1996
- Eduard Arzt - metallic science (University of Stuttgart and Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart)
- Hans Werner Diehl - theoretical physics (University of Duisburg and Essen)
- Gerd Faltings - mathematics (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn)
- Ulf-Ingo Flügge - biochemistry of plants, (University of Cologne)
- Wolfgang Klein - linguistics (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)
- Dieter Langewiesche - modern history (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen)
- Reinhart Georg Lührmann - molecular biology (Philipps University of Marburg)
- Joachim Reitner - paleontology (Georg August University of Göttingen)
- Michael Reth - immunology (Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg)
- Wolfgang Schnick - solid state chemistry (University of Bayreuth)
- Winfried Schulze - history of early modern Europe (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)
- Reinhard Zimmermann - history of law and civil law (University of Regensburg)
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