The Heinrich Wieland Prize is endowed by the independent Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation and awarded by a Board of Trustees.
In endowing the Heinrich Wieland Prize Boehringer Ingelheim demonstrates its commitment to promote research on lipids and other biologically active substances in the areas of chemistry, biochemistry, physiology and clinical medicine.
The prize is named after Professor Heinrich Wieland (1877 - 1957), a Nobel Prize Laureate in chemistry in 1927 and leading lipid chemist during the first half of the 20th century.
It also reflects the special relationship with Heinrich Wieland who was involved in the initial steps in Boehringer Ingelheim's pharmaceutical research.
Find more information on our Heinrich Wieland Prize Website.