotte Bigg & Christoph Meinel (eds.), Paul Bunge Prize: History of Scientific Instruments, 1993-2023 (Frankfurt/Main: GDCh, 2023), 96 pp.
| 1993 | Klaus Hentschel, Göttingen Mara Miniati, Florence/Italy |
| 1994 | Matthias Dörries, Munich Heinz Otto Sibum, Cambridge/England |
| 1995 | Gerard L`Estrange Turner, Oxford/England |
| 1996 | David A. King, Frankfurt/Main Stuart M. Feffer, Aberdeen/USA |
| 1997 | Silvio A. Bedini, Washington D.C./USA |
| 1998 | Robert Bud, London/England Deborah Jean Warner, Washington D.C./USA |
| 1999 | Nicolas Rasmussen, Sydney/Australia |
| 2000 | Alan Q. Morton, London/England Richard J. Sorrenson, Bloomington/USA |
| 2001 | Jim Bennett, Oxford/England |
| 2002 | Paolo Brenni, Mendrisio/Switzerland and Florence/Italy |
| 2003 | Jean F. Johnston, Dumfries/Great Britain |
| 2004 | Jobst Broelmann, Munich Carsten Reinhardt, Regensburg |
| 2005 | Myles W. Jackson, Salem, OR/USA |
| 2006 | Inge Keil, Augsburg Davis Baird, Columbia, SC/USA |
| 2007 | Charlotte Bigg, Berlin |
| 2008 | Alison Morrison-Low, Edinburgh/UK |
| 2009 | Jutta Schickore, Bloomington, Indiana/USA |
| 2010 | Henning Schmidgen, Berlin |
| 2011 | Matteo Valleriani, Berlin |
| 2012 | David Pantalony, Ottawa/Canada |
| 2013 | Marco Beretta, Bologna/Italy |
| 2014 | Cyrus Mody, Houston/USA |
| 2015 | Brian Gee, Leicester/UK (posthumously, † 2009) |
| 2016 | Robert Anderson, Cambridge/UK |
| 2017 | Simon Schaffer, Cambridge/UK |
| 2018 | Anthony Turner, Le Mesnil le Roi/F |
| 2019 | Sara Schechner, Harvard, Cambridge/USA |
| 2020 | Simon Werrett, London/UK |
| 2021 | Liba Taub, Cambridge/UK |
| 2022 | Matthew L. Jones, Columbia University, New York/USA |
| 2023 | Robert W. Smith, University of Alberta, Edmonton/Canada |
| 2024 | Rebekah Higgitt, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh/UK Peter Heering, University of Flensburg |
| 2025 | Paloa Bertucci, Yale University, New Haven/USA |
Dr Charlotte Bigg, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris (Chairperson)
Prof. Dr Helmuth Trischler, Deutsches Museum München
Prof. Dr Peter R. Schreiner, Justus Liebig University Giessen (Board Member of the GDCh)
Prof. Dr Robert Franke, Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co KG (Chairman of the DBG)
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