The Günther Laukien Prize is a prize "to recognize recent cutting-edge experimental NMR research with a high probability of enabling beneficial new applications". The prize was established in 1999 in memoriam to Günther Laukien, who was a pioneer in NMR research. The prize money of $15,000 is financed by Bruker, the company founded by Laukien. The recipients of the Günther Laukien Prize have been:
2016 Robert S. Balaban and Peter van Zijl2015 Arthur Palmer III2014 Marc Baldus, Mei Hong, Ann McDermott, Beat H. Meier, Hartmut Oschkinat, and Robert Tycko2013 Clare Grey2012 Klaes Golman and Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen2011 Daniel Rugar, John Mamin, and John Sidles2010 Paul Callaghan2009 Daniel Weitekamp2008 Malcolm Levitt2007 Robert G. Griffin2006 Thomas Szyperski, Eriks Kupce, Ray Freeman, and Rafael Bruschweiler2005 Stephan Grzesiek2004 Lewis Kay2003 Jacob Schaefer2002 Ad Bax, Aksel Bothner-By and James Prestegard2001 Peter Boesiger, Klaas Prüßmann and Markus Weiger2000 Lucio Frydman1999 Konstantin Pervushin, Roland Riek, Gerhard Wider, and Kurt Wuthrich