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id: ram-n-margalef-award-for-excellence-in-education-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_Margalef_Award_for_Excellence_in_Education-0.md
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title: Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_Margalef_Award_for_Excellence_in_Education
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The Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education was launched in 2008 by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography to recognize innovations and excellence in teaching and mentoring students in the fields of limnology and oceanography. Criteria for the award requires "adherence to the highest standards of excellence" in pedagogy as well as verification that the teaching techniques have furthered the field of aquatic science. The award is not affiliated with the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, often referred to as the Ramon Margalef Award, given by the Generalitat de Catalunya in Barcelona. The award has been presented annually since 2009. == Winners == The winners have included: The information in this table is from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. == References ==


id: john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-medal-and-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Strutt,_Lord_Rayleigh_Medal_and_Prize-0.md
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title: John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Strutt,_Lord_Rayleigh_Medal_and_Prize
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The John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize is an award of the UK-based Institute of Physics (IOP) for "distinguished contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics". The award, named in honour of Lord Rayleigh, consists of a medal with £1,000 and a certificate. The John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh Medal and Prize (established in 2008) should not be confused with the Rayleigh Medal, which was established by the Institute of Acoustics in 1970. == Recipients == == References ==


id: rear-admiral-william-s-parsons-award-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Admiral_William_S._Parsons_Award-0.md
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title: Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear_Admiral_William_S._Parsons_Award
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The Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award for Scientific and Technical Progress is awarded each year by the Navy League of the United States to a Navy or Marine Corps officer, enlisted person or civilian, who has made an outstanding contribution in any field of science that has furthered the development and progress of the US Navy or Marine Corps. The award is named for Admiral William Sterling Parsons. The award is presented with a certificate and a watch along with other Professional Excellence Awards (Sea Service Awards) at the National Convention of the Navy League of the United States. The award is described by the Navy League of the United States as: "The Rear Admiral William S. Parsons Award is named for Admiral Parsons in recognition of his dedication to all aspects of scientific and technical advances and who was responsible to a marked degree for ensuring that the U.S. Navy remained in operational consonance with the ever-shifting and increasing demands of the changing world. Presented since 1957, this award for scientific and technical progress is awarded to a Navy or Marine Corps officer, enlisted person or civilian who has made an outstanding contribution in any field of science


id: redi-award-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redi_Award-0.md
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title: Redi Award
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redi_Award
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Redi Award is an international science award given to scientists who have made significant contributions in toxinology, the scientific study of venoms, poisons and toxins. The award is sponsored by the International Society on Toxinology (ISI). == Origin == Osservazioni intorno alle vipere (Observations about the Viper) written by an Italian polymath Francesco Redi in 1664 is regarded as the milestone in the beginning of toxinology research. Redi was the first scientist to elucidate the scientific basis of snakebite and venom of the viper. He showed for the first time that the viper venom comes from the fang, not the gallbladder as it was believed; that it is not poisonous when swallowed, and effective only when it enters the bloodstream. He even demonstrated the possibility of slowing down the venom action in the blood by tight ligature before the wound. This work is heralded as the foundation of toxinology. In honour of the pioneer, the International Society on Toxinology (ISI) instituted the Redi Award in 1967 in recognition of scientists for their significant contributions in toxinology research. == Nature of the award == The IST awards scientists or clinicians who have made outstanding contributions to the field of toxinology. The


id: research-parasite-award-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Parasite_Award-0.md
category: reference
title: Research Parasite Award
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_Parasite_Award
date_saved: 2026-05-05T04:10:54.762767+00:00
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The Research Parasite Award is an honor given annually at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing to recognize scientists who study previously published data in ways not anticipated by the researchers who first generated it. The tongue-in-cheek name of the award refers to a New England Journal of Medicine editorial that coined the term "research parasite" to disparage such work. The idea was first suggested on Twitter by Iowa State University researcher Iddo Friedberg shortly after the editorial was published, and was then initiated by Casey Greene, a pharmacologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Two Research Parasite Awards are given to recognize scientists who have made outstanding and rigorous contributions to analysis of secondary data in biology. Recipients must reuse data generated by someone else to extend, replicate, or disprove a research study in a reproducible manner. The junior parasite award recognizes an outstanding contribution from an early career scientist such as a postdoctoral, graduate, or undergraduate trainee. The senior parasitism award recognizes an individual who has engaged in exemplary research parasitism for a sustained period of time. Since the launch of the award in 2017, a travel grant to attend the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing has been provided to the


