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 Zijl
2015 Arthur Palmer III
2014 Marc Baldus, Mei Hong, Ann McDermott, Beat H. Meier, Hartmut Oschkinat, and Robert Tycko
2013 Clare Grey
2012 Klaes Golman and Jan Henrik Ardenkjaer-Larsen
2011 Daniel Rugar, John Mamin, and John Sidles
2010 Paul Callaghan
2009 Daniel Weitekamp
2008 Malcolm Levitt
2007 Robert G. Griffin
2006 Thomas Szyperski, Eriks Kupce, Ray Freeman, and Rafael Bruschweiler
2005 Stephan Grzesiek
2004 Lewis Kay
2003 Jacob Schaefer
2002 Ad Bax, Aksel Bothner-By and James Prestegard
2001 Peter Boesiger, Klaas Prüßmann and Markus Weiger
2000 Lucio Frydman
1999 Konstantin Pervushin, Roland Riek, Gerhard Wider, and Kurt Wuthrich
