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Jochen Feldmann – optoelectronical component (LMU Munich)
Eduard Christian Hurt – molecular biology (Heidelberg University)
Hans Keppler – mineralogy (University of Tübingen)
Arthur Konnerth – neurophysiology (LMU Munich)
Ulrich Konrad – musicology (University of Würzburg)
Martin Krönke – immunology/cell biology (University of Cologne)
Joachim Küpper – Romantic literary theory (Free University of Berlin)
Christoph Markschies – history of Christianity (Heidelberg University)
Wolfgang Marquardt – process systems engineering (RWTH Aachen University)
Helge Ritter – informatics (Bielefeld University)
Günter Ziegler – mathematics (Technische Universität Berlin)
2000:

Klaus Fiedler – cognitive social psychology (Heidelberg University)
Peter Greil – materials science (University of Erlangen–Nuremberg)
Matthias W. Hentze – molecular biology (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg)
Peter M. Herzig – geochemistry and economic geology (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology)
Reinhard Jahn – cellular biology (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute), Göttingen)
Aditi Lahiri – general linguistics (University of Konstanz)
Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff – public law (Bielefeld University)
Dieter Lüst – theoretical physics (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Stefan Müller – mathematics (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig)
Manfred Pinkal – computational linguistics (Saarland University)
Ilme Schlichting – biophysics (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund)
Friedrich Temps and Hans-Joachim Werner – physical chemistry (Kiel University) and theoretical chemistry (University of Stuttgart)
Martin Wegener – solid state physics (University of Karlsruhe)

=== 1999–1990 ===

1999:

Ekkard Brinksmeier – manufacturing engineering (University of Bremen)
Bernd Bukau – cellular biology (University of Freiburg)
Joachim Cuntz – mathematics (University of Münster)
Alois Fürstner – organometalic chemistry (Max Planck Institute für Kohlenforschung (Coal Research) (rechtsfähige Stiftung), Mülheim/Ruhr)
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf – Evangelical theology (University of Augsburg)
Ulrich Herbert – modern and contemporary history (University of Freiburg)
Martin Johannes Lohse – pharmacology (University of Würzburg)
Volker Mosbrugger – paleontology (University of Tübingen)
Hans-Christian Pape – neurophysiology (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg)
Joachim Ullrich – experimental physics (University of Freiburg)
1998:

Heinz Breer – zoology (University of Hohenheim)
Nikolaus P. Ernsting and Klaus Rademann – physical chemistry (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Hans-Jörg Fecht – metallic materials (University of Ulm)
Ute Frevert – modern history (Bielefeld University)
Wolf-Bernd Frommer – molecular plant physiology (University of Tübingen)
Christian Griesinger – organic chemistry (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Regine Hengge-Aronis – microbiology (University of Konstanz)
Onno Oncken – geology (GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam and Free University of Berlin)
Hermann Parzinger – prehistoric and early historical Europe (German Archaeological Institute, Berlin)
Ingo Rehberg – experimental physics (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg)
Dietmar Vestweber – cellular biology/biochemistry (University of Münster)
Annette Zippelius – solid state physics (University of Göttingen)
1997:

Thomas Boehm – molecular development biology (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg)
Wolfgang Ertmer – experimental physics (Leibniz University Hannover)
Angela D. Friederici – neuropsychology (Max Planck Institute for Neuropsychological Research, Leipzig)
Georg Fuchs – microbiology (University of Freiburg)
Jean Karen Gregory – material science (Technical University of Munich)
Andreas Kablitz – Romance philology/Italian studies (University of Cologne)
Matthias Kleiner – sheet metal forming (Brandenburg University of Technology)
Paul Knochel – organometallic chemistry (Marburg University)
Elisabeth Knust – development genetics (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
Stephan W. Koch – theoretical physics (Marburg University)
Christian F. Lehner – molecular genetics (University of Bayreuth)
Stefan M. Maul – ancient orientalism (Heidelberg University)
Ernst Mayr – information theory (Technical University of Munich)
Gerhard Wörner – mineralogy/geochemistry (University of Göttingen)
1996:

Eduard Arzt – materials science (University of Stuttgart and Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart)
Hans Werner Diehl – theoretical physics (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Gerd Faltings – mathematics (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn)
Ulf-Ingo Flügge – biochemistry of plants, (University of Cologne)
Wolfgang Klein – linguistics (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)
Dieter Langewiesche – modern history (University of Tübingen)
Reinhard Lührmann – molecular biology (Marburg University)
Joachim Reitner – paleontology (University of Göttingen)
Michael Reth – immunology (Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg)
Wolfgang Schnick – solid state chemistry (University of Bayreuth)
Winfried Schulze – history of early modern Europe (LMU Munich)
Reinhard Zimmermann – history of law and civil law (University of Regensburg)
1995:

Siegfried Bethke – elementary particle physics (RWTH Aachen University)
Niels Birbaumer – psychophysiology (University of Tübingen)
Hans-Joachim Freund – physical chemistry (Ruhr University Bochum)
Martin Grötschel – applied mathematics (Technische Universität Berlin)
Axel Haverich – surgery (Kiel University)
Gerhard Hirzinger – robotics (German Aerospace Center, Oberpfaffenhofen)
Thomas Jentsch – biochemistry (University of Hamburg)
Gerd Jürgens – molecular plant development (University of Tübingen)
Wolfgang Schleich – quantum optics (University of Ulm)
Manfred G. Schmidt – political science (Heidelberg University)
Thomas Schweizer (†) – cultural anthropology (University of Cologne)
Elmar Weiler – plant physiology (Ruhr University Bochum)
Emo Welzl – informatics (Free University of Berlin)
1994:

Gisela Anton – experimental physics (University of Bonn)
Manfred Broy and Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog – computer science (Technical University of Munich and University of Oldenburg)
Ulrich R. Christensen – geophysics (University of Göttingen)
Ulf Eysel – neurophysiology (Ruhr University Bochum)
Theodor Geisel – theoretical physics (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Peter Gruss – cellular biology (MPI for biophysical chemistry, Göttingen)
Wolfgang Hackbusch – numerical mathematics (Kiel University)
Adrienne Héritier and Helmut Willke – sociology/politology (Bielefeld University)
Stefan Jentsch – molecular biology (Heidelberg University)
Glenn W. Most – classical philology (Heidelberg University)
Johann Mulzer – organic chemistry (Free University of Berlin)
Peter Schäfer – Jewish studies (Free University of Berlin)
1993:

Christian von Bar – international privatright (Osnabrück University)
Johannes Buchmann and Claus Peter Schnorr – information theory (Saarland University and Goethe University Frankfurt)
Dieter Enders – organic chemistry (RWTH Aachen University)
Gunter Fischer – biochemistry (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg)
Michael Frotscher – neuroanatomy (University of Freiburg)
Jürgen Jost – mathematics (Ruhr University Bochum)
Regine Kahmann – molecular genetics (LMU Munich)
Wolfgang Krätschmer – nuclear physics (MPI for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg)
Klaus Petermann – high frequency technics (Technische Universität Berlin)
Wolfgang Prinz – psychology (MPI für für Psychologische Forschung, München)
Rudolf G. Wagner – sinology (Heidelberg University)
Jürgen Warnatz – technical combustion (University of Stuttgart)
1992: