Macro Scholarship
The Early-Career Higher Education Workshop is organised in odd-numbered years by the Division of Macromolecular Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh), providing prospective university lecturers from the field of polymer chemistry and related areas with an opportunity to present their research. The future awardee of the next Reimund-Stadler Award is selected from among the participants. In addition, two Macro Scholarships are awarded, each worth 2,000 euros (until 2023: 1,000 euros). The decision on awarding the Macro Scholarships is made by a selection committee appointed by the Board of the Division.
| Year | awardee | Affiliation* | Organiser/venue | Lecture title/research topic |
| 2025 | Dr. Céline Calvino | University of Freiburg | Covestro, Leverkusen | Quinolinone-Gated Chemistry: A Versatile Platform for Recyclable and Stimuli-Responsive Polymers |
| 2025 | Jun.-Prof. Dr. Alex J. Plajer | University of Bayreuth | Covestro, Leverkusen | Sequence Control in Sulfur-Containing Ring-Opening Copolymerisation |
| 2023 | Dr. Oleksandr Dolynchuk | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Freudenberg, Weinheim | Controlling Crystal Orientation in Thin Films of Poly-3-alkylthiophenes |
| 2023 | Dr. Olga Koshkina | University of Twente | Freudenberg, Weinheim | Shining a New Light: Making Biomedical Polymers Traceable in vivo |
| 2022 | Dr. Franziska Lissel | Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V. | ALTANA, online | Triblock Copolymers – Using Nanophase Separation to Achieve Low Modulus, Elastic Deformation and Good Mobility in Polymer Semiconductors |
| 2022 | Dr. Christopher Synatschke | Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz | ALTANA, online | Controlling Cell-Material Interactions through Responsive Supramolecular Assemblies |
| 2019 | Dr. Stefan Naumann | University of Stuttgart | Evonik Industries AG, Marl | Olefins as (Organo-)Polymerization Catalysts: Access to Well-Defined Polyethers for Advanced Materials |
| 2019 | Dr.-Ing. Anja Träger | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Evonik Industries AG, Marl | How Defined Polymers Can Help to Overcome Obstacles in Gene Delivery |
| 2017 | Dr. habil. Matthias Barz | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz | BASF SE, Ludwigshafen | Polypept(o)ides: From Novel Polymers to Functional Systems |
| 2017 | Dr. Martin D. Hager | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | BASF SE, Ludwigshafen | Self-healing Polymers Based on Covalent Bonds – From Scratch Healing to Restoration of Optical Properties |
| 2017 | PD Dr. Ivo Nischang | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | BASF SE, Ludwigshafen | The Framework of Hydrodynamics in the Experimental Study of Macromolecular Colloidal Systems |
| 2015 | Dr. Matthias Karg | University of Bayreuth | Lanxess Deutschlang GmbH | Colloidal Assembly Towards Nanooptical Devices |
| 2015 | Dr. Kalina Peneva | Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz | Lanxess Deutschlang GmbH | Designing Molecular Probes and Polymer-based Therapeutics |
| 2015 | Dr. Felix Plamper | RWTH Aachen University | Lanxess Deutschlang GmbH | Polymer Complexation: Architectural Effects and More |
| 2013 | Dr. Laura Hartmann | Free University of Berlin | Henkel AG, Düsseldorf | Sweet Precision Macromolecules: Sugar Polymers for Receptor Targeting and Biomedical Applications |
| 2013 | Dr. Felix H. Schacher | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Henkel AG, Düsseldorf | Nanostructured Materials from Block Copolymers: Switchable Membranes, Hybrid Particles, and Non-Viral Gene Transfection Agents |
*Affiliation at the time of the award ceremony.