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
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! Rationale
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|1999
|Jürgen Baumert
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|"Research and/or Innovation in Education"
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|2000
|Kenneth Holmes
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|"Molecular Structure"
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|2001
|André Berger
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|"Climate Research"
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|2002
|Annette Karmiloff-Smith
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|"Cognitive Sciences"
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|2003
|Colin Renfrew
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|"Archaeology"
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|2004
|Amos Bairoch
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|"Bioinformatics"
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| 2005
|Donal Bradley
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|"Nano-Engineering"
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|2006
|Rainer Bauböck
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|"immigration and social cohesion in modern societies"
|"for his in-depth research on migration issues"
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| 2007
|Willi Kalender
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|"Medical Imaging"
|"for his outstanding contributions in the field of medical imaging"
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| 2008
|Simon White
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|"Astrophysics"
|"for his outstanding contribution to the field of astrophysics"
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|rowspan=2| 2009
|Uta Frith
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|Chris Frith
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| 2010
|Ilkka Hanski
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|"Biodiversity"
|"for his contributions to research concerning biodiversity in general and metapopulation biology in particular"
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| 2011
|James Vaupel
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|"Demography"
|"for his contributions to research on ageing and lifespan, and his profound influence on demographic research"
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|2012
|Uffe Haagerup
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|“Mathematics”
|"for ground-breaking and important contributions to the theory of operator algebras"
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See also
- Swiss Science Prize Latsis
Notes and references
External links
- European Science Foundation