Most important award for early-career researchers in Germany goes to Dr Dominika Wylezalek
Astrophysicist Dr Dominika Wylezalek, a scientist at the Centre for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH), has been selected for the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It pays tribute to her research projects on the development of galaxies and the role played by supermassive black holes at their centres. The prize, worth 200,000 euros each, is the most important award in Germany for researchers in the early phases of their career. The prize money can be spent over a period of up to three years for further research work. ...