- Prof. Dr. Harald H. Quick, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Award 2015, distinction for outstanding scientific achievements, in particular in the field of ultra high field magnetic resonance and hybrid PET/MR imaging.
- Prof. Dr. Harald H. Quick, acting president (2012–2015) of the German Section of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) e. V.
- Prof. Dr. Mark E. Ladd, elected to the directorate of the High Field Systems & Applications Study Group of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance Medicine (ISMRM) for the period 2013–2017
- Dr. Tom Scheenen, chair and past-chair (2014 & 2015) of the MR spectroscopy study group of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
- Prof. Dr. Dagmar Timmann-Braun and Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hummel, “The cerebellum and its role during learning and neurological diseases” symposium named as “Felgenhauer-Symposium 2015” by the Felgenhauer Foundation and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurologie
- Prof. Dr. Dagmar Timmann-Braun, Teaching Awards (1st prize) 2014, Internat. Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences, Charité, Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Dagmar Timmann-Braun, Fellow 2015: Society for the Research on the Cerebellum
- Dr. Katarina Forkmann, EFIC-Grünenthal Grant 2015
- Nicolai Spicher, Bsc., advancement award of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS) at its 60th Annual Meeting in 2015 in Krefeld for his final dissertation “Ultra High-Field MRI: Implementation and Evaluation of the Eulerian Video Magnification for peripheral pulse triggering”
- Dr. Gregor and Dr. Yasmin Eschrat Zaun, 2015 Doctoral Award of the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen for their outstanding dissertations: Dr. Gregor Zaun “Effekte starker statischer Magnetfelder auf die Spermatogenese und männliche Fertilität im Mausmodell” and Dr. Yasmin Eschrat Zaun “Auswirkungen starker statischer Magnetfelder auf die weibliche Reproduktion und die Fertilität im Mausmodell”
- Dr. Stephan Orzada, Erwin L. Hahn Institute Award for Young Scientists 2014 for his dissertation “New Excitation Concepts for Ultra-High-Field Human MRI”
- Dr. Sören Johst, Erwin L. Hahn Institute Award for Young Scientists 2015 for his dissertation “Acquisition Methods for 7 Tesla MRI from Head to Toe”
- A total of six physicians (Dr. Maria Luise Hahnemann, Dr. Britta Hüning, Dr. Andrea Lazik, Dr. Juliane Göbel, Dr. Bixia Chen and Dr. Cornelius Deuschl) were awarded an internal one-year research grant (IFORES stipend) by the Medical Faculty of the University of Duisburg-Essen to enable them to pursue their research activities at the ELH Institute.
