{"id":2976,"date":"2026-02-13T09:25:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T08:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:56:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:56:37","slug":"best-research-environment-award-apply-by-1-mar-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/2026\/02\/13\/best-research-environment-award-apply-by-1-mar-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBest Research Environment\u201d award (apply by 1 Mar 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"338\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-14-32-36-Home.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3013\" style=\"width:390px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-14-32-36-Home.png 338w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-14-32-36-Home-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-14-32-36-Home-220x64.png 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Die Junge Akad<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emie<\/a><\/em> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkswagenstiftung.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volkswagen Foundation<\/a> are once again jointly offering the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\/projekte\/best-research-environment-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prize for the best research environment in 2026<\/a><\/strong>. Five teams will be selected at random from a shortlist and each will receive \u20ac10,000. The award emphasises the significance of a good research environment for scientific performance, and support and appreciation for each individual researcher, as well as honouring each research community member\u2019s contribution to scientific progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications are possible until <strong>1 March 2026<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>At least two members of a research environment can jointly submit an application. The research environment must be primarily based in the German science system. The nominating researchers should also be in an early-to-middle stage of their careers (i.e. master\u2019s or doctoral students, postdocs, up to R3) or be part of an environment that supports scientific activities, provided they are directly involved in research. At the time of application, the research environment must have been in existence for at least two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information on terms and conditions or the application procedure of the the \u2018Best Research Environment\u2019 award, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\/projekte\/best-research-environment-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please visit the homepage<\/a> or contact <a href=\"mailto:forschungsumfeld@diejungeakademie.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forschungsumfeld@diejungeakademie.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Die Junge Akad<\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emie<\/a><\/em> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkswagenstiftung.de\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volkswagen Foundation<\/a> are once again jointly offering the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diejungeakademie.de\/en\/projekte\/best-research-environment-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prize for the best research environment in 2026<\/a><\/strong>. Five teams will be selected at random from a shortlist and each will receive \u20ac10,000. The award emphasises the significance of a good research environment for scientific performance, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/2026\/02\/13\/best-research-environment-award-apply-by-1-mar-2026\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270,267],"tags":[277],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3023,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/3023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}