The Association of Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte offers an annual award for early career research in the history of architecture. The purpose of this award, named after the architect Theodor Fischer (1862-1938), is to encourage younger scholars to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public. The winning candidate chosen by an independent committee of scholars, receives € 7,000 and is expected to spend three months conducting research at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich.