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{{short description|Annual award}}
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{{Infobox award
|name= Albert Einstein World Award of Science
|image=Albert Einstein World Award of Science Medal.png
|alt=Obverse of a golden medal with the image of Albert Einstein facing right, the name Albert Einstein at the lower left and the dates 1835-1955 below the name.
|awarded_for= Recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development.
|presenter= [[World Cultural Council]]
|reward=Diploma, Commemorative Medal and US$10,000
|country= [[Mexico]]
|year= 1984
|website= [http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/awards/world-award-of-science/ World Cultural Council]
}}

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>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/awards/world-award-of-science/ | website= consejoculturalmundial.org | publisher= World Cultural Council | date= 27 July 2015 | access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> Named for [[physicist]] and theoretician [[Albert Einstein]], the award includes a diploma, a commemorative medal, and US$10,000.<ref name=UGA>{{cite web | url= https://research.uga.edu/research-announcements/2016/09/27/wcc-awards/ | title= Awards & Honors: 2017 World Cultural Council Arts and Science Awards | date= 27 September 2016 | website= UGA.edu | publisher= Office of Research, [[University of Georgia]] | access-date= 7 November 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161108084140/https://research.uga.edu/research-announcements/2016/09/27/wcc-awards/ | archive-date= 8 November 2016 | url-status= dead | df= dmy-all }}</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 Prize|Nobel]] laureates.<ref name= official />

== Award recipients ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background:#efefef;" |Year
! style="background:#efefef;" |Recipient
! style="background:#efefef;" |Recipient's Institution
! style="background:#efefef;" |Field of Research
! style="background:#efefef;" |Ceremony Host
! style="background:#efefef;" |Ceremony Site
! style="background:#efefef;" |Ceremony Host Country
! style="background:#efefef;" |Ceremony Date
! style="background:#efefef;" class="unsortable" |Ref.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2024
| [[Eske Willerslev]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 2024
| 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023
| [[Christoph Gerber]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|
| 2023
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners/winner-science/prof-christoph-gerber/ | title=Prof. Christoph Gerber | date=7 November 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2022
| [[Victoria Kaspi]]
| [[McGill University]]
| [[Astrophysics]]

| [[University of Coimbra]]
| [[University of Coimbra]], [[Lisbon]] 
| {{flag|Portugal}}
| 29 November 2022
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=McGill Staff |title=Claudia Mitchell, Victoria Kaspi honoured by the World Cultural Council |url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/claudia-mitchell-victoria-kaspi-honoured-by-the-world-cultural-council/ |website=McGill Reporter |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| [[Zhong Lin Wang]]
| [[Georgia Institute of Technology]]
| Nanoenergy

| [[University of Tsukuba]]
| [[University of Tsukuba]], [[Tsukuba]] 
| {{flag|Japan}}
| 4 October 2019
| <ref>{{cite web|title=World Cultural Council has announced the winners of the 2019 Albert Einstein World Award of Science|publisher=EurekAlert!|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/ccm-wcc061319.php|date=14 June 2019|access-date=14 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Physicist Wang wins Einstein World Award of Science|url=http://www.china.org.cn/world/2019-06/16/content_74889274.htm|date=16 June 2019|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=王中林获爱因斯坦世界科学奖 系首位获此殊荣华人|url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20190615-964758|date=15 June 2019|access-date=17 June 2019|language=zh|publisher=[[Lianhe Zaobao]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=王中林获得爱因斯坦世界科学奖|url=http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2019/6/427429.shtm|publisher=[[ScienceNet.cn]]|date=15 June 2019|access-date=17 June 2019|language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=华人科学家王中林获爱因斯坦世界科学奖|url=https://huanqiukexue.com/a/qianyan/xinxi__nenyuan/2019/0617/28409.html|date=17 June 2019|language=zh|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=华人科学家首次获得爱因斯坦世界科学奖|url=https://info.51.ca/news/china/2019-06/781942.html|language=zh|publisher=Info 51|date=16 June 2019|access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=World Cultural Council 36th Award Ceremony|url=https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/news-list/n201910111440|publisher=[[University of Tsukuba]]|date=4 October 2019|access-date=27 October 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031050931/https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/news-list/n201910111440|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2018
| [[Jean-Pierre Changeux]]
| [[Pasteur Institute]]
| [[Neuroscience]]
| [[City University of Hong Kong]]
| [[City University of Hong Kong]], [[Hong Kong]]
| {{flag|China}}
| 8 November 2018
