Helmholtz Software Award
Helmholtz is home to numerous software projects that contribute significantly to excellent research achievements. The Helmholtz Research Software Award aims to promote the development of professional, high-quality, and sustainable research software and to recognize commitment to software as the basis of modern data science.
The Helmholtz Software Award is presented by Helmholtz Federated IT Services (HIFIS), the Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA), and the Helmholtz Open Science Office.
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Winners of the Helmholtz Software Award 2024
Evaluation completed
The evaluation of the software projects submitted for the second competition has been completed and the winners have been announced. The prize commitee would like to thank all the teams that took part and congratulates the winners. The award ceremony took place at the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Incubator Conference on November 24, 2025.
Congratulations to the winners
- Scientific Originality Prize (Main Award, EUR 5.000):
CP2K (Quantum Chemistry and Solid State Physics)
https://helmholtz.software/software/cp2k
Representative: Thomas Kühne (HZDR) - Sustainability Prize (3.000 EUR):
FastSurfer (Human Brain MRI Analysis)
https://helmholtz.software/software/fastsurfer
Representative: Martin Reuter (DZNE) - Newcomer Prize (EUR 2.000):
MemBrain v2 (Cryo-ET Membranes Analysis)
https://helmholtz.software/software/membrain-v2
Representative: Lorenz Lamm (Helmholtz Munich)
Winners of the Helmholtz Software Award 2023
- Scientific Originality Prize (Main Award, EUR 5.000):
CellRank (dynamics from multi-view single-cell data)
https://helmholtz.software/software/cellrank
Representative: Philipp Weiler (HMGU) - Sustainability Prize (3.000 EUR):
ESMValTool (Earth System Model Evaluation Tool)
https://helmholtz.software/software/earth-system-model-evaluation-tool-esmvaltool
Representative: Birgit Hassler (DLR) - Newcomer Prize (EUR 2.000):
openCARP (Cardiac Electrophysiology Simulator)
https://helmholtz.software/software/opencarp
Representative: Axel Löwe (KIT)
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