Deadline: 15-Mar-22
Nominations are now open for the UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences to recognize and reward scientists for major achievements in terms of development, dissemination, and international cooperation in the fields of basic sciences, which have had a significant transformational impact on a regional or global scale.
It aims to promote and honor excellence in the basic sciences, defined to include the disciplines of chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology, the foundation on which scientific knowledge can be propagated, and which are fundamental to the advancement of innovation and sustainable development.
The UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences is administered in accordance with its Statutes, approved by UNESCO’s Executive Board at its 207th session.
The Prize shall be awarded every year to two individual prize-winners at each edition.
Prize Information
Each of the two individual prize-winners will receive a financial award of $250,000 as well as a gold medal and a diploma.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Price is awarded to candidates whose scientific achievements are conducive to socio-economic transformation and impact development on a regional or global scale, based on:
- Excellence in research in the fields of basic sciences;
- Basic sciences education and popularization;
- International or regional cooperation in the basic sciences.
- There is no age limit for the candidates.
- Applications from women scientists are encouraged.
- The nominations can be submitted by the following entities:
- Governments of Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions
- Non-governmental organizations maintaining official partnerships with UNESCO and active in relevant fields covered by the Prize
- UNESCO Chairs
- Category 2 Centers
- International scientific unions
- Universities
- No self-nomination shall be considered.
For more information, visit https://en.unesco.org/stem/basic-sciences-prize/apply