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Announcement of 2018 Award Winners|website=consejoculturalmundial.org|publisher=World Cultural Council|date=30 May 2017|url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/news/announcement-of-2018-winners/|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618231827/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/news/announcement-of-2018-winners/|archive-date=18 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Le prix ALBERT-EINSTEIN 2018 est remis à Jean-Pierre Changeux|language=fr|url=https://www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-presse/documents-presse/prix-albert-einstein-2018-est-remis-jean-pierre-changeux|publisher=[[Pasteur Institute]]|date=1 June 2018|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Le prix Albert-Einstein World Award of Science 2018 est remis à Jean-Pierre Changeux|language=fr|url=https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/jean-pierre-changeux/Le-prix-Albert-Einstein-2018-est-remis-a-Jean-Pierre-Changeux.htm|publisher=[[Collège de France]]|date=4 June 2018|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean-Pierre Changeux honored with 2018 ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science|url=https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/news/jean-pierre-changeux-honored-with-2018-albert-einstein-world-award-of-science/|publisher=[[Human Brain Project]]|date=4 June 2018|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2017
| [[Omar M. Yaghi]]
| [[University of California, Berkeley]]
| [[Chemistry]]
| [[Leiden University]]
| [[Pieterskerk, Leiden|Pieterskerk]], [[Leiden]]
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| 8 November 2017
| <ref>{{cite web|title=Announcement of 2017 Award Winners|website=consejoculturalmundial.org|publisher=World Cultural Council|date=30 May 2017|url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/news/announcement-of-2017-winners/|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929045259/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/news/announcement-of-2017-winners/|archive-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yaghi wins World Cultural Council award|url=http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/yaghi-wins-world-cultural-council-award|last=Barnes|first=Michael|publisher=[[University of California, Berkeley]]|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Laureate of Mustafa(pbuh) Prize also won Albert Einstein World Award of science|url=https://nation.com.pk/05-Jul-2017/laureate-of-mustafa-pbuh-prize-also-won-albert-einstein-world-award-of-science|publisher=[[The Nation (Pakistan)]]|publication-date=5 July 2017|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2016
| [[Edward Witten]]
| [[Princeton University]]
| [[Physics]], [[Mathematics]]
| [[Riga Technical University]]
| [[National Library of Latvia]], [[Riga]], [[Latvia]]
| {{flag|Latvia}}
| 14 October 2016
| <ref>{{cite web|title=33rd World Cultural Council Award Ceremony |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |date=18 November 2015 |url=http://consejoculturalmundial.org/letonia-2016/ |access-date=30 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322145022/http://consejoculturalmundial.org/letonia-2016/ |archive-date=22 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Announcement of 2016 Winners |url=http://consejoculturalmundial.org/announcement-of-2016-winners/ |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=6 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607043423/http://consejoculturalmundial.org/announcement-of-2016-winners/ |archive-date=7 June 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2015
| [[Ewine van Dishoeck]]
| [[Leiden University]]
| [[Astrophysics]]
| [[University of Dundee]]
| [[Caird Hall]], [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 19 November 2015
| <ref>{{cite web |title= 2015 World Cultural Council Awards | publisher=EurekAlert! |url= http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-06/ccm-2wc060815.php | date=10 June 2015 |access-date= 10 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Einstein World Award of Science voor Ewine van Dishoeck |publisher=[[Leiden University]] |url=http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/faculteit/newsitem/einstein_world_award_of_science_voor_ewine_van_dishoeck/ |language=nl |date=10 June 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612023704/http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/faculteit/newsitem/einstein_world_award_of_science_voor_ewine_van_dishoeck/ |archive-date=12 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Two international awards for Ewine van Dishoeck |url= http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/awards-funding/two-international-awards-for-ewine-van-dishoeck.html | publisher=Innovations Report | date=22 June 2015 |access-date= 22 June 2015 |last=Hämmerle |first=Hannelore}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2014
| [[Philip Cohen (British biochemist)|Philip Cohen]]
| [[University of Dundee]]
| [[Enzymology]]
| [[Aalto University]]
| Otakaari 1 Building, [[Aalto University]], [[Espoo]]
| {{flag|Finland}}
| 17 November 2014
| <ref>{{cite web |title= 'Out of the blue' Albert Einstein award marks Sir Philip Cohen's 40 years in science |url= http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/education/out-of-the-blue-albert-einstein-award-marks-sir-philip-cohen-s-40-years-in-science-1.416119 | work= [[The Courier (Dundee)]] | date=11 June 2014 |last= Richardson | first= Alan | access-date= 12 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Philip Cohen awarded Albert Einstein Prize by the World Cultural Council |url= http://www.dundee.ac.uk/news/2014/philip-cohen-awarded-albert-einstein-prize-by-the-world-cultural-council.php | publisher= [[University of Dundee]] | date=10 June 2014 |access-date= 12 June 2014 |last=Isles |first=Rodd}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2013 
