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

YearAwardeeCountryChosen FieldRationale
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"
2003Colin 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]
2007Willi Kalender"Medical Imaging""for his outstanding contributions in the field of medical imaging"[8]
2008Simon White"Astrophysics""for his outstanding contribution to the field of astrophysics"[9]
2009Uta 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: German researcher wins first European Latsis Prize . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
  2. Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2000 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
  3. 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&section=6&newsrelease=49 . 2004-02-29 .
  4. 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 }}
  5. 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 .
  6. http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?section=6&language=0&newsrelease=97{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  7. Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2006 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
  8. Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2007 . European Commission: CORDIS . 2017-01-29.
  9. Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2010 . European Science Foundation . 2017-01-29.
  10. 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 .
  11. Web site: European Latsis Prize winner 2010 . European Science Foundation . 2017-01-29.
  12. 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 .