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- funded by the Walter Kölle Foundation -
The Divisions Water Chemistry Society of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) has been awarding the Division Award of Water Chemistry since 1971 on the occasion of its annual conference WATER, provided that the candidates are worthy of the award. The prize recognises outstanding scientific achievements by young scientists in the field of water chemistry and is awarded to people who completed their doctorates no more than ten years ago. The award includes an award certificate and prize money of 3000 euros sponsored by the Walter-Kölle-Stiftung. The award is decided by all unbiased members of the Board of Water Chemistry.
Criteria: (1) Outreach, dissemination, and impact in water management and water chemistry (2) impactful scientific contribution to water science, (3) demonstrated independent research trajectory, (4) academic services in water chemistry in the DACH region, etc.
The honour, originally established under the name "Division Award", has been known since 2011 as the "Society of Water Chemistry Award - sponsored by the Walter Kölle Foundation".
The prize has not yet been announced.
| Year | Awardee:in | Affiliation at the time of the award |
| 2023 | Dr. Uwe Kunkel | Augsburg |
| 2022 | Dr. Oliver Happel | Karlsruhe |
| 2021 | Dr. Thorsten Hüffer | Vienna, AT |
| 2020 | Dr. Arne Wick | Koblenz |
| 2019 | Dr Holger Lutze | Essen |
| 2017 | Dr.Ing. Aki Sebastian Ruhl | Berlin |
| 2013 | Dr Martin Elsner | Neuherberg |
| 2011 | Dr Michael Radke | Stockholm, SE |
| 2008 | Dr Martin Elsner. Carsten Schmidt | Cologne |
| 2007 | Dr Frank von der Kammer | |
| 2005 | Prof Dr Thilo Hofmann | Vienna, AT |
| 2004 | Dr. Thomas Heberer Dr Thomas Ternes | Berlin Idstein |
| 2001 | Dr Michael Hupfer Dr Christian Zwiener | Berlin Karlsruhe |
| 2000 | Dr. Michael Weller | Munich |
| 1999 | Dr Thorsten Reemtsma | Berlin |
| 1998 | Dr Adelheid Weßler | Mainz |
| 1992 | Dr. Gudrun Abbt-Braun | Karlsruhe |
| 1989 | Dr Heinz-Jürgen Brauch | Karlsruhe |
| 1988 | Dr Ptere Werner | Karlsruhe |
| 1987 | Dr. Ralf Klopp | Essen |
| 1986 | Dr Günther Baldauf Dr Ursula Obst | Karlsruhe Essen |
| 1985 | Dr. Christian Steinberg | Munich |
| 1984 | Dr Uwe Schöttler | Dortmund |
| 1983 | Dr Rolf Dieter Gimbel Dr Wolfgang Höll | Karlsruhe |
| 1982 | Dr. Martin Jekel | Karlsruhe |
| 1981 | Dr Ludwig Dinkloh | Bonn |
| 1979 | Dr Ernst Gilbert | Karlsruhe |
| 1978 | Dipl.- Ing.Ing. Sabine Normann Dr Ernst A. Nusch | Wiesbaden Essen |
| 1977 | Dr. Wolfgang Kühn | Karlsruhe |
| 1976 | Dr. Dietrich Maier | Überlingen |
| 1975 | Dr. Fritz Frimmel | Munich |
| 1973 | Dr Andreas Grohmann Dr Johannes K. Reichert | Berlin Mainz |
| 1972 | Dr. Ludwig Weil | Munich |
| 1971 | Dr Walter Kölle | Karlsruhe |