The IQ Award is a prize donated by the high-
IQ association
Mensa
Mensa may refer to:
* Mensa International, an organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ)
* Mensa (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname
* Mensa (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky
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to honor people and organisations who have made remarkable contributions to public welfare by an intelligent idea, scientific research about human intelligence or the positive image of intelligence in the public. Candidates can be nominated by Mensa members and former award winners. After being checked by an internal commission, all Mensa members can vote for which nominee to win the award.
History
The German IQ Award is held annually since 2004. The winners are:
* 2004:
Albrecht Beutelspacher
Albrecht Beutelspacher (born 5 June 1950) is a German mathematician and founder of the Mathematikum. He is a professor emeritus of the University of Giessen, where he held the chair for geometry and discrete mathematics from 1988 to 2018.
Bi ...
for his
Mathematikum
* 2005:
Günther Jauch for his TV show "Der Große IQ-Test" (''The big IQ test'')
* 2006: ''
Die Sendung mit der Maus'', a children's TV series
* 2007:
Ranga Yogeshwar
Ranganathan Gregoire Yogeshwar (born 18 May 1959) is a Luxembourgish physicist and science journalist based in Germany. He started gaining attention at the end of the 1980s in the German-speaking area for his science documentaries that were of ...
, a German TV host
* 2008:
Dieter Nuhr, a comedian
* 2009:
Harald Lesch, an astrophysicist and TV host
* 2010:
Spektrum der Wissenschaft, the German issue of ''
Scientific American
''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it i ...
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Since 2011 the award is issued in the two categories "Wissenschaft/Innovation" (''Science/Innovation'') and "Kultur/Medien" (''Culture/Media''):
* 2011:
Heatball and
Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht (; born 8 December 1964) is a German philosopher and author of successful popular science books about philosophical issues. He hosts the TV show " Precht" on ZDF.
He is an honorary professor of philosophy at the Leuphana ...
* 2012:
Eckart von Hirschhausen and due to the same number of votes
Franz Porzsolt and for
ScienceBlogs
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* 2013:
Auticon
Auticon (stylized "auticon") is an international information technology consulting firm that exclusively employs adults on the autism spectrum as Information technology (IT) consultants. Auticon identifies as a social enterprise.
Services ma ...
* 2014:
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonathan Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is a British film, television and theatre actor. He achieved early success for his portrayal of Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson in the dark comedy-drama film '' Trainspotting'' (1996) and as Dade Murphy in ...
. Initially
Edward Snowden
Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American and naturalized Russian former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, when he was an employee and s ...
had been nominated by Mensa members, and the IQ commission had approved his nomination, the managing board of Mensa revoked Snowden's nomination because "Mensa is not allowed to comment on political issues." Jonny Lee Miller then garnered the most votes and won the award.
[{{cite web , url=https://www.freitag.de/autoren/felix-werdermann/kein-iq-preis-fuer-edward-snowden , title=Kein IQ-Preis für Edward Snowden (''No IQ Award for Edward Snowden'') , first=Felix , last=Werdermann , work= der Freitag , date=21 January 2015 , accessdate=22 January 2015 ]
* 2015: Category 1 (Intelligent contributions to the Greater Good):
foodsharing.de, Category 2 (Intelligent Dissemination of Knowledge):
Daniele Ganser
Daniele Ganser (born 29 August 1972, in Lugano) is a Swiss author and conspiracy theorist. He is best known for his 2005 book ''NATO's Secret Armies'', an adaption of his 2001 dissertation.
Background
His father Gottfried Ganser-Bosshart (1922� ...
, Category 3 (Intellectual Giftedness in the Public): Initiative ArbeiterKind.
* 2017: Category 1 (Intelligent contributions to the Greater Good):
One Dollar Glasses Category 2 (Intelligent Dissemination of Knowledge):
ScienceLab
References
Awards established in 2004
Mensa International
Humanitarian and service awards