European Latsis Prize

European Latsis Prize
DescriptionAward for outstanding and innovative contributions in European research
Sponsored byLatsis Foundation
Presented byEuropean Science Foundation (ESF)
Reward100,000 CHF
Websitefondationlatsis.org/en/latsis-european-prize/

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]

Laureates

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
Chris Frith[12]
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]

See also

Notes and references

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  7. ^ "ESF - Press Area". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2005-01-09.
  8. ^ http://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?section=6&language=0&newsrelease=97
  9. ^ "European Latsis Prize winner 2006". European Commission: CORDIS. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  10. ^ "European Latsis Prize winner 2007". European Commission: CORDIS. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  11. ^ "European Latsis Prize winner 2010". European Science Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  12. ^ "EXT: Single-News : European Science Foundation". Esf.org. Retrieved 2010-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ^ "European Latsis Prize winner 2010". European Science Foundation. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  14. ^ "European Latsis Prize winner 2012". European Commission: CORDIS. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-29.