European Latsis Prize
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DescriptionAward for outstanding and innovative contributions in European research
Sponsored byLatsis Foundation
Presented byEuropean Science Foundation (ESF)
Reward100,000 CHF
| European Latsis Prize | |
|---|---|
| Description | Award for outstanding and innovative contributions in European research |
| Sponsored by | Latsis Foundation |
| Presented by | European Science Foundation (ESF) |
| Reward | 100,000 CHF |
| Website | fondationlatsis |
The European Latsis Prize is awarded annually by the European Science Foundation for "outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected field of European research". The prize is worth 100,000 Swiss francs and is awarded within a different discipline each year. The prize was inaugurated in 1999 by the Latsis Foundation and ended in 2012. The prize was awarded in a different scientific field.[1][2]
| Year | Awardee | Country | Chosen Field | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jürgen Baumert |  Germany |
"Research and/or Innovation in Education"[3] | |
| 2000 | Kenneth Holmes | Germany United Kingdom |
"Molecular Structure"[4] | |
| 2001 | André Berger[5] |  Belgium |
"Climate Research" | |
| 2002 | Annette Karmiloff-Smith | United Kingdom |
"Cognitive Sciences" | |
| 2003 | Colin Renfrew[6] | United Kingdom |
"Archaeology" | |
| 2004 | Amos Bairoch[7] |  Switzerland |
"Bioinformatics" | |
| 2005 | Donal Bradley[8] | United Kingdom |
"Nano-Engineering" | |
| 2006 | Rainer Bauböck |  Austria |
"immigration and social cohesion in modern societies" | "for his in-depth research on migration issues"[9] |
| 2007 | Willi Kalender | Germany |
"Medical Imaging" | "for his outstanding contributions in the field of medical imaging"[10] |
| 2008 | Simon White | United Kingdom |
"Astrophysics" | "for his outstanding contribution to the field of astrophysics"[11] |
| 2009 | Uta Frith | United Kingdom/ Germany |
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| 2010 | Ilkka Hanski |  Finland |
"Biodiversity" | "for his contributions to research concerning biodiversity in general and metapopulation biology in particular"[13] |
| 2011 | James Vaupel | Germany |
"Demography" | "for his contributions to research on ageing and lifespan, and his profound influence on demographic research" |
| 2012 | Uffe Haagerup |  Denmark |
“Mathematics” | "for ground-breaking and important contributions to the theory of operator algebras"[14] |
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