| [[Paul Nurse]]
| [[Rockefeller University]]
| [[Genetics]]
| [[Nanyang Technological University]]
| Nanyang Auditorium, [[Nanyang Technological University]], [[Singapore]]
| {{flag|Singapore}}
| 2 October 2013
|<ref>{{cite web|title=World Cultural Council 30th Award Ceremony |url=http://www.wcca2013.org/ |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911220701/http://wcca2013.org/ |archive-date=11 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Paul Nurse receives Albert Einstein World Award of Science |url= http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2013/06/14/paul-nurse-receives-albert-einstein-world-award-of-science/ |publisher= [[Rockefeller University]] |date= 14 June 2013 |access-date= 15 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130807141914/http://newswire.rockefeller.edu/2013/06/14/paul-nurse-receives-albert-einstein-world-award-of-science/ |archive-date= 7 August 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= 30th World Cultural Council Awards Ceremony |url= http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/169707287/30th-world-cultural-council-awards-ceremony |work= EIN News | date=27 September 2013 |access-date= 30 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= World Cultural Council 30th Award Ceremony |url= http://new.livestream.com/NTU/theworldacademicsummit/videos/31317593 |publisher= [[Nanyang Technological University]] |date= 2 October 2013 |access-date= 2 October 2013 |archive-date= 6 October 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092534/http://new.livestream.com/NTU/theworldacademicsummit/videos/31317593 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2012 
| [[Michael Grätzel]]
| [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]]
| [[Solar energy]]
| [[Aarhus University]]
| The Main Hall, [[Aarhus University]], [[Aarhus]]
| {{flag|Denmark}}
| 18 April 2012
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Excellence 2012 |url=http://www.excellence2012.dk/wcc-award-2012/ |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906205435/http://www.excellence2012.dk/wcc-award-2012/ |archive-date=6 September 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2012 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-michaelgratzel.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025061728/http://consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-michaelgratzel.php |archive-date=25 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Leading World Science |url= http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/arwain-gwyddoniaeth-y-byd-8500.html |publisher= [[Cardiff University]] |date= 2 April 2012 |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215034/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/articles/arwain-gwyddoniaeth-y-byd-8500.html |archive-date= 6 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Michael Gratzel wins Albert Einstein World Award of Science | url=http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/michael-gratzel-wins-albert-einstein-world-award-of-science-00004210.asp?sessionid=1 | work= Energy Harvesting Journal | date=2 March 2012 |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Michael Grätzel awarded the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. | publisher= [[École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]] | date=22 February 2012 |url= http://actu.epfl.ch/news/michael-gratzel-awarded-the-albert-einstein-worl-2/ |access-date= 15 August 2013 | last1= Vandevyver | first1= Caroline }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2011
| [[Geoffrey Ozin]]
| [[University of Toronto]]
| [[Nanochemistry]]
| [[University of Tartu]]
| Assembly Hall, [[University of Tartu]], [[Tartu]]
| {{flag|Estonia}}
| 10 November 2011
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2011 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-geoffreyalanozin.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130730042421/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-geoffreyalanozin.php |archive-date= 30 July 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= World Cultural Council Award Ceremony 2011 |url= http://www.uttv.ee/naita?id=7245 | publisher= [[University of Tartu]] |type=video |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Ozin wins Albert Einstein Award of Science |url= http://www.news.utoronto.ca/ozin-wins-albert-einstein-award-science-0 | publisher= [[University of Toronto]] | date=14 September 2011 |last=Hall |first=Jenny |access-date= 15 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2010
| [[Julio Montaner]]
| British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
| [[Biomedicine]]
| [[Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México]]
| Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos, [[Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México|UAEM]], [[Toluca]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 8 December 2010
