Motivation for a career in science

It’s a real heavyweight: the Otto Hahn Medal with which very good achievements on the part of Max Planck junior scientists are recognized, weighs a proud 400 grams.

Every year, the Max Planck Society awards the Otto Hahn Medal and 7,500 euros of prize money to its best junior scientists - mostly for achievements in connection with their doctorates.

The young scientists are nominated by the Directors of the Max Planck Institutes at which they have conducted research for their doctoral thesis.