BRIESE Award for Marine Research

The shipping company Briese Schiffahrts GmbH & Co. KG (Leer), together with the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), a member of the DAM, has been awarding the “BRIESE Prize for Marine Research” since 2010. The prize, which is awarded annually, is intended to reward outstanding PhD theses in marine research, the results of which are particularly closely linked to the use of research vessels and the use and development of technology and/or data collection at sea. A primary criterion for awarding the contract is the scope of the scientific findings gained in the course of the work. The award comes with prize money of €5,000.

Applications are open to researchers who completed an outstanding PhD thesis at a German university no more than two years ago. All disciplines of marine research are addressed, including marine technology and climate research. Applications are made directly by the applicant. Applications will be evaluated by a scientific advisory board, if necessary, supported by further expert.

The members of the Scientific Advisory Board are:

• Dr. Marcus Dengler, GEOMAR, Kiel
• Prof. Dr. Dierk Hebbeln, MARUM, Bremen
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Labrenz, IOW, Warnemünde
• Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte, AWI, Bremerhaven
• Prof. Dr. Gregor Rehder (Vorsitz), IOW, Warnemünde

The application documents should comprise in a digital form:

– Short tabular curriculum vitae with list of publications
– doctoral certificate
– A copy of the doctoral thesis
– Short (max. 2 pages) explanation of the applicant as to why the submitted work is worthy of an award, i.e. of particular scientific importance and corresponds in a special way to the advertised criteria.
– Brief description of ship missions
– a letter of recommendation from a reviewer, which highlights the special quality of the work (not mandatory)

The application deadline is October 31, 2021.

Applications should be sent to:

Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung
Warnemünde
Direktorat
Reference: Briese-Preis
Seestraße 15
18119 Rostock-Warnemünde
Mail: ute.fensky(at)io-warnemuende.de

In case of questions referring to the shipping company turn to:

Sabine Kruse
Briese RESEARCH / Forschungsschifffahrt
Hafenstr. 6d (Haus Singapore)
26789 Leer
Mail: Sabine.Kruse@briese.de

Header image: Elisabeth Bauer