The Gestalt Theory Association award is named after Wolfgang Metzger, a student of Max Wertheimer and one of the leading figures of the second generation of the Berlin Gestalt School. It is awarded to innovative scientific work that contributes to the research or application of Gestalt theory in the natural sciences, humanities, social and economic sciences, and other fields.

Since 1999, the Wolfgang Metzger Prize has been awarded by the GTA’s board of directors on the basis of international public competition and the judgment of a worldwide scientific committee based on a blind review of submitted publications.