Since 2007, the state of Brandenburg has honored outstanding research achievements by young Brandenburg scientists by awarding the Postdoc Prize in the categories of humanities and social sciences as well as natural and engineering sciences. The prize is endowed with 20,000 euros each. With the award of the prize, the winners will also become Fellows of the Postdoc Network Brandenburg and benefit from the support offered by the network for the career development of doctoral researchers founded in 2018.