id: r-ssler-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rössler_Prize-0.md
category: reference
title: Rössler Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rössler_Prize
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The Rössler Prize, offered by the ETH Zurich Foundation, is a monetary prize that has been awarded annually since 2009 to a promising young tenured professor of the ETH Zurich in the middle of an accelerating career. The prize of 200,000 Swiss Francs is financed by the returns from an endowment made by Max Rössler, an alumnus of the ETH. The prize money has to be used for the research of the laureate. == Laureates == 2009: Nenad Ban, Microbiology 2010: Gerald Haug, Geology of Climate 2011: Andreas Wallraff, Solid State Physics 2012: Nicola Spaldin, Material Science 2013: Olivier Voinnet, RNA Biology 2014: Christian Wolfrum, Health Sciences and Technology 2015: David J. Norris, Mechanical and Process Engineering 2016: Christophe Copéret, Chemistry and Applied Biosciences 2017: Olga Sorkine-Hornung, Computer Science 2018: Philippe Block, Architecture 2019: Maksym Kovalenko, Inorganic chemistry/Nanotechnology 2020: Paola Picotti, Biology 2021: Andreas Krause (computer scientist), Machine Learning 2022: Tanja Stadler, Mathematics and Computational evolutionary biology 2023: Siddhartha Mishra, Mathematics 2024: Marco Hutter, Robotics 2025: Florian Dörfler, Control engineering == See also == Science and technology in Switzerland Prizes named after people == References == == External links == Official website


id: royal-norwegian-society-of-sciences-and-letters-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Society_of_Sciences_and_Letters-0.md
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title: Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Society_of_Sciences_and_Letters
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The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (Danish: Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, DKNVS) is a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The society's Protector is King Harald V of Norway. Its membership consists of no more than 435 members elected for life among the country's most prominent scholars and scientists. The society’s Danish name predates both written standards for Norwegian and has remained unchanged after Norway’s independence from Denmark in 1814 and the spelling reforms of the 20th century. == History == DKNVS was founded in 1760 by the bishop of Nidaros Johan Ernst Gunnerus, headmaster at the Trondheim Cathedral School Gerhard Schøning and Councillor of State Peter Frederik Suhm under the name Det Trondhiemske Selskab (the Trondheim Society). From 1761 it published academic papers in a series titled Skrifter. It was the northernmost learned society in the world, and was established in a time when Norway did not have universities or colleges. It received the royal affirmation of its statutes on 17 July 1767, and was given its present name at a ceremony on 29 January 1788, king Christian VII of Denmark's birthday. In


id: royal-norwegian-society-of-sciences-and-letters-20260505-1
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Society_of_Sciences_and_Letters-1.md
category: reference
title: Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Society_of_Sciences_and_Letters
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1999 Baard Kasa (science) and Kaja Borthen (humanities) 2000 Ørjan Johansen (science) and Toril Aalberg (humanities) 2001 Magne Lygren (science) and Marianne Ryghaug (humanities) 2002 Alexander Øhrn (science) and Tanja Ellingsenand (humanities) 2003 Sigurd Weidemann Løvseth (science) and Cathrine Brun (humanities) 2004 Bård Gunnar Stokke (science) and Anne Beate Maurseth (humanities) 2005 Sigurd Einum (science) and Dag Trygve Truslew Haug (humanities) 2006 Marianne Fyhn (science), Torkel Hafting Fyhn (science) and Halvard Buhaug, (humanities) 2007 Marit Sletmoen (science) 2008 Jill Kristin Lautgeb (science) and Jo Jakobsen (humanities) 2009 Xavier Raynaud (science) and Terje Andreas Eikemo (humanities) 2010 Petter Andreas Bergh (science), Jacob Linder (science) and Jon Hernes Fiva (humanities) 2011 Simen Ådnøy Ellingsen (science) and Thomas Hegghammer (humanities) 2012 Sverre Magnus Selbach (science) and Martin Wåhlberg (humanities) 2013 Yasser Roudi (science) and Theresa M. Olasveengen (science) 2014 Andriy Bondarenko (science) and Terje Lohndal (humanities) 2015 Steffen Oppermann (science) and Ivar Berg (humanities) 2016 Jannike Solsvik (science) and Siv Gøril Brandtzæg (humanities) 2017 David Bassett (science) and Mats Ingulstad (humanities) 2018 Marie Elisabeth Rognes (science) and Trond Nordfjærn (humanities) === The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters scientific annual prize === Source: 1984 Linda R. White and Terje Espevik 1985 Jan


