Since 2004, we award excellent contributions in the field of medical visualization. The price is named after the internationally renown pioneer in medical visualization, Prof. em. Dr Karl-Heinz Höhne, formerly active at the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf.

We invite junior researchers to participate in the current award selection until mid-June 2026. All relevant information is displayed below.

Karl-Heinz Höhne Award 2026

About the contest

Since 2004, the VCBM group awards every two years the Karl-Heinz Höhne Award for outstanding work in the area of Visual Computing in Biology and Medicine in cooperation with Brainlab AG, Gesellschaft für Informatik and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie eV (CURAC). We are awarding the price to an innovative work that focuses on visual computing technologies that are related to medical and biological questions.

Participation and Application

If you are a young scientist, we kindly invite you to submit academic work, e.g. a master thesis, or up to two publications (published or to be reviewed) related to visual computing in biology or medicine.

Terms and Conditions
(last modified 2026/02/02)

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline: 4 May 2026
  • Notification: 29 June 2026
  • Award ceremony: Upcoming Workshop of the workgroup

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact the chair persons (see contact).

The Jury

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Endowment

The award is usually endowed with 1,000 EUR which will distributed among all award winners. The actual sum per achievement will be specified later.