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- 2026 Grand Cross from Ordre Pour le Mérite in Science and Art (Germany)
- Michael Grätzel receives Germany’s Grand Cross of Merit with Star – EPFL
- 2026 Honorary Doctor of Sciences Degree – Chicago University (USA)
- https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/02/honorary-degree-recipients
- 2025 Cross of the Comitee Member Ordre Pour le Mérite in Science and Art (Germany)
- https://actu.epfl.ch/news/michael-gratzel-elected-member-of-order-pour-le–3/
- 2024 Medal De Scientia et Humanitate Optime Meritis, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republik)
- https://actu.epfl.ch/news/michael-gratzel-honorary-medal-from-czech-academ-2/
- 2023 Al Attiyah Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievements in Renewable Energy (Qatar)
- Six eminent persons honoured with Al-Attiyah International Energy Awards for Lifetime Achievement – Gulf Times
- 2022 Rank Prize in Optoelectronics for Pioneering Contributions to Perovskite Solar Cells (UK)
- 2022 – Rank Prize
- 2021 BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Science (Spain)
- Michael Grätzel, 13th Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences
- 2020 Materials Today Innovation Award (USA)
- https://www.elsevier.com/subject/materials-today/innovation-awards
- 2020 Diels – Planck Medal and Lecture, Kiel (Germany)
- https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/217-diels-planck-lecture
- 2018 August Wilhelm von Hofmann Memorial Medal, German Chemical Society (Germany)
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201807682
- 2017 Global Energy Prize, St. Petersburg (Russia)
- The 2017 Global Energy Prize: international award for low-cost and efficient solar cells – The Global Energy Association
- 2017 Zewail Prize and Medal in Molecular Science. Elsevier
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/chemical-physics-letters/about/awards/watch-a-video-from-the-2017-ahmed-zewail-prize-symposium
- 2017 RUSNANO Prize, Moscow (Russia)
- https://rusnor.org/network/social/user/9700/blog/3741/
- 2016 Centenary Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
- https://actu.epfl.ch/news/michael-gratzel-and-jieping-zhu-win-2016-rsc-awa-2/
- 2016 Paracelsus Prize and Medal of the Swiss Chemical Society (Swizerland)
- https://scg.ch/scg-news/paracelsus-2016-ceremony
- 2015 Ordre de mérite du canton de Vaud (Swizerland)
- https://www.vd.ch/ce/merite-cantonal-vaudois#c1191542
- 2015 King Faisal International Science Prize (Saudi Arabia)
- https://kingfaisalprize.org/professor-michael-gratzel-switzerland/
- 2014 Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels (Israel)
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-scientists-get-1m-worlds-biggest-alternate-fuel-prize/
- 2014 First Leigh-Ann Conn Prize in Renewable Energy, University of Kentucky (USA)
- https://www.leighannconnprize.org/laureate-2013
- 2013 Leonardo da Vinci Medal of the European Academy of Science.
- https://www.eurasc.eu/leonardo-da-vinci-award/
- 2013 Marcel Benoist Prize (Switzerland)
- https://www.admin.ch/en/nsb?id=50064
- 2012 Albert Einstein World Award of Science, World Cultural Council
- https://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners/winner-science/prof-michael-gratzel/
- 2012 Swisselectric Research Award
- https://www.espazium.ch/de/aktuelles/swisselectric-research-award-2012
- 2012 Elected Member of the German Academy of Science (Leopoldina)
- https://royalsociety.org/people/michael-graetzel-35818/
- 2011 Wilhelm Exner Medal, Vienna Austria
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9daille_Wilhelm-Exner
- 2011 Paul Karrer Gold Medal, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Karrer_Gold_Medal
- 2011 Federation of the European Material Societies (FEMS) Innovation Award.
- https://fems.org/fems-awards/fems-awards-archive/
(Materials Innovation Medal) - 2011 Gutenberg Research Award, University of Mainz, Germany.
- https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2011/07/07/strom-durch-kuenstliche-photosynthese-gutenberg-research-award-fuer-professor-michael-graetzel
- 2010 Galileo Galilei Award, Padova Italy
- https://wwwdisc.chimica.unipd.it/ispe12/awards.html
- 2010 Millenium Technology Grand Prize, Technology Academy Finland.
- https://www.kemira.com/news-and-stories/newsroom/news/professor-gratzel-wins-the-2010-millennium-technology-grand-prize-for-dye-sensitized-solar-cells/
- 2010 City of Florence Award of the Italian Chemical Society.
- https://www.cerm.unifi.it/premio-citta-di-firenze
- 2009 Balzan Prize, Balzan Foundation, Milano, Zurich.
- https://www.balzan.org/fr/laureats/michael-gratzel
- 2009 Galvani Medal of the Italian Chemical Society.
- https://sites.unimi.it/GEI2026/galvani-medal-2026/
- 2008 Harvey Prize in Science and Technology, The Technion Haifa, Israel.
- https://harveypz.net.technion.ac.il/harvey-prize-laureates/
- 2007 Received call on the Kroll endowed Chair, University of Cornell, Ithaca, USA.
- https://www.cornell.edu/search/?q=chair
(offered) - 2007 First International Prize, Japanese Society of Coordination Chemistry.
- http://www.sakutai.jp/en/awardees/award-7
- 2006 World Technology Award in Materials San Francisco, USA.
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- 2005 Gerischer Prize of the Electrochemical Society.
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- 2005 Winner, Scientific American Top 50, ranked amongst 50 leading scientists worldwide.
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- 2003 ENI-Italgas Price in Science and Environment.
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- 2002 IBC International Award in Supramolecular Chemistry and Technology.
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- 2001 Havinga Award, Lecture and Medal, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- 2001 Faraday Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom.
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- 2000 European Grand Prix of Innovation and Technology, Monaco.
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- 1998 Eurel Price of the European Society of Electrical Engineers.
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- 1997 Calveras Award in Photovoltaics, National Renewable Laboratory, Golden, USA.
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- 1985 R.A.Plane endowed Chair offered, Clarkson University, Potsdam USA.
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- 1984 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Tokyo, Japan.
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- 1981 Chair of Physical Chemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany offered.
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- 1970 Awarded : Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (top 1% of all students)
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