Boehringer Ingelheim endows the
Heinrich Wieland Prize
The Heinrich Wieland Prize is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim and awarded by a Board of Trustees.
The prize
In endowing the Heinrich Wieland Prize Boehringer Ingelheim demonstrates its commitment to promote research on lipids and other biologically active substances in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and clinical medicine.
The first prize was given in 1964 to Professor Ernst Klenk in honours of his lifetime achievements. In 2008, for the fourth time the "Medal in Gold" was presented for his lifetime achievements to Professor Nepomuk Zöllner from Germany.
The prize is named after Professor Heinrich Wieland (1877 - 1957), a Nobel Prize Laureate in chemistry in 1927 and leading lipid chemist during the first half of the 20th century.
It also reflects the special relationship with Heinrich Wieland who was involved in the initial steps in Boehringer Ingelheim's pharmaceutical research.
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The Application Process for 2009
The presentation of the 2009 prize will take place in Munich (Germany) in autumn 2009.