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2010 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-juliomontaner.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010025/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-juliomontaner.php |archive-date= 7 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= AIDS scientist in B.C. wins prestigious award |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/aids-scientist-in-b-c-wins-prestigious-award-1.953357 | publisher=CBC News | date=4 November 2010 |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Dr. Julio Montaner named 2010 recipient of the "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science |url= http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/news/releases/dr-julio-montaner-named-2010-recipient-albert-einstein-world-award-science |publisher= British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS |date= 3 November 2010 |access-date= 15 August 2013 |archive-date= 5 July 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150922/http://www.cfenet.ubc.ca/news/releases/dr-julio-montaner-named-2010-recipient-albert-einstein-world-award-science |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Entregarán premios internacionacionales de ciencias y educación en Toluca |url= http://portal2.edomex.gob.mx/edomex/noticias/EDOMEX_NOTICIAS_201110 |publisher= Gobierno del Estado de México |date= 5 December 2010 |language= es |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205525/http://portal2.edomex.gob.mx/edomex/noticias/EDOMEX_NOTICIAS_201110 |archive-date= 6 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2009
| [[John T. Houghton]]
| John Ray Initiative
| [[Environmental Research]]
| [[University of Liège]]
| Salle Académique, [[University of Liège]], [[Liège]]
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 25 November 2009
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2009 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-sirjohnhoughton.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029233107/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-sirjohnhoughton.php |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= World Cultural Council Awards |url= http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_271409/en/world-cultural-council-awards | publisher= [[University of Liège]] | date= 15 November 2009 | access-date=15 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Sir John Houghton - The Science of Global Climate Over the Past 50 Years | date=26 December 2009 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQQKRmfgq8s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/QQQKRmfgq8s| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|type=video |via= YouTube | publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= 2009 'Albert Einstein' World Award of Science | url=http://www.iscast.org/node/288 | publisher= Institute for the Study of Christianity in an Age of Science and Technology | date=9 April 2009 |access-date= 13 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2008
| [[Ada Yonath]]
| [[Weizmann Institute of Science]]
| [[Crystallography]]
| [[Princeton University]]
| Richardson Auditorium, [[Alexander Hall (Princeton University)|Alexander Hall]], [[Princeton University]], [[Princeton, New Jersey]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 11 November 2008
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2008 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-adayonath.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304234700/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-adayonath.php |archive-date=4 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Two honored with World Cultural Council awards |url= https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/64/46M79/ | publisher= [[Princeton University]] | date=11 November 2008 |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2007
| [[J. Fraser Stoddart]]
| [[University of California, Los Angeles]]
| [[Chemistry]] and [[Molecular Nanotechnology]]
| [[Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León]]
| Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos, [[Monterrey]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 24 November 2007
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2007 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-fraserstoddart.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140607003034/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-fraserstoddart.php |archive-date= 7 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Two New Awards for Fraser Stoddart -- 2007 Albert Einstein World Award and 2008 Arthur C. Cope Award |publisher= California NanoSystems Institute |date= 8 September 2007 |url= http://www1.cnsi.ucla.edu/news/item?item_id=331444 |access-date= 14 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131002233009/http://www1.cnsi.ucla.edu/news/item?item_id=331444 |archive-date= 2 October 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Honor a quien honor merece |url=http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=175878 |website=El Porvenir |date=25 November 2007 |last=Camero Treviño |first=Héctor |language=es |access-date=15 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095648/http://www.elporvenir.com.mx/notas.asp?nota_id=175878 |archive-date=2 April 2015  }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2006
| [[Ahmed Zewail]]
| [[California Institute of Technology]]
| [[Femtochemistry]]
| [[Instituto Politécnico Nacional]]
| Sala Manuel M. Ponce, [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]], [[Mexico City]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 28 October 2006
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2006 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-ahmedzewail.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131216161419/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-ahmedzewail.php |archive-date= 16 December 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Entregan a Ahmed Zewail el premio Albert Einstein |url= http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/10/31/index.php?section=ciencias&article=a03n1cie | website= [[La Jornada]] | date=31 October 2006 |last=Molina Ramírez |first=Tania |language=es |access