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The Feldberg Foundation promotes scientific exchange between German and British scientists in the field of experimental medical research. The foundation is registered in Hamburg, Germany with the secretariat based in the UK. The pharmacologist
Wilhelm Feldberg Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg (19 November 1900 – 23 October 1993) was a German-British physiologist and biologist. Biography Feldberg was born in Hamburg to a wealthy middle class Jewish family. He studied medicine at Heidelberg, Munich and ...
, who as a Jew had been forced to emigrate from Germany in 1933, used the pension he was given as
Emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...
Professor in Germany and the restitution money that he received from the German Government to establish the Feldberg Foundation in 1961. Each year a German and a British scientist are chosen, and each recipient gives a prize lecture in the other one's country.


Recipients


2021–2024


2011–2020


2001–2010


1991–2000


1981–1990


1971–1980


1961–1970


External links


Official Web Site
Academic awards Germany–United Kingdom bilateral relations organisations {{unsourced, date=August 2023