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How do I apply?

The Online mask for submitting your application is divided into three consecutive pages. It is ideal if you Gather all the information in a Word document in advance, save and then enter it into the individual fields of the online mask. Sources/literature references is the easiest way to load as a PDF in the attachment high. videos please enter as link to the video platform. The following information is required in this order – as stated Character numbers understand each other including spaces:

1st page: Contact details (including any other project participants) and Data protection consent

2nd page: Project information

• Project name
• Department
• Institution (where the project was carried out)
• Duration (since when, or from … to …)
• Funding (Who co-financed/financed the project?)
• Short description preferably as a structured abstract: background, goals, implementation, results and conclusion (or as a continuous text with relevant content), max. 2,500 characters
• Detailed project description: Background, max. 1,500 characters / Objective (concept, project design, methods), max. 2,500 characters / Implementation (degree of implementation, next steps), max. 2,500 characters / Practical relevance/benefit for the patient, max. 1,500 characters / Attachments: up to three files with a maximum of 5MB per file, in German or English. Use this option to provide us with additional information and media about your project (e.g. specialist publications, reports, sources/literature references).

3rd page: Awards

• Why should your project win an award? (max. 1,000 characters)
• What would you use the prize funds for? (max. 1,000 characters)
• How did you find out about the Lohfert Prize?
• Do you agree to your project being published on the Christoph Lohfert Foundation website? (In order to increase the visibility of the submitted projects, your project will be presented on our website with its title, short description, institution and contact person, even if it does not receive an award.)

Contact if you have any questions

Dr. Thomas Lehnert, Christoph Lohfert Foundation, T 040.55 77 54 00, E tl@christophlohfert-stiftung.de

General information

The Lohfert Prize honors tried-and-tested and sustainable concepts related to the topic of the tender. Ideally, these also focus on the needs and interests of patients. It is awarded annually in September as part of the Hamburg Health Industry Congress. We are particularly looking for concepts and projects that have already been implemented. The submitted projects and concepts should also meet the following criteria to be awarded the Lohfert Prize:

• The concept/project should contain fundamentally new approaches and quality-improving impulses.
• The implementation/introduction was carried out at least six months before receipt of the application
  started (no project description).
• The measures and instruments should be practice-oriented.
• The benefits of the concept/measure should be verifiable, measurable and transferable and ideally have already been demonstrated/evaluated.

The project information submitted must allow an assessment of the development of the concept in terms of content and time. An interdisciplinary jury made up of actors from the healthcare sector decides on the award of the prize.

More about the tender topic

Who can apply?

In principle, all participants in health care or corresponding institutions that can offer a tried-and-tested concept in German with the above-mentioned objective can apply. The application must be written in German and submitted online.

Important dates

Application deadline: February 28, 2025
Announcement of the award-winning project: May/June 2025
Award ceremony in Hamburg: September 16, 2025 as part of the Hamburg Health Industry Congress

Contact if you have any questions

Dr. Thomas Lehnert, Christoph Lohfert Foundation, T 040.55 77 54 00, E tl@christophlohfert-stiftung.de

Excluded from participation in the Lohfert Prize

Institutions that bear the name “Lohfert” and employees who are employed by such organizations or have other employment relationships are excluded from participating in the Lohfert Prize. “Inventions” or developments that have not yet been applied are not taken into account. The Lohfert Prize is limited to the German-speaking area. Legal recourse is excluded.

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