What is the Ernst-Achilles-Award 2025
The Ernst Achilles Prize 2025 honors final theses (Bachelor‘s & Master‘s) as well as dissertations that deal with outstanding innovations around the topic of fire protection. The aim is to promote and recognize innovative achievements in the sector and to inspire young professionals to work in the field of fire protection. In addition to the quality of the work, the relevance as well as the benefit for potential users are criteria for the evaluation of the work.
The following prize money will be awarded:
1st place: 2.500 EUR
2nd place: 1.500 EUR
3rd place: 750 EUR
The general submission criterias are:
- Graded theses (Bachelor, Master, PhD)
- Language: German or English
- Grading must be done in 2024 or 2025
- The topic must be related or applicable to fire protection and must also be innovative.
- Only works submitted until July 31th, 2025 will be considered.
- Works that have already been submitted in previous years cannot be considered again
Submissions are made using the online form on this website. The following documents must be submitted for full participation:
- Scientific work in pdf format
- Brief description of the work (max. 2 A4 pages)
- CV
- Proof of grading
- evtl. granted patents
Further informations: see conditions of participation
Download conditions of participation
By submitting your documents, you agree to the conditions of participation.
Who was Ernst Achilles?
Ernst Achilles is considered a pioneer in preventive fire protection and a pioneer in medical emergency rescue by the fire brigade. As head of the Frankfurt fire brigade and university lecturer for many years, he has significantly shaped German fire protection to this day with new ideas and solutions and is thus a representative of the spirit of further developing fire protection in Germany. Further information: Ernst Achilles Wikipedia
Our Jury
The following top-class jury will evaluate your work
- Prof. Roland Goertz
Head of d. Chair for Chemical Safety and Fire Protection, University of Wuppertal - Dr. Andreas Rogge
Head of Building Safety, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) - Rajko Rothe
Managing Director, Engineers for Applied Fire Protection Research – IFAB GmbH - Dirk K. Sprakel
Chairman of the Management Board, FOGTEC Brandschutz GmbH - Corinna Trettin
Fire protection expert, TÜV Süd Rail GmbH - Witali Engelhardt
Vice President, FM Approvals, EMEA
Schedule 2025
January - July
Submission phase
August - September
Evaluation phase by the jury
November
Award ceremony in Cologne