id: russell-varian-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Varian_Prize-0.md
category: reference
title: Russell Varian Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Varian_Prize
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The Russell Varian Prize was an international scientific prize awarded for a single, high-impact and innovative contribution in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), that laid the foundation for the development of new technologies in the field. It honored the memory of Russell Varian, the pioneer behind the creation of the first commercial NMR spectrometer and the co-founder, in 1948, of Varian Associates, one of the first high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. The prize carried a monetary award of €15,000 and it was awarded annually between the years 2002 and 2015 (except for 2003) by a committee of experts in the field. The award ceremony alternated between the European Magnetic Resonance (EUROMAR) Conference and the International Council on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) Conference. Originally, the prize was sponsored by Varian, Inc. and later by Agilent Technologies, after the latter acquired Varian, Inc. in 2010. The prize was discontinued in 2016 after Agilent Technologies closed its NMR division. == Russell Varian Prize Awardees == 2002 Jean Jeener. Contribution: Multi-dimensional Fourier NMR spectroscopy. Jeener, J. (September 1971). Lecture. Ampère International Summer School II. Basko Polje, Yugoslavia. 2004 Erwin L. Hahn. Contribution: Spin echo phenomena and experiments. 2005 Nicolaas Bloembergen.


id: sarah-berliner-research-fellowship-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Berliner_Research_Fellowship-0.md
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title: Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Berliner_Research_Fellowship
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The Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship for Women was established in 1908 by Emile Berliner in honor of his mother, and first awarded in 1909. The fellowship was award biennially and provided $1200 to support a woman studying physics, chemistry, or biology in either America or Europe. The fellowship was open to women holding the degree of doctor of philosophy or otherwise capable of conducting higher research. The first chair of the awarding committee was Christine Ladd-Franklin, who was also instrumental in the establishment of the fellowship. In 1911, an increase in funding meant that the fellowship could be offered every year. == Recipients == 1909: Caroline M. McGill, zoology 1911–1912: Edna Carter 1912: Gertrude Rand, psychology 1913: Elizabeth Laird, physics 1915: Janet Howell Clark, physiology and biophysics 1916?: Ethel Browne Harvey, zoology 1916–17: Carlotta Maury, geology (confirmed by a letter to Christine Ladd Franklin from H. Ries, in box 18 of the Ladd-Franklin Archives at Columbia University) 1926: Hope Hibbard, biology and zoology 1926–27: Helen R. Downes, medicine (confirmed by the minutes of the annual meeting of the Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship Committee, 1926, in box 18 of the Ladd-Franklin Archives at Columbia University) 1928: Sally Hughes-Schrader, zoology 1934: Emma


id: sastra-cnr-rao-award-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SASTRA-CNR_Rao_Award-0.md
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title: SASTRA-CNR Rao Award
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SASTRA-CNR_Rao_Award
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SASTRA-CNR Rao Award is an award instituted by SASTRA University, a private and deemed university in the town of Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, to honor excellence in chemistry and material science, the two areas in which C N R Rao has made great, important and substantial contributions. The Award was instituted in 2013 and the first award was presented jointly to Suresh Das the then Director of National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Sourav Pal, the Director of National Chemical Laboratory, Pune on 28 February 2014. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 5 lakh and a citation. == Awardees == == See also == SASTRA Ramanujan Prize == References ==


