This annual award of 100,000 € is offered to young scientists carrying out research of biomedical relevance in Heidelberg. The prize money of 90,000 € is for research purposes with the remaining 10,000 € for use at the recipient's discretion

In collaboration with the Society of Virology (GfV) the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation has launched “The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award for Distinguished Achievements in Virology”.This award will recognise outstanding achievements by an individual that contributed exceptionally to the field of virology either in basic or translational research, ideally in both fields, in a national and an international context.

In collaboration with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) the Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation has launched “The Chica and Heinz Schaller Foundation Award in Translational Neuroscience”. This award will recognise significant achievements by an individual in translational science, and in particular those where fundamental and conceptual understanding of the nervous system have been brought to support clinically relevant progress.