The Hermann Staudinger Prize is awarded by the German Chemical Society for groundbreaking work in the field of macromolecular chemistry and polymer science.
It comes with a gold medal and a sum of money (currently 7500 euros).
It is awarded in even-numbered years and is named after the Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Hermann Staudinger, who is the founder of the field.
[1] The prize started in 1970 through donation from BASF and the first prize was handed out in 1971.
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