id: satya-n-atluri-icces-medal-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_N._Atluri_ICCES_Medal-0.md
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title: Satya N. Atluri ICCES Medal
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_N._Atluri_ICCES_Medal
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Satya N. Atluri ICCES Medal is a Medal awarded annually by ICCES (International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences) and Tech Science Press to an individual who has had a significant impact on the world of engineering, the sciences, and commerce, and the well-being of the society at large as a result. This Medal is presented at the Awards Banquet of the annual ICCES Conference. The recipient of the Medal is invited to deliver a Plenary Lecture, on a topic of her/his choosing, at the ICCES conference. This Medal honors Professor Satya N. Atluri of UCI, who founded ICCES in 1986, and founded the journals, "CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences" (2000), "CMC: Computers, Materials, & Continua" (2004), "MCB: Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics" (2004), "SL: Structural Longevity" (2008), and "ACM: Advances in Computational Mechanics" (2008), all of which are published by Tech Science Press. All these journals are in the frontier disciplines of engineering and the sciences, and especially at the interfaces of engineering and the sciences. Previously, Professor Atluri founded, and was Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, "Computational Mechanics", during 1986-2000. The ICCES conferences are held annually: Tokyo (1986); Atlanta (1988); Melbourne, Australia (1991); Hong Kong


id: sidney-edelstein-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Edelstein_Prize-0.md
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title: Sidney Edelstein Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Edelstein_Prize
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The Sidney Edelstein Prize, previously known as the Dexter Prize, is an award presented by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) to the author of an outstanding scholarly book in the field of the history of technology. The book must have been published during the preceding three years. The award was established in 1968 through the generosity of Sidney Edelstein, a historian of dyes and the founder of the Dexter Chemical Corporation. It was renamed the Sidney Edelstein Prize to honor his commitment to scholarship in the history of technology and is currently donated by his family. The prize consists of a plaque and a monetary award, which is currently $3,500. == History and design == The award was originally known as the Dexter Prize and was funded by the Dexter Chemical Corporation of New York City. When established, the prize carried a cash award of $1,000. It is awarded annually to outstanding books and monographs in the history of technology. The design of the award plaque was created by the silver sculptor Edward Widstrom. The imagery on the plaque is derived from the Plictho of Gioanventura Rosetti (1548), which is considered the first basic printed book on


id: sir-martin-wood-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Martin_Wood_Prize-0.md
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title: Sir Martin Wood Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Martin_Wood_Prize
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The Sir Martin Wood Prize is an annually presented condensed matter science prize presented in honor of Sir Martin Wood. Due to Wood's connection with and reputation in Japan, the award is given to a young scientist in Japan under the age of 45 to promote scientific exchange between Japan and Britain. Condensed matter physics, inorganic-organic chemistry, material science and surface-interface physics are eligible fields under condensed matter science. Sponsored by Oxford Instruments, the company Wood co-founded, the award comes with a cash prize of JPY 500,000 and opportunities to give invited lectures at universities in the United Kingdom. == Laureates == == See also == List of physics awards List of awards named after people == References == == External links == Prize winners (English)


id: sofia-kovalevskaya-award-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya_Award-0.md
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title: Sofia Kovalevskaya Award
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Kovalevskaya_Award
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The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany bestowed the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award from 2002 to 2020. Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891) was the first major Russian female mathematician, who made important contributions to mathematical analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe. This prestigious award named in her honor was given to promising young academics to pursue their line of research in the sciences or arts and humanities. The foundation encouraged applications from all areas of learning so long as the applicant had received a Ph.D. in the previous six years and could be categorized as "top flight" by their publications and experience as commensurate with age. There have been a total 139 awardees since the inception of the Sofia Kovalevskaya Award in 2002 until its closure in 2020. Individual awards totalled up to 1.6 million Euro each. Funds were awarded to build and lead a team of researchers for a five-year period within a German host institution. == Award winners == == References == == External links == Official website


