The association awards the master student award twice a year. The prize is aimed at master students who have made a special contribution with their master thesis to making the vision of the association a reality. Up to €3,000 in prize money can be awarded per call for applications. The jury decides on the distribution of the prize money to the winners. The application form can be downloaded here.

[1] Submission of the application for master students who completed their master degree after July 1st, 2024 by sending it to info@foerderverein-solare-energiesysteme.de. Deadline is April 28, 2025.

[2] The jury invites selected master students to give a short personal presentation.

[3] Awarding of the prizes in July 2025.


Master Student Award Winners:

Ausschreibung / Call Preisträger:in / Awardee Titel der Masterarbeit / Title of the master thesis
Jul 22 Johanna Kucknat The Role of the European Green Deal for the Decarbonization of the Chemical Sector.
Dec 22 Chinmay Rajeev Bapat Development of Silicon-Polymer-Composites for Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Jul 23 Ella Supik Electrical and Optical Defect Characterization of Epitaxially Grown Silicon.
Nicolas Vollmar Auslegung, Aufbau und Inbetriebnahme eines 100 kVA Antriebsinverters für hybrid-elektrische Antriebssysteme in der Luftfahrt.
Dec 23 Johanna Aulich Advanced IV Characterisation Methods for Triple-junction Solar Cells under Different Spectral Conditions.
Anna Rothenhäusler Control of Battery Systems in Industrial Companies with Reinforcement Learning.
Mohamed Mahmoud Perovskite-silicon Tandem Solar Cells.
Jul 24 Vera Büttner Untersuchung der Ammoniakadsorption unter PtX-Synthesebedingungen.
Anahí Romero Development and optimization of a slot-die coating process to produce anode catalyst layers for PEM water electrolysis.
Tom Hoger Effects of Structural Changes in Metal Meshes on the Flow of Shear-Thinning Fluids Using CFD Simulation.
Dec 24 Anna Damm Vergleich der Hydrogenisierungs-Eigenschaften für passivierende Kontakte mit n- und p-dotiertem polykristallinem Silizium.
Jenny Norberg Folienbasierte Nanoimprintlithographie für photonische Strukturen in der Photovoltaik.
Alain Cerny Prelithiated Silicon as Anode Material for All-Solid-State-Batteries.