Prizes and awards
So far, the Research Centre received more than 100 prizes and awards for scientific projects.
Stipends and grants / Research funding
Olympia Morata stipend for a 24 months research position (100%): Thomas BC. University of Heidelberg, Germany, 09/2016
ESCRS/ASCRS Exchange Grant: Kretz FTA. Awarded at the Winter Meeting of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in Istanbul, Turkey, 20.-22.02.2015
Foundation Resident Excellence Award 2014: Khoramnia R. Awarded by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Foundation Governing Board for the participation at the ASCRS Congress in Boston, USA, 25.-29.09.2014
Travel grant: Attia MSA. Awarded by the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery (DGII) for the participation at the Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in London, England, 13.09-17.09.2014
Travel Award 2014: Linz, K. Awarded by "The Ophthalmologist" for the article "Fluocinolone Acetonide Intravitreal Implant for Diabetic Macular Edema: A Case Report", June 2014
Travel grant: Auerbach FN. Awarded by the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery (DGII) for the participation at the Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in Amsterdam, Holland, 05.-09.10.2013
Travel grant: Khoramnia R. Awarded by the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery (DGII) for the participation at the Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) in Amsterdam, Holland, 05.-09.10.2013
Travel grant: Fitting A. Awarded by the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery (DGII) for the participation at the 26th DGII Congress in Berlin, Germany, 08.-10.03.2012
Travel grant: Thomas BC. Awarded by the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery (DGII) for the participation at the 26th DGII Congress in Berlin, Germany, 08.-10.03.2012
Research grant awarded for a full six months research position: Thomas BC. Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 06/2011
Young-Investigator-Award for a full 24 months research position: Menassa N. Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 01.12.10-30.06.2011.
Travel grant: Rabsilber TM. Awarded by the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) for the participation at the 15th ESCRS Winter Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 18.-20.02.2011
Research grant awarded for a full three months research position: Sanchez MJ. Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, 09/2010
Foreign advanced training grant for four weeks: Sanchez MJ. European Board of Ophthalmology, 07/2010
Olympia Morata stipend for a 24 months research position (50%): Rabsilber TM. University of Heidelberg, Germany, 03/2009
Löhn-Prize - Transfer prize of the Steinbeis-Foundation: Auffarth GU, Herbrechtsmeier P, Müller A. "Subconjunctival Biochip for Photometric Blood Glucose Measurement", Stuttgart, Germany, 25.09.2009
Project funding of the Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS): Auffarth GU. "Accommodation", 2008
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) - Graduate grant: Nishi Y, 10/2005, 1 year
Young-Investigator-Award for a full 24 months research position: Rabsilber TM. Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 12/2004
Prize for outstanding research of the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) for the innovative project on "Anterior segment surgery": Auffarth GU. Awarded at the 102nd DOG Annual Congress, Berlin, Germany, 23.-26.09.2004
DFG (German Research Foundation) and DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Congress travel grants: Rabsilber TM, Holzer MP
Congress presentations
The chart below summarises the congress presentations and publication awards:
| Prizes and awards | 1999-2015 |
|---|---|
| Scientific videos | 38 |
| Scientific posters | 25 |
| Lectures | 46 |
| Other awards | 34* |
The other awards marked with * are listed below.
