Jung-Stiftung - AUSGEZEICHNETE HUMANMEDIZIN

EXCELLENCE IN HUMAN MEDICINE

The Jung Foundation for Science and Research is committed to human medical science. It honours basic research in human medicine and especially the further research of clinical importance by annually awarding three prizes. The aim is to promote the development of new treatment options. The Jung Prize for Medicine, the Jung Gold Medal for Medicine and the Jung Career Advancement Award for Medical Research rank among the highest awards of their category throughout Europe with a total sum of €540,000. In addition, the Jung Foundation annually awards five fellowships in the field of human medicine and one fellowship in the field of medical history at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, as well as three "Deutschlandstipendien" to students of human medicine at the University of Hamburg. In total, the foundation provides funding worth up to €650,000.

Throughout their careers, the winners of the Jung Prize for Medicine have received other important awards as well. Three of them have even been awarded a Nobel Prize: Prof. Dr. Rolf Martin Zinkernagel in 1996, Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen in 2008 and Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier in 2020. There are also numerous laureates of the Jung Foundation among the important ERC Advanced Grants: Prof. Peter Carmeliet, Prof. Ulrich Hartl, Prof. Ivan Dikic, Prof. Stefanie Dimmeler, Prof. Jens Brüning, Prof. Gary Lewin and Prof. Ruth Ley as well as Prof. Christian Büchel in 2011 and in 2020 and Prof. Tobias Moser in 2015 and in 2022.

Since, 1976, the Jung Foundation has been honouring its award winners once a year. In 2026, this event took place in mid-May. You can view impressions of the event and portraits of the laureates here. To mark the 50th anniversary of the Jung Prize for Medicine, a Senate reception was held at Hamburg City Hall this year in addition to the award ceremony. You can view the speeches by our Chairman of the Board of Trustees and our Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board here.

In addition to the award ceremony, the Jung Symposium has also been held since 2021, at which the laureates present their award-winning research. Since 2023, the event has been held in a hybrid format: participants can follow the presentations as usual via livestream from anywhere in the world, as well as attend in person at the Ian K. Karan Lecture Hall at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf. You can find the presentations and highlights from the 2026 Jung Symposium here.