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The Feltrinelli Prize (from the Italian "Premio Feltrinelli", also known as "International Feltrinelli Prize" or "Antonio Feltrinelli Prize") is an award for achievement in the arts, music, literature, history, philosophy, medicine, and physical and mathematical sciences. Administered by the Antonio Feltrinelli Fund, the award comes with a monetary grant ranging between €50,000 and €250,000, a certificate, and a gold medal.
The prize is awarded, both nationally and internationally, once every five years in each field by Italy's Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. A further prize is awarded periodically for an exceptional enterprise in moral and humanitarian value. Considered to be Italy's most distinguished scientific society, the organization was founded in 1603 and included Galileo Galilei among its first members.
== Award winners ==
Source:
2024 (Medicine)
International Prize
H. Franklin Bunn
2024 (Biology)
International Prize
Paola Arlotta
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website (in Italian)

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The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize named after Émile Francqui. Normally annually since 1933, the Francqui Foundation awards it in recognition of the achievements of a scholar or scientist, who at the start of the year still had to be under 50. It currently represents a sum of 250,000 Euros and is awarded in the following three-year rotation of subjects: exact sciences, social sciences or humanities, and biological or medical sciences.
Proposed candidates must be associated with a Belgian academic institution, in the case of a foreigner for at least ten years. The recipient is selected by a jury of eight to 14 members, none of whom may be associated with a Belgian institution. The members of the international jury vote by secret letter, and the laureate they recommend must be supported by two thirds of the assembled directors of the foundation (with a quorum of 12) or no prize would be awarded that year.
The prize is meant to encourage the further work of the young laureate, rather than crown the latter's career. Recipients are asked to organise an international colloquium in the appropriate discipline the same year that he is awarded the prize, which usually leads to an international publication which enables the quality of Belgian university research to be more widely appreciated.
== Laureates of the Francqui Prize ==
1933: Henri Pirenne
1934: Georges Lemaître
1936: Franz Cumont
1938: Jacques Errera
1940: Pierre Nolf
1946: François-L. Ganshof
1946: Frans-H. van den Dungen
1946: Marcel Florkin
1948: Léon H. Dupriez
1948: Marc de Hemptinne
1948: Zénon-M. Bacq
1948: Pol Swings
1948: Jean Brachet
1949: Léon Rosenfeld
1950: Paul Harsin
1951: Henri Koch
1952: Florent Bureau
1953: Claire Preaux
1953: Etienne Lamotte
1954: Raymond Jeener
1955: Ilya Prigogine (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1977)
1956: Louis Remacle
1957: Lucien Massart
1958: Léon Van Hove
1959: Gérard Garitte
1960: Christian de Duve (Nobel Prize Medicine 1974)
1961: Adolphe Van Tiggelen
1961: Jules Duchesne
1962: Chaïm Perelman
1963: Hubert Chantrenne
1964: Paul Ledoux
1965: Roland Mortier
1966: Henri G. Hers
1967: José J. Fripiat
1968: Jules Horrent
1969: Isidoor Leusen
1970: Radu Balescu
1971: Georges Thines
1972: Jean-Edouard Desmedt
1973: Pierre Macq
1974: Raoul van Caenegem
1975: René Thomas
1976: Walter Fiers
1977: Jacques Taminiaux
1978: Jacques Nihoul
1979: Jozef Schell
1980: Jozef IJsewijn
1981: André Trouet
1982: François Englert (Nobel Prize Physics 2013)
1983: Alexis Jacquemin
1984: Désiré Collen
1985: Amand Lucas
1986: Marc Wilmet
1987: Jacques Urbain
1988: Pierre van Moerbeke
1989: Pierre Pestieau
1990: Thierry Boon
1991: Jean-Marie Andre
1992: Géry van Outryve d'Ydewalle
1993: Gilbert Vassart
1994: Eric G. Derouane
1995: Claude d'Aspremont Lynden
1996: Etienne Pays
1997: Jean-Luc Brédas
1998: Mathias Dewatripont
1999: Marc Parmentier
2000: Marc Henneaux
2000: Eric Remacle and Paul Magnette (Exceptional Francqui Prize for European Research)
2001: Philippe Van Parijs
2002: Peter Carmeliet
2003: Michel Van Den Bergh
2004: Marie-Claire Foblets
2005: Dirk Inzé
2006: Pierre Gaspard
2007: François de Callataÿ
2008: Michel A. J. Georges
2009: Eric Lambin
2010: François Maniquet
2011: Pierre Vanderhaegen
2012: Conny Aerts
2013: Olivier De Schutter
2014: Bart Lambrecht
2015: Stefaan Vaes
2016: Barbara Baert
2017: Steven Laureys
2018: Frank Verstraete
2019: Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock and Frederic Vermeulen
2020: Cédric Blanpain + Bart Loeys
2021: Michaël Gillon
2022: Veerle Rots
2023: Sarah-Maria Fendt and Philippe Lemey
2024: Veronique Van Speybroeck
2025: Ine Van Hoyweghen
== See also ==
University Foundation
Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
List of general science and technology awards
List of social sciences awards
== References ==
== External links ==
Francqui foundation
Laureates of the Francqui Prize Archived 2017-04-09 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

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The Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal is an annual award by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). It was established in 1986 in memory of Frank Malina, an American aeronautical engineer who pioneered rocket propulsion research and helped establish the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The medal is presented annually to an educator who has demonstrated excellence in promoting the study of astronautics and space sciences.
Each organization of the IAF may nominate a candidate each year, and candidates are reviewed by a committee during the annual spring meeting in Paris, France. Awards after 1996 have been conferred upon only one person. In total, 42 awards have been given granted to engineers, academics, astronauts, and scientists from 11 countries.
== List of recipients ==
1984: László Gazdag
1985: None
1986: Christa McAuliffe (posthumous)
1987: Luigi G. Napolitano
1988: André Lebeau
1989: None
1990: None
1991: Gerald M. Gregoreck
1992: Oleg M. Alifanov
1992: Willy Sadeh
1993: Hans H. Von Muldau
1994: Richard A. Seebass
1995: John L. Whitesides
1996: Julius E. Dash
1996: Motocki Hinada
1997: Vladimir V. Prisniakov
1997: Leroy S. Fletcher
1998: Kiran Karnik
1999: John Junkins
2000: Roland Doré
2001: Carlo Buongiorno
2002: Martin Sweeting
2003: William A. Hisock
2004: Eugene Dzhor
2005: G. P. "Bud" Peterson
2006: Tetsuo Yasaka
2007: Peter M. Bainum
2008: Anne Brumfitt
2009: Barbara Morgan
2010: Jean-Marie Wersinger
2011: Yves Gourinat
2012: Amalia Ercoli Finzi
2013: John Logsdon
2014: Bryan DeBates
2015: Boris Pschenichner
2016: Bénédicte Escudier
2017: Lynn Cominsky
2018: David B. Spencer
2019: Mengu Cho
2020: Peter Martinez
2021: Filippo Graziani
2022: Shinichi Nakasuka
2023: Klaus Schilling
2024: Bob Twiggs
2025: Bernard Foing
== See also ==
List of space technology awards
List of engineering awards
Prizes named after people
== References ==

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The Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize is a German–French science prize. It was created in 1981 by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt based on the recommendation of the German and French research ministries. The prize money is €60,000.
The prize is awarded to researchers that have made outstanding contributions in science, especially in cooperation between the two countries. Four to five German and French scientists from all research disciplines are honored with this award every year. The prize was originally named after Alexander von Humboldt and carries since 1997 the double name Gay-Lussac–Humboldt.
The Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Award is granted by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research to German researchers nominated by French researchers. On the other hand, it is awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to French researchers nominated by German scientists.
== Prize winners ==
== References ==
=== Sources ===
Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (PDF, in French)
Laureates 1983–2010 (PDF, in French)
2012 Laureates (PDF, in French)
2013 Laureates (in French)
2014 Laureates (in French)
2015 Laureates (in French)
2016 Laureates (in French)

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The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada to recognize "research contributions characterized by both excellence and influence." Prior to 2000, NSERC had awarded the Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, before deciding to rename the award to honour Gerhard Herzberg, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
The Herzberg medal is commonly called Canada's top award for science and engineering. It is an individual annual award that recognizes continued excellence and influence in research in either natural sciences or engineering. The award is a gold medal, and the guarantee of $1 million over five years to use for personal research.
== About the award ==
NSERC's Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering was first awarded in 1991 to Raymond Lemieux, a chemist working at University of Alberta. Mathematician James Arthur from the University of Toronto was the 1999 recipient, the last year before the award was renamed in honour of Gerhard Herzberg, the winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. NSERC decided to rename the award after Herzberg because they felt he embodied the two main qualities of the award, namely research contributions that are of high quality and influential.
The Herzberg medal is awarded to a scientist or engineer working at a facility in Canada. It is considered Canada's top award for science and engineering. Eligible facilities include universities, government and private labs. Nominations can be submitted by any Canadian citizen or permanent resident. The winner is chosen by a selection committee representing different scientific disciplines, who make a recommendations to the current NSERC president. The award consists of a gold medal, and the guarantee of at least $1 million to use for research or for establishing research chairs, fellowships or scholarships in the recipients' name.
== Recipients ==
== Award of Excellence ==
From 2002 until 2009, three finalists were selected for the Herzberg Medal, and the winner selected from among them. The other two finalists (if it was their first time as a finalist) were awarded NSERC's Award of Excellence.
== See also ==
Canadian Association of Physicists#CAP Herzberg Medal
== References ==

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The German Future Prize award is considered one of the most prestigious conferred for science and innovation within Germany. The award is worth 250,000 euros and is supported by numerous sponsors.
This prize has been awarded to various exceptional individuals since 1997.
== The award winners and their projects ==
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website

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The Global Energy Prize is an international award in the field of energy industry which is given for "outstanding scientific research and scientific-technical developments in the field of energy which promote greater efficiency and environmental security for energy sources on Earth in the interests of all mankind".
It was founded in 2002 at the initiative of a Nobel Prize in Physics laureate Zhores Alferov. The headquarters are in Moscow, Russia. The prize is awarded by the President of Russia or "a person authorized by the president". The media and the professional community consider it "a biggest Russian award" and "one of the biggest in the world". Some depictions in the press described it as "a Russian analogue to the Nobel prize". This is confirmed by the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence which includes the Prize in its "top-99" list of the most recognized global awards. It is the only award from Russia included in this list.
The award is managed by The Global Energy Association, which is dedicated to the development of international research and projects in energy industry. Besides award, the Association oversees conferences and informational programmes in this field, programmes for younger scientists and produces an annual report "Ten breakthrough ideas in energy for the next 10 years".
== History ==
The author of the concept was Zhores Alferov, Russian Nobel-winning physicist (2000), academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The prize was created in 2002 and Alferov was appointed the head of the International Committee for its awarding. The founders of the prize were PJSC Gazprom, PJCS Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy Systems (FGC UES, Former JSC Unified Energy Systems of Russia) and Yukos. The creation of the prize was announced by Vladimir Putin at the 2002 Russia—European Union Summit.
The first Global Energy Prize award ceremony took place in June 2003 at the Konstantinovsky Palace, Strelna (St Petersburg) and was attended by President Putin. The award was presented to three scientists: Nick Holonyak (USA), a professor at the University of Illinois, "for his invention of the first semiconductor LEDs (light-emitting diodes) in the visible region of the light spectrum, and his role as founder of the new field of silicon electronics and micro-electronics for power applications"; Ian Douglas Smith (USA), chief manager and senior researcher in Titan Pulse Sciences Division company, "for fundamental research into the physics of high-power pulse-energy engineering, and the development of pulsed power in electron accelerator applications", and a Russian scientist Gennady Mesyats for the same.
For the prize's management, the Global Energy Prize Foundation was established. It was functional until 2010 and, besides the prize, launched a number of energy-related programs. In 2010 it was converted into a voluntary association, and in October 2016 it was renamed into The Association for the development of international research and projects in the energy sector "Global Energy". As of 2021, the Association's members were Gazprom, "Rosseti FGC UES" and Surgutneftegaz.
== Activities ==
In 2020, the association broadened its geographical presence, so a new record was set in the 2021 nomination cycle. For the first time, 36 countries were represented on the long list – three times the number in 2019 (12 countries) and nearly twice the number in 2020 (20 countries).
The 2021 list features scientists not only from North America, Western Europe and Asia, but also from Eastern Europe – Hungary and Latvia – from the Middle East and from Africa – Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Gambia, Egypt, Jordan, Madagascar, Nigeria, Togo and Zimbabwe – and from Latin America – Mexico and Uruguay. And for the first time, women were among the candidates – from India, Kazakhstan, the United States and Zimbabwe.
In 2020, new members joined the board of trustees – the former president of Uruguay, Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo, and the General Director, Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA), Abel Didier Tella. The new President of the Global Energy Association became Sergey Brilev, a prominent Russian TV journalist and manager. The former presidents were Igor Lobovsky (2003–2018) and Alexander Ignatov (2018–2020).
As of 2021, the monetary part of the award amounted to 39 million of Russian rubles (530,000 USD). The association, besides award, oversees energy-related conferences and informational projects, programmes for younger scientists with participation of honoured experts. It also produces an annual report "Ten breakthrough ideas in energy for the next 10 years". Since 2020, the ceremony has been held in different cities of Russia: the first location to be selected was the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga.
Up to now, the last public event of announcing the laureates took place in July 2025 in Krasnoyarsk; the awarding ceremony proceeded in October.
In 2020, along with the existing Global Energy Prize, a new type of award was established: Honorary Diploma of the Association, for Russian scientists contributing to the energy industry of the Russian Federation. The first laureate was mathematician Viktor Maslov – for "fundamental input into the safety of nuclear energy". In 2021 the Association presented its diploma to physicist Igor Grekhov, in 2022 – to hydro-power engineer Yuri Vasil'ev.
Since 2022, the Honorary Diplomas are also awarded to the specialists from the developing countries (7 holders as of mid-2024).
=== International Award Committee ===
The International Award Committee is responsible for choosing the laureates of the Global Energy Prize. It includes:

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Rae Kwon Chung (Republic of Korea): Member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Professor Emeritus at Institute of Convergence, Science and Technology of Incheon National University
Adnan Amin (USA): Senior Researcher of Harvard University, Director General Emeritus of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Thomas Albert Blees: (USA): President of the Science Council for Global Initiatives (SCGI)
Marta Bonifert (Hungary): Vice President, Institute of Directors Hungary (IoD), Member of the global advisory board of Tokyo University
Frederick Bordry (Switzerland): Director for Accelerators and Technology of European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN)
William Il Young Byun (Singapore/Republic of Korea/USA): Managing Director at Asia Renewables, Head of Greenpower Fuels, and Principal at Conchubar Infrastructure Fund, Independent Director at the International Green Technologies and Investment Projects Center
Nikolay Voropay (Russia): Scientific Adviser of Melentiev Energy Systems Institute Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Steven Griffiths (USA/UAE): Senior Vice President, Research and Development Professor of Practice, Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Aleksey Kontorovich (Russia): Chief researcher, Laboratory of Theoretical Bases of Oil and Gas Potential of the Forecast of IPGG SB RAS, RAS Academician
Nikolay Kudryavtsev (Russia): Independent Director, Sberbank
Dietrich Moeller (Germany): Consultant of German-Russian Chamber of Commerce
Yury Petrenya (Russia): Chair of the Energy and Electric Engineering, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Nikolay Rogalev (Russia): Rector of Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI)
Xiansheng Sun (China): Director General of Energy Industry Cooperation, Vice President of China Council for International Trade Promotion, Honorary Professor, University of Dundee
Liye Xiao (China): Director of Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, CAS, Director Of Interdisciplinary Research Center Institute of Electrical Engineering, CAS
Nobuo Tanaka (Japan/USA): Special Advisor, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), CEO, Tanaka Global, Inc.
David Faiman (Israel): Professor Emeritus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
=== Board of trustees ===
The board of trustees of the association is responsible for supervision of its general management. It includes:
Oleg Budargin: Chairman of The Board Of Trustees, Vice-chairman of The World Energy Council Vice-chairman of The Global Energy Interconnection Development And Cooperation Organisation (GEIDCO)
Vladimir Bogdanov: CEO, Surgutneftegas
Mikhail Gorbachev: President, International Fund for Socio-economic and political research (Gorbachev Foundation)
Mikhail Gutseriev: Chairman of the Board, Russneft
Arkady Dvorkovich: Co-chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation
Alexei Likhachev: Director General, Rosatom
Alexei Miller: Chairman of the management committee, Gazprom
Andrei Murov: First Deputy General Director – Executive Director, Rosseti
Alexander Novak: Russian Deputy Prime Minister
Vyacheslav Solomin: Chief Operating Officer, En+ Group
Abdel Didier Tella (Ivory Coast): General Director, Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA)
Julio Maria Sanguinetti Coirolo (Uruguay): Honorary Doctor, University of Brazil, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia), National University of Asuncion (Paraguay), Universiti Malaya (Malaysia), University of Genoa (Italy), University of Bucharest (Romania), Universidad del Rosario (Colombia), Universidad de Alicante (Spain)
== Laureates ==
Since 2003, 56 scientists from 16 countries were awarded. Among them people from Australia, the UK, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Canada, China, Russia, the US, Ukraine, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Japan. The laureates are presented an honorary medal, a statuette, a diploma and a golden honorary pin (besides monetary amount).
Nominations are accepted from scientists and/or organizations through representatives. They have to be preliminarily authorized by the Association. Among them are Nobel Prize laureates, laureates of prizes such as Kyoto Prize, Max Planck Prize, Wolf Prize, Balzan Prize, past Global Energy Prize laureates.
== References ==
== External links ==
Prize's English website

