TUD Award for Excellent Science Communication
With their excellent research, scientists at TU Dresden make a valuable contribution to solving global challenges. Through science communication, their findings reach politics, business and society in an understandable, transparent and comprehensible way.
The TUD Award for Excellent Science Communication aims to recognize and appreciate this commitment. The aim is to make best practice examples of science communication at the TUD visible, promote existing formats and encourage TUD researchers to actively communicate their research results to the public. The prize is funded as part of the TUD's Excellence Strategy.
Award ceremony 2025
On May 15, 2025, the main award for excellent science communication and the second prize for PhD students and postdocs were awarded for the first time as part of the first Science Communication Day at TUD.
Simon Meier-Vieracker receives the TUD Award for Excellent Science Communication 2025 from Marion Schmidt (CCO of TUD) and Matthias Mayer (Körber Foundation).
Prof. Simon Meier-Vieracker, Chair of Applied Linguistics, received the main prize of 5,000 euros for his exemplary and very innovative communication of linguistic findings and phenomena on the TikTok platform to young people in particular.
f.l.: Chiara Löffler, Marion Schmidt, Beatrice Lugger, Hannah Muti
Dr. Hannah Muti, a doctor in advanced training in visceral surgery at Dresden University Hospital, and Dr. Chiara Löffler, a clinical scientist at the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health at TUD, received the second prize for PhD students and postdocs endowed with EUR 2,500. The two doctors received the award for their podcast "AbendVisite".
Prof. Steffen Marx also received a special mention for his scientific explanation of the partial collapse of Dresden's Carola Bridge.
The 2025 nominees
The jury nominated six projects for the award from a total of 28 submissions:
- Prof. Simon Meyer-Vieracker with #LinguisTikTok,
- Prof. Anja Besand with "Simply well done - political education in Saxony",
- Prof. Jens Krzywinski with the COSMO Science Forum,
- Prof. Michael Kobel with the Masterclasses in Nuclear and Particle Physics,
- Dr. Hannah Muti and Dr. Chiara Löffler with the podcast "AbendVisite" and
- Frank Peters/CeTI with the "Robotersinfonie".
The jury
A jury of renowned external experts in science communication evaluated the applications and proposals and selected the winners.
Jury meeting (f.l.): Katharina Goedecke, Beatrice Lugger, Matthias Mayer, Stefan Brandt, Julia Koch, Marcus Anhäuser
The 2025 jury included:
- Marcus Anhäuser, science and medical journalist, among others for "RiffReporter.de" and "Spektrum Verlag"
- Stefan Brandt, Director of the Futurium in Berlin
- Katharina Goedecke on behalf of Cordula Kleidt, former Head of the "Science Communication; Science Years" department at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
- Julia Koch, editor at "DER SPIEGEL" in the science and technology section
- Beatrice Lugger, Vice President for communication at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)
- Matthias Mayer, Head of Department Science at the Körber Foundation
Further information on the award ceremony 2025 can be found in the news of May 16, 2025.
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Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the Free State of Saxony as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Government