Otto Hintze Young Investigator Award of the Michael and Claudia Borgolte Foundation

The Otto Hintze Early Career Award of the Michael and Claudia Borgolte Foundation honors outstanding achievements by doctoral historians at the Institute of Historical Sciences of Humboldt University of Berlin every two years. With a prize amount of €3,000, the award offers postdoctoral researchers both financial recognition and societal visibility within the academic community. The award commemorates Prof. Dr. Otto Hintze (1861–1940), whose scholarly work focused primarily on Prussian studies and transcultural-comparative constitutional and social history in the tradition of Max Weber. Since its inaugural presentation in 2013, several doctoral and habilitation theses have received this excellence award, which is part of the foundation’s funding activities aimed at strengthening early-career researchers.

Eligible to participate are graduates and staff of the Institute of Historical Sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin who have successfully completed a doctorate in history. Submissions are accepted biennially, with the jury evaluating the entries based on scholarly quality, degree of innovation, and contribution to historical science. The Otto Hintze Early Career Award targets researchers wishing to present their doctoral or habilitation thesis to a broad professional audience, thereby promoting scholarly dialogue. The award ceremony takes place in Berlin, emphasizing the capital’s role as a significant center for humanities research and early-career support.