Albert Einstein World Award of Science

The Albert Einstein World Award for Science is an annual award given by the World Cultural Council "as a means of recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development", with special consideration for researches which "have brought true benefit and wellbeing to mankind".<ref name= official>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Named for physicist and theoretician Albert Einstein, the award includes a diploma, a commemorative medal, and US$10,000.<ref name=UGA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The recipient of the award is evaluated and elected by an Interdisciplinary Committee, which is composed of world-renowned scientists, among them 25 Nobel laureates.<ref name= official />

Award recipients

Year	Recipient	Recipient's Institution	Field of Research	Ceremony Host	Ceremony Site	Ceremony Host Country	Ceremony Date	Ref.
2024	Eske Willerslev						2024
2023	Christoph Gerber						2023	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Victoria Kaspi	McGill University	Astrophysics	University of Coimbra	University of Coimbra, Lisbon	Template:Flag	29 November 2022	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Zhong Lin Wang	Georgia Institute of Technology	Nanoenergy	University of Tsukuba	University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba	Template:Flag	4 October 2019	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Jean-Pierre Changeux	Pasteur Institute	Neuroscience	City University of Hong Kong	City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Template:Flag	8 November 2018	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	Omar M. Yaghi	University of California, Berkeley	Chemistry	Leiden University	Pieterskerk, Leiden	Template:Flag	8 November 2017	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Edward Witten	Princeton University	Physics, Mathematics	Riga Technical University	National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia	Template:Flag	14 October 2016	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	Ewine van Dishoeck	Leiden University	Astrophysics	University of Dundee	Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland	Template:Flag	19 November 2015	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Philip Cohen	University of Dundee	Enzymology	Aalto University	Otakaari 1 Building, Aalto University, Espoo	Template:Flag	17 November 2014	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2013	Paul Nurse	Rockefeller University	Genetics	Nanyang Technological University	Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	Template:Flag	2 October 2013	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Michael Grätzel	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Solar energy	Aarhus University	The Main Hall, Aarhus University, Aarhus	Template:Flag	18 April 2012	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2011	Geoffrey Ozin	University of Toronto	Nanochemistry	University of Tartu	Assembly Hall, University of Tartu, Tartu	Template:Flag	10 November 2011	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Julio Montaner	British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS	Biomedicine	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos, UAEM, Toluca	Template:Flag	8 December 2010	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	John T. Houghton	John Ray Initiative	Environmental Research	University of Liège	Salle Académique, University of Liège, Liège	Template:Flag	25 November 2009	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Ada Yonath	Weizmann Institute of Science	Crystallography	Princeton University	Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey	Template:Flag	11 November 2008	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2007	J. Fraser Stoddart	University of California, Los Angeles	Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos, Monterrey	Template:Flag	24 November 2007	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Ahmed Zewail	California Institute of Technology	Femtochemistry	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City	Template:Flag	28 October 2006	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	John Hopfield	Princeton University	Life Sciences	Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro	Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler, Saltillo	Template:Flag	12 November 2005	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Ralph J. Cicerone	University of California, Irvine	Atmospheric Chemistry	University of Liège	Amphithéâtres de l'Europe, University of Liège, Liège	Template:Flag	8 November 2004	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	Martin Rees	Cambridge University	Astrophysics	University of Helsinki, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters	National Library of Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki	Template:Flag	17 November 2003	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Daniel H. Janzen	University of Pennsylvania	Biology	Trinity College Dublin	Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin	Template:Flag	14 November 2002	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Niels Birbaumer	University of Vienna	Neurobiology	Utrecht University	nl:Academiegebouw (Utrecht), Utrecht	Template:Flag	21 November 2001	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Frank Fenner	Australian National University	Biology	University of the Witwatersrand	Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg	Template:Flag	1 November 2000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999	Robert Weinberg	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Medical Sciences	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Main Building, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim	Template:Flag	11 November 1999	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	Charles R. Goldman	University of California, Davis	Environmental Sciences	Victoria University of Wellington	Hunter Building, Wellington	Template:Flag	19 November 1998	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1997	Jean-Marie Ghuysen	University of Liège	Biochemistry	Chulalongkorn University	Main Auditorium, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok	Template:Flag	12 November 1997	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	Alec Jeffreys	University of Leicester	Molecular Biology	University of Oxford	Voltaire Room, Taylor Institution, Oxford	Template:Flag	23 November 1996	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Herbert H. Jasper	University of Montreal	Brain Research	INBA, CONACULTA	Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City	Template:Flag	16 December 1995	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	Sherwood Rowland	University of California, Irvine	Environmental Sciences	CODATA, ICSU, UNESCO	Le Manège Convention Center, Chambéry	Template:Flag	19 September 1994	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993	Ali Javan	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Optical Physics	Presidencia de la República	Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City	Template:Flag	19 December 1993	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Raymond U . Lemieux	University of Alberta	Organic Chemistry	National Research Council (Canada)	Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa	Template:Flag	1992	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Albrecht Fleckenstein	University of Freiburg	Physiology	Australian National University	Chancellor's Building, ANU, Canberra	Template:Flag	1991	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1990	Gustav Nossal	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research	Immunology	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich	Cupola Room, ETH Zurich, Zurich	Template:Flag	1990	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989	Martin Kamen	University of Southern California	Biochemistry	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Edgerton Hall, MIT, Cambridge	Template:Flag	8 November 1989	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1988	Margaret Burbidge	University of California, San Diego	Astrophysics	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City	Template:Flag	19 November 1988	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1987	Hugh Huxley	Brandeis University	Molecular Biology	University of Heidelberg	de:Aula der Alten Universität (Heidelberg), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg	Template:Flag	26 November 1987	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1986	Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan	International Rice Research Institute	Agriculture	University of Guadalajara	Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara	Template:Flag	6 November 1986	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1985	Werner Stumm	Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology	Environmental Sciences	Royal Institute of Technology	Kollegiesalen, Stockholm	Template:Flag	21 November 1985	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	Ricardo Bressani	Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)	Nutrition	World Cultural Council	Auditorio San Pedro, San Pedro Garza García	Template:Flag	29 November 1984	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts
• José Vasconcelos World Award of Education
• Albert Einstein Medal
• Albert Einstein Award
• Prizes named after people
• List of things named after Albert Einstein
• List of physics awards
• List of general science and technology awards

External links

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