With prize money of up to 1.65 million euros per award winner, the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award enables scientists from overseas to continue their excellent research or begin a new research project. Over a period of five years, the award winners can undertake their own project with their own research group at an institute of their choice.
Hitoshi Omori (EN)
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Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Award Winner Dr. Hitoshi Omori
Dr. Hitoshi Omori received the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award in 2018.
Hitoshi Omori was born in Japan and studied at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he also received his PhD. Subsequently, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the City University of New York, USA, and several universities in Japan. In addition, Hitoshi Omori was a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne, Australia, the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom, and Ruhr University Bochum. At Ruhr University, he has continued his research as a Sofja Kovalevskaja Award winner at the Department of Philosophy I since December 2018.
Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards