The Bundesverband der Kleingartenvereine Deutschlands e. V. (Federal Association of Allotment Garden Associations in Germany, BKD), the umbrella organization for allotment gardening in Germany, awards the Academic Award every four years to scientists and students who engage professionally in allotment gardening and pioneering ideas on the ecological, urban, and social functions of allotment gardens.

Submit new research papers and apply for the BKD Academic Award 2027!

The next submission deadline is March 31, 2027.

• Academic and student teams, editors, and the authors themselves are eligible to participate.
• A total of €5,000 in prize money is available for the award.
• The BKD welcomes English-speaking submissions! Contributions for the current competition must be from 2023 to 2027. Further information can be found here:

We are excited about the new research!

The BKD Academic Award 2023 has shown that allotment gardens and their sustainable (further) development are in focus, including by the scientific community. The nearly 40 applications from Germany and abroad ranged from seminar papers and bachelor’s and master’s theses to papers, project reports, and dissertations. They represented a wide variety of disciplines, primarily from the natural sciences and planning and design, but also from the social sciences and humanities.

More about the winners 2023: https://kleingarten-bund.de/blog/2023/09/09/verleihung-des-wissenschaftspreises-2023/