Call for Applications – Hanns-Langendorff-Prize 2026
The NSFS Board has been made aware of the Hanns-Langendorff prize for 2026.
The award is intended to honor early-career researchers who have distinguished themselves through outstanding work in the field of medical radiation protection and/or radiation research.
The original announcement is in German and can be found here. An AI generated translation into English is provided below.
Applications in English as well as in German are accepted, and the deadline is March 10, 2026.
HANNS-LANGENDORFF FOUNDATION
Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Augsburg
Stenglinstraße 2, 86156 Augsburg, Germany
Board: Dr. med. Christian Pfob, MBA
Hanns-Langendorff Award
The Hanns-Langendorff Foundation, in cooperation with the German Association for Radiation Protection (Fachverband für Strahlenschutz e. V.), awards the Hanns-Langendorff Award to promote young scientists in the field of medical radiation protection.
The award is intended to honor early-career researchers who have distinguished themselves through outstanding work in the field of medical radiation protection and/or radiation research.
Endowment
The Hanns-Langendorff Award is endowed with EUR 3,000.00.
Eligible Work
Eligible for funding are works from the following areas:
- Radiobiological and physical fundamentals
- Applied radiation protection in
- X-ray diagnostics
- Nuclear medicine
- Radiation therapy
- Clinical application of ionizing radiation
- Medical emergency preparedness
- Interdisciplinary and innovative aspects of medical radiation protection
The work may be written in German or English. In the case of work that has already been published, the applicant must have made a substantial personal contribution; this generally requires first or last authorship.
Eligibility Requirements
Applications may be submitted by early-career researchers whose submitted work has not yet received a scientific award at the time of application.
Application Documents
The application should include the following documents:
- The scientific work (as a PDF file)
- A curriculum vitae in tabular form
- A list of publications
- A brief description of the applicant’s own contribution to the work (in the case of multiple authors)
Submission
The complete application documents must be submitted electronically by 10 March 2026 to:
Board of the Hanns-Langendorff Foundation: christian.pfob@uk-augsburg.de
Award Ceremony
The Hanns-Langendorff Award will be presented during the Annual Conference of the German Association for Radiation Protection (Fachverband für Strahlenschutz e. V.), taking place from 28 September to 2 October 2026 in Winterthur, Switzerland.