DOC Bronze Medal: Holzer MP. Awarded at the International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC), Nuremberg, Germany, 11.-13.06.2015
Senior Achievement Award and International Scholar Award: Holzer MP. Awarded at the Congress of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in Chicago, USA, 18.-21.10.2014
Service in Ophthalmology Gold Medal: Auffarth GU, Holzer MP. Awarded at the Eye Advance Congress in Mumbai, India, 20.-22.06.2014
DOC Silver Medal: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC), Nuremberg, Germany, 15.-17.05.2014
DOC Bronze Medal: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the International Congress of German Ophthalmic Surgeons (DOC), Nuremberg, Germany, 13.-15.06.2013
Publication award: Surgical training in a virtual reality simulator: Benefits for becoming eye surgeons: Kretz FTA, Sanchez MJ, Limberger I-J, Auffarth GU. Awarded at the Congress of the German-speaking Society of Intraocular Lens Implantation, Interventional and Refractive Surgery (DGII), Heidelberg, Germany, 11.-13.04.2013
Distinguished Gold Medal Service Award of the International Academy for Advances in Ophthalmology (IAA): Auffarth GU. Awarded at the 9th EyeAdvance Congress in Mumbai, India, 02.-05.08.2012
Distinguished Gold Medal Service Award of the International Academy for Advances in Ophthalmology (IAA): Holzer MP. Awarded at the 9th EyeAdvance Congress in Mumbai, India, 02.-05.08.2012
DOC Gold Medal: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the International Congress of German Opthalmic Surgeons (DOC) in Nürnberg, Germany, 14.-16.06.2012
APAO Achievement Award: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the Congress of the Asian Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in Busan, South Korea, 13.-16.04.2012
Gold Medal Lecture: Auffarth GU. Lecture "New advances in lens removal and IOL implants" at the Congress of the Australasian Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (AUSCRS) in Canberra, Australia,17.-19.11.2011
KSCRS Award: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the Congress of the Asian-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (KSCRS) and the Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (KSCRS), Seoul, South Korea, 13.-16.10.2011
Partner of Honor of the Society ASETCIRC: Auffarth GU. 2nd Congress of the "Associacón Española de Tecnología y Cirugía de Implantes, Refractiva y Córnea" (ASETCIRC), Barcelona, Spain, 21.-22.01.2011
Keynote Lecture: Holzer MP, Auffarth GU, Ehmer A, Mannsfeld A, Rabsilber TM: "Two years follow-up of INTRACOR femtosecond laser treatments". 28th Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), Paris, France, 04.-08.09.2010
Senior Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the 113th Congress of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), San Francisco, USA, 24.-27.10.2009
Distinguished Gold Medal Service Award of the International Academy of Advances in Ophthalmology (IAA): Auffarth GU. Awarded in Mumbai, India
Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology: Rabsilber TM. Awarded at the Congress of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Atlanta, USA, 08.-11.11.2008
Honorary Scholar of the Chinese University of Hong Kong: Auffarth GU. Awarded at the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC), Hong Kong, China, 28.06-02.07.2008
Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO): Holzer MP. Awarded during the AAO Annual meeting in Chicago, USA, 14.-19.10.2005
Keynote Lecture "Accuracy of femtosecond laser in corneal surgery": Auffarth GU. XXIII Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), Lisbon, Portugal, 09.09-14.09.2005
Award of the honorary membership of the "Societas Hungaricum ad Implantandam Introcularum Lenticulum" (SHIOL): Auffarth GU. Awarded at the 17th Congress of the SHIOL, Kesthezely, Hungary, 30.03-02.04.2005
Keynote Lecture "Accommodative Intraocular Lenses": Auffarth GU. 32nd Bianual Meeting of the International Intraocular Lens Implant Club (IIIC), Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, 10.-12.02.2005
Keynote Lecture "Sealed Capsule irrigation for the prevention of posterior capsule irrigation": Auffarth GU. 32nd Bianual Meeting of the International Intraocular Lens Implantat Club (IIIC). Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, 10.-12.02.2005. Invited by the International Intraocular Lens Implant Club (IIIC)
Keynote Lecture "Glaucoma and inflammation after cataract surgery": Auffarth GU. 32nd All Gujarat Ophthalmological Conference, 09.-12.12.2004, Surat, India. Invited by the Gujarat Ophthalmological Society (GOS)
Keynote Lecture "Toric IOLs - A treatment modality for preexisting Corneal Astigmatism": Auffarth GU. 32nd All Gujarat Ophthalmological Conference, 09.-12.12.2004, Surat, India. Invited by the Gujarat Ophthalmological Society (GOS)
Keynote Lecture "Posterior Capsule Opacification": Auffarth GU. At the XXII Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), Paris, France, 18.-22.09.2004
Guy Hugh Chan Memorial Lecture, Hongkong Sanatorium & Hospital: Auffarth GU. Invited by the Guy Hugh Chan Foundation and the Hongkong Sanatorium & Hospital, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong, China, 08.06.2004
Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO): Auffarth GU. Awarded at the AAO Annual Meeting in New Orleans, USA, 10.-15.11.2001
Theodor Axenfeld Prize: Auffarth GU. Awarded by the German Society of Ophthalmology (DOG) and the Journal "Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde" at the 99th DOG Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 29.09.-02.10.2001