Silvia Braslavsky Prize
Since 2025, the GDCh Division of Photochemistry has awarded a prize for an outstanding master’s thesis in the field of photochemistry/spectroscopy to support early-career researchers.
The award includes a certificate and prize money of 500 euros and will be presented at an online symposium taking place in mid-November 2025 for the final selection of the prize winner. Following an initial review of the application documents by the selection committee, up to four early-career researchers will be invited to this symposium to present their master’s thesis to a wider audience. Following the online presentations, the award will be decided by a selection panel appointed for this purpose and representing the Division of Photochemistry. The prize may be shared.
The GDCh Division of Photochemistry awards the Silvia Braslavsky Prize for an outstanding Master's thesis in the field of photochemistry/spectroscopy. Following an initial review of the application documents, up to four early-career researchers will be invited to an Online symposium, expected to take place in February 2027, to present their Master's thesis to a wider audience. A prize committee appointed by the Board will decide whether to award the prize of 500 euros. The prize may be shared.
Application
The following documents must be submitted with the application:
The Master's thesis must have been submitted no more than one year before the date of application.
Submission
Please send your application electronically, combined into a single PDF file, with the subject line "Application for the Silvia Braslavsky Prize 2026", by 15 December 2026 to Maike Fries at the GDCh Office: Maike Fries.
The GDCh Division of Photochemistry presents the Silvia Braslavsky Prize for an outstanding Master’s thesis in the field of photochemistry/spectroscopy. Following an initial review of the application documents, up to four early-career researchers will be invited to an Online symposium, expected to take place in February 2027, to present their Master’s thesis to a wider audience. A prize committee appointed by the Board decides who receives the award of €500. The prize may be shared.
Application
Please submit the following documents with your application:
The Master’s thesis must have been submitted no more than one year before the application date.
Submission
Please send your application electronically as a single PDF file, with the subject line "Application for the Silvia Braslavsky Prize 2026", by 15 December 2026 to Maike Fries at the GDCh Office: Maike Fries.
The Silvia Braslavsky Prize 2025 (known at the time as the Master’s Prize 2025) was awarded to Annika Pax and Maximilian Schick on 5 November 2025 at the online symposium “Master Award 2025”.
Annika Prax
In recognition of her outstanding Master’s thesis, entitled “Time-Resolved Vibrational Absorption Spectroscopy of Electronically Excited Pyrimidine Nucleobase Derivatives”, completed in the working group of Prof. Dr. Friedrich Temps at Kiel University.
Maximilian Schick
In recognition of his outstanding Master’s thesis, entitled “The Lipid and The Light: Probing Ultrafast Dynamics in Photoswitchable Membranes using VIS-Pump IR-Probe Spectroscopy”, completed in the working group of Prof. Dr. Jens Bredenbeck at Goethe University Frankfurt.