The Auschwitz Foundation awards annually two research prizes in honour of all victims of the Nazi concentration camps and extermination centres, the ‘Auschwitz Foundation Prize’, since 1986, and the ‘Auschwitz Foundation – Jacques Rozenberg Prize’, since 2002 with the support of the Rozenberg-Caillet Foundation.

The prizes have as objective to encourage and support scientific research. In particular unpublished research into historical, social, political, economic, cultural and ideological processes that have led to mass crimes, crimes against humanity and genocides.

• The ‘Auschwitz Foundation Prize’ is awarded for research works (such as doctoral dissertations, book manuscripts,…) and amounts to €3,000

• The ‘Auschwitz Foundation – Jacques Rozenberg Prize’ is awarded for master’s theses and amounts to €2,000.

Check this overview (pdf) to determine which award or research grant your research project is eligible for.
Please also carefully check the regulations (pdf) to ensure that your prize application meets all requirements.

You can apply by submitting the appropriate application form before 15 December 2026.

For further information, please contact the Auschwitz Foundation.

Overview of the laureates of the International Auschwitz Foundation Awards

Award ceremonies on our YouTube channel

The Foundation Auschwitz Prizes have been granted for the academic year 2025-2026 to the following researchers:

• The ‘Foundation Auschwitz Prize’ (€3,000) to Verena MEIER for her work Kriminalpolizei und Völkermord. Die nationalsozialistische Verfolgung von Sinti und Roma in Magdeburg und die Aufarbeitung dessen unter den Alliierten sowie in der DDR, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg.

• The ‘Foundation Auschwitz – Jacques Rozenberg Prize’ (€2,000) to Kaïna LOUNIS TEILLIER for her work The Role of the Ku Klux Klan in the Transatlantic Circulation of Fascism between the United States and Germany from 1918 to 1968, Unpublished master’s thesis, Sorbonne Université, Paris.

• Special Mention from the Jury to Claire ASLANGUL-RALLO for her work Promouvoir l’image de l’Allemagne nazie à l’étranger. Histoire et stratégies de communication du magazine Signal (1940-1945), Unpublished habilitation dissertation, Sorbonne Université, Paris, 2025.

The Foundation Auschwitz Research Grants have been attributed for the academic year 2025-2026 to the following researchers:

•  The ‘Foundation Auschwitz Research Grant’ (€3,000) to Amélie FAUCHEUX for her project « Umva 1994 » – Le génocide des Tutsi Rwandais par ses témoins (Audio podcast in preparation).

• The ‘Foundation Auschwitz – Jacques Rozenberg Research Grant’ (€3,000) to Nina DOMBOY for her project Vieille âme (Play).

The academic session for the presentation of the Foundation Auschwitz Prizes 2025-2026, will take place on Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 6 PM sharp (guest welcome from 5:30 PM) in the Gothic Room of Brussels City Hall.

To attend the academic session, prior registration is required (mentioning name, position and e-mail address).