SIBYLLE RIED PRIZE
(29-08-1956 – 14-06-2000)
The members of the jury are:
Dr. med. Günter Krämer (Chair)
Neurozentrum Bellevue Zurich / Switzerland
Ingrid Coban
Social pedagogue, Epilepsie-Zentrum Bethel, Bielefeld
Dr. Gerd Heinen
Psychologist, Berlin
and in an advisory role
Dr. med. Matthias Ried
Brother of Sibylle Ried, Frankfurt am Main
Legal recourse is excluded.
SIBYLLE RIED PRIZE 2025
of the MICHAEL FOUNDATION
The SIBYLLE-RIED-PREIS has been awarded in German-speaking countries since 2001; it is named after Dr. medical Sibylle Ried (29. Aug. 1956 – 14. Jun. 2000).
Sibylle Ried was a pioneer in informing and training people with epilepsy and thus improving their treatment and advice. She worked closely with those affected.
The prize is intended to honor outstanding achievements by people and groups who, in the spirit of Dr. Ried, improve treatment and quality of life in the areas of neuropsychology, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, self-help work or similar for people with reached epilepsy.
The prize is endowed with € 2,500 and is awarded every two years at the joint annual conference of the German, Austrian, and Swiss section of the International League Against Epilepsy.
The prize money is put together from funds of the MICHAEL FOUNDATION as well as revenue of an endowment contribution, to which the following institutions and people have contributed: Aventis Pharma, Bayer AG, Boehringer-Ingelheim Intern, B.V. Prohema, Desitin Arzneimittel, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen-Cilag, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag, the Ried family, Anna Ruths, Frauke von Thümen, Adolf Messer Stiftung, and others
SIBYLLE RIED PRIZE 2025 awarded
The SIBYLLE RIED PRIZE 2025 was awarded to
Wolfgang Suchner & Hans Werner Otto
for their book
"Wolfgang fällt um – Das Loch in der Zeit" (“Wolfgang falls over – The hole in time”).
Application for the SIBYLLE RIED PRIZE
The Sibylle Ried Prize is awarded every two years. The next award ceremony will take place in 2027. The application period begins approximately one year before the award year. The exact dates will be announced here in due course.
Any forms of publications, documented activities and methods that target an improvement in the care and living conditions of people with epilepsy could have been used to apply for the SIBYLLE RIED PRIZE.
The language of the documentation has to be German, and the work must have taken effect in Germany, Austria or Switzerland by a group located there.
There is no requirement for a certain profession or age. Re-application is generally possible.
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