The Crl Zeiss Foundtion with its two foundtion compnies Schott Glswerke nd Crl Zeiss estblished the Ernst bbe Fund nmed fter its benefctor in 1989. The proceeds from the welth of the foundtion flow into two seprte reserch wrds tht ech hve vlue of EUR 25,000 nd hve been wrded on n lternting bsis ech yer since 1990 s the “Crl Zeiss Reserch wrd” nd the “Otto Schott Reserch wrd” to motivte nd promote minly young scientists. Both reserch wrds re governed by the Stifterverbnd für die Deutsche Wissenschft nd presented on n interntionl bsis. For this reson, the list of distinguished wrd winners includes the nmes of reserchers from the U.S.., Russi, Jpn, Chin nd other Europen countries, s well s physicists nd chemists from Germny.
