European Latsis Prize Explained
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.
Laureates
Year | Awardee | Country | Chosen Field | Rationale |
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1999 | Jürgen Baumert | | "Research and/or Innovation in Education"[1] | |
2000 | Kenneth Holmes |
| "Molecular Structure"[2] | |
2001 | André Berger[3] | | "Climate Research" | |
2002 | Annette Karmiloff-Smith | | "Cognitive Sciences" | |
2003 | Colin Renfrew[4] | | "Archaeology" | |
2004 | Amos Bairoch[5] | | "Bioinformatics" | |
2005 | Donal Bradley[6] | | "Nano-Engineering" | |
2006 | Rainer Bauböck | | "immigration and social cohesion in modern societies" | "for his in-depth research on migration issues"[7] |
2007 | Willi Kalender | | "Medical Imaging" | "for his outstanding contributions in the field of medical imaging"[8] |
2008 | Simon White | | "Astrophysics" | "for his outstanding contribution to the field of astrophysics"[9] |
2009 | Uta Frith | / | | |
Chris Frith[10] | | |
2010 | Ilkka Hanski | | "Biodiversity" | "for his contributions to research concerning biodiversity in general and metapopulation biology in particular"[11] |
2011 | | | "Demography" | "for his contributions to research on ageing and lifespan, and his profound influence on demographic research" |
2012 | Uffe Haagerup | | “Mathematics” | "for ground-breaking and important contributions to the theory of operator algebras"[12] | |
See also
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Notes and References
- Web site: German researcher wins first European Latsis Prize . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
- Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2000 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
- Web site: ESF - Press Area . 2004-03-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040229214218/http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?language=0§ion=6&newsrelease=49 . 2004-02-29 .
- http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?language=0§ion=6&year=2003&newsrelease=72{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Web site: ESF - Press Area . 2005-01-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070219085451/http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?section=6&language=0&newsrelease=80 . 2007-02-19 .
- http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?section=6&language=0&newsrelease=97{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2006 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
- Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2007 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
- Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2010 . European Science Foundation . 2017-01-29.
- Web site: EXT: Single-News : European Science Foundation . Esf.org . 2010-08-09 . dead . https://archive.today/20120801053606/http://www.esf.org/media-centre/press-releases/ext-single-news/article/professors-chris-and-uta-frith-win-the-european-latsis-prize-2009-591.html . 2012-08-01 .
- Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2010 . European Science Foundation . 2017-01-29.
- Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2012 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29 . 2017-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061739/http://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/133147_en.html . dead .