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The Golden Eurydice Award is presented for an outstanding contribution, or contributions over a period, in the field of biophilosophy. It is awarded by the International Forum for Biophilosophy which was established in Belgium by royal decree in 1988. Founding members included Herman Van Den Berghe.
== The award ==
The award consists of a sculptured golden statue of Eurydice. Awardees must make a 20-minute presentation of their work at a special Golden Keynote evening event, which usually takes place in November/December each year. Awardees are also granted Honorary membership of the forum.
== Award recipients ==
Recipients include:
2013: Don Ihde, Albert Borgmann
2009: Emile Aarts, Kevin Warwick
2007: Craig Venter, Ananda Chakrabarty
2006: Eric Juengst
2005: Jean-Pierre Changeux
== See also ==
List of biology awards
List of philosophy awards
== References ==

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The Golden Goose Award is a United States award in recognition of scientists whose federally funded basic research has led to innovations or inventions with significant impact on humanity or society. Created by Congressman Jim Cooper of Tennessee in 2012, recipients receive the award in a ceremony during the fall each year on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
== Background ==
Between 1975 and 1988, William Proxmire, a Democratic United States Senator for Wisconsin awarded the tongue-in-cheek Golden Fleece Awards to public officials for spending public money in ways he considered irresponsible or wasteful. These awards were often given to scientists working on seemingly obscure federally funded scientific studies causing ridicule and scrutiny of the usefulness of such research.
The Golden Goose Awards were established over two decades later in order to highlight the value of federally-funded basic research. With the Golden Goose Award, Cooper wanted to reverse the image created by Proxmire's award by highlighting examples of seemingly obscure studies that have led to major breakthroughs and resulted in significant societal impact. The award has bipartisan support in Congress, sponsored by multiple organizations and legislators.
== Awardees ==
== Founding organizations ==
Some of the twelve founding organizations for this award are the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A۰P۰L۰U), the Breakthrough Institute, the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), and The Science Coalition (TSC)
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website
Golden Goose Awards honor "silly" science. CBS News. September 14, 2012.
First Golden Goose Awards Honor Ideas That Hatched Unexpectedly. Science Insider. Science. September 10, 2012.

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The highest award which is presented by the Max Planck Society for services to society is the Harnack Medal, first awarded in 1925. The Harnack Medal is named after the theologian Adolf von Harnack, who was the first president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, the predecessor organization of the MPG, from 1911 to 1930. The medal has only been awarded 33 times since 1924, including 10 times by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (1924–1936) and 23 times by the Max Planck Society (1953–2017).
Past recipients of the Harnack Medal are:
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website