Awarding the Supervisor Award at Leipzig University aims to express appreciation for excellent supervisors, to make high-quality supervision visible and to raise awareness of the topic of "standards of good supervision for doctoral researchers".
The Supervisor Award is endowed with 3000 €. The prize money is to be used for the promotion of young researchers and/or for research projects.
The winner of the 2025 Supervisor Award is:
- Prof. Dr. Nico Eisenhauer, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
The following supervisors were nominated for the short-list and thus receive a certificate of recognition:
- PDin Dr.in Maja-Theresa Dieterlen
- Prof.in Dr.in Anne Marie Elbe
- Prof. Dr. Ralf Haekel
- Prof.in Dr.in Elisa Hoven
- Prof.in Dr.in Christina Lamers
- Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold
- Prof.in Dr.in Solveig Richter
The prize was awarded on Doctoral Researchers' Day on November 12, 2025 by Prof Brigitte Latzko, Vice-Rector for Talent Development and Head of the Graduate Academy. A total of 72 nominations were received for 40 supervisors from 13 faculties.
