Honors
Maier-Leibnitz was awarded a number of honors, including:
- 1965 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Vienna
- 1966 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Grenoble
- 1996 – Stern-Gerlach-Medaille of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.
- 1971 – Carus Medal of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1972 – Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1973 – Honorary doctorate from the University of Reading.
- 1973 – Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 1979–1984 – Member and later Chancellor of the Pour le Mérite for Science and Art
- 1980 – Freiherr vom Stein Prize.
- 1981 – Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1984 – Otto Hahn Prize of the City of Frankfurt am Main
- 1985 – Wilhelm Exner Medal.
- 1986 – Otto Hahn Prize for Chemistry and Physics of the German Chemical Society and the German Physical Society
- 1988 – Lorenz Oken Medal.
- 1991 – Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Sash of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1995 – Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- 2000 – Golden Ring of Honor of the Technical University of Munich
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