Förderpreis 2023 für Militärgeschichte und Militärtechnikgeschichte Supporting Prize 2023 for Military History and Military Technology History

The Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr, BAAINBw for short, is looking for the best scientific papers in the fields of military history and military technology history. The promotion prize, endowed with 20,000 euros, is intended to honor outstanding scientific work and at the same time promote young scientific talents. The papers must be submitted by January 31, 2023 to participate in the competition.

The promotion prize for military history and military technology history has been announced every two years since 2017 based on the evaluation of a specialist commission by the BAAINBw. The best scientific papers (diploma, master's theses, dissertations, habilitation theses, and comparable studies) are honored with the award. The award ceremony will be conducted in autumn 2023 by the President of BAAINBw.

The selection of works suitable for an award is made by an evaluation commission; the following individuals are currently members:

• Prof. Dr. Marian Füssel, Chair of Early Modern History with special emphasis on the History of Science at the Georg-August University of Göttingen
• Prof. Dr. Johannes Hürter, Institute of Contemporary History, Munich
• Ministerial Councillor Dipl.-Ing. Anke Meyer, Head of Department BMVg A IV 6,
• Prof. Dr. Sönke Neitzel, Chair of Military History/Cultural History of Violence at the University of Potsdam (Chairman),
• Research Director Dr. habil. Markus Pöhlmann, Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, Potsdam,
• Prof. Dr. Brendan Simms; Chair at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge,
• Senior Archive Director Michael Steidel, Federal Archives, Military Archives Department, Freiburg
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Thiemann, Professor at the Institute of Vehicle Technology and Drive System Technology (IFAS) at the Helmut Schmidt University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg as well as
• Ministerial Director Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Vogler, Head of Department BMVg HC I 5.

Conditions of Participation

The papers to be submitted must be written in German or English and completed or submitted at universities, colleges, or institutes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland between 2021 and 2023. They must be sent by January 31, 2023 (date of postage) to:

Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr

- Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung -

Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Straße 1, 56073 Koblenz

Telephone: 02 61/983692-1422 or 1423

Fax: 02 61/983692-1424

E-Mail: [email protected]

The works must be submitted in duplicate and as a pdf file. One copy will be included in the library of the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung and may be made accessible for study purposes; the second copy will be returned after the winners for 2023 have been determined. The copyrights of the applicants remain unaffected (non-transferability of copyright, § 29 para. 1 UrhG).

Documents to be attached:

a) Information about the person (contact details) and the academic career of the author must be included with the paper.

b) With the submission of the papers, the applicants must provide a written declaration stating that they grant the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology, and Use of the Bundeswehr, a free, non-exclusive, unlimited, irrevocable, and transferable right of use.

Only unpublished works will be accepted at the time of submission. For works in the field of military technology history, the series of books "Wehrtechnik und Wissenschaftliche Waffenkunde" is available. Authors are therefore expressly invited to submit works on historical and modern military technology as well as scientific-historical weapons studies, if they are of general interest.

Litigation is excluded.

Press contact:

Federal Office for Equipment, Information Technology and Use of the Bundeswehr
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56073 Koblenz
Tel. +49 (0) 261 400-12821
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