1998
- Heinz Breer - zoology (University of Hohenheim)
- Nikolaus P. Ernsting and Klaus Rademann - physical chemistry (Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Hans-Jörg Fecht - metallic materials (University of Ulm)
- Ute Frevert - Neuere Geschichte (University of Bielefeld)
- Wolf-Bernd Frommer - molecular plant physiology (University of Tübingen)
- Christian Griesinger - organic chemistry (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)
- Regine Hengge-Aronis - microbiology (University of Constance)
- Onno Oncken - geology (GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam and Free University of Berlin)
- Hermann Parzinger - Vor- and Frühgeschichte Easeurope (German Archaeological Institute, Berlin)
- Ingo Rehberg - experimental physics (Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg)
- Dietmar Vestweber - cellular biology/biochemistry (University of Münster)
- Annette Zippelius - solid state physics (Georg August University of Göttingen)
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