General Conditions for the Awarding of the Prize

The Victor-Franz-Hess Prize has been awarded since 1987 for outstanding doctoral theses in the field of nuclear and particle physics.

Since 2021, the Victor-Franz-Hess Prize has been awarded as part of the ÖPG Dissertation Prizes. The dissertation to be awarded must have been submitted and approved at an Austrian university. Furthermore, the approval should not have been more than two calendar years ago. In the interest of supporting young researchers, the prize recipient should generally not be older than 35 years. Nominations may be submitted by any ÖPG member, but not by the person to be awarded themselves. Nominations are to be addressed to the Chairperson of the Nuclear and Particle Physics Division.

Further information can be found on the website of the Austrian Physical Society: https://oepg.at/en/awards/oepg-dissertationspreis

Prize Recipients

2025    F. Hechenberger 
2025    F. Wagner
2024    R. Wutte
2023    J. Leutgeb
2020    T. Madlener    
2019    M. Turner    
2018     E. Brondolin    
2017     Ch. Kohlfürst    
2016     M. Riegler    
2015    V. Knünz    
2014     S. Friedreich    
2013     C. Lederer    
2012     T. Jenke    
2011     M. Huber    
2010     W. Dungel    
2009     E. Widl    
2008     V. Kain    
2007     S. Filip    
2006     H. Wöhri    
2005     C. Vockenhuber    
2004     B. C. Hiesmayr    
2003     D. Grumiller    
2002     L. Widhalm    
2001     A. Wallner    
2000     N. Neufeld    
1999     M. Nikbakht-Tehrani    
1996     H. Pernegger    
1995     T. Strobl    
1994     W. Beirl    
1991    D. Weselka    
1990     A. Rebhan    
1989     R. Frühwirth    
1988     H.-J. Schmiedmayer    
1987     M. Cargnelli