id: stuart-ballantine-medal-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Ballantine_Medal-0.md
category: reference
title: Stuart Ballantine Medal
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Ballantine_Medal
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The Stuart Ballantine Medal was a science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was named after the US inventor Stuart Ballantine. == Laureates == 1947 - George Clark Southworth (Physics) 1948 - Ray Davis Kell (Engineering) 1949 - Sergei A. Schelkunoff (Physics) 1952 - John Bardeen (Physics) 1952 - Walter H. Brattain (Physics) 1953 - David G. C. Luck (Engineering) 1954 - Kenneth Alva Norton (Engineering) 1955 - Claude Elwood Shannon (Computer and Cognitive Science) 1956 - Kenneth Bullington (Physics) 1957 - Robert Morris Page (Engineering) 1957 - Leo Clifford Young (Engineering) 1958 - Harald Trap Friis (Engineering) 1959 - Albert Hoyt Taylor (Engineering) 1959 - Charles H. Townes (Physics) 1960 - Rudolf Kompfner (Engineering) 1960 - Harry Nyquist (Engineering) 1960 - John R. Pierce (Engineering) 1961 - Leo Esaki (Engineering) 1961 - Nicolaas Bloembergen (Physics) 1961 - H. E. Derrick Scovill (Physics) 1962 - Ali Javan (Physics) 1962 - Theodore H. Maiman (Physics) 1962 - Arthur L. Schawlow (Physics) 1962 - Charles H. Townes (Physics) 1963 - Arthur C. Clarke (Engineering) 1965 - Homer Walter Dudley (Engineering) 1965 - Alec Harley Reeves (Engineering) 1966 - Robert N. Noyce (Computer and Cognitive Science)


id: tage-erlander-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tage_Erlander_Prize-0.md
category: reference
title: Tage Erlander Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tage_Erlander_Prize
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The Tage Erlander Prize (Tage Erlanders pris) is a prize awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Science "for research in Natural Sciences and Technology" in four fields (Physics, Chemistry, Technology and Biology). The prize is awarded on a rolling schedule: every year the prize is awarded for research in one of these fields. The prize commemorates Tage Erlander, who was the prime minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969. Its 2024 recipient is mathematician Lilian Matthiesen. == References ==


id: templeton-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templeton_Prize-0.md
category: reference
title: Templeton Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templeton_Prize
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The Templeton Prize is an annual award granted to a living person, in the estimation of the judges, "whose exemplary achievements advance Sir John Templeton's philanthropic vision: harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind's place and purpose within it." It was established, funded and administered by John Templeton starting in 1972. It is co-funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, and Templeton World Charity Foundation, and administered by the John Templeton Foundation. The prize was originally awarded to people working in the field of religion (Mother Teresa was the first winner), but in the 1980s the scope broadened to include people working at the intersection of science and religion. Until 2001, the name of the prize was "Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion", and from 2002 to 2008 it was called the "Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities". Hindus, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Muslims have been on the panel of judges and have been recipients of the prize. The monetary value of the prize is adjusted so that it exceeds that of the Nobel Prizes; Templeton felt, according to The Economist, that "spirituality was


id: unesco-science-prize-20260505-0
file: data/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Science_Prize-0.md
category: reference
title: UNESCO Science Prize
tags: science, encyclopedia
source_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Science_Prize
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The UNESCO Science Prize is a biennial scientific prize awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to "a person or group of persons for an outstanding contribution they have made to the technological development of a developing member state or region through the application of scientific and technological research (particularly in the fields of education, engineering and industrial development)." The candidates for the Science Prize are proposed to the Director-General of UNESCO by the governments of member states or by non-governmental organizations. All proposals are judged by a panel of six scientists and engineers. The prize consists of US$ $15,000, an Albert Einstein Silver Medal, and is awarded in odd years to coincide with UNESCO's General Conference. == Past Laureates == 1968: Robert Simpson Silver ( United Kingdom) "for his discovery of a process for the demineralization of sea water." 1970: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre ( Mexico) and International Rice Research Institute ( Philippines) "for their work which made it possible to produce, in the space of a few years, improved strains of cereals." 1972: Viktor Kovda ( Soviet Union) "for his theory on the hydromorphic origin of the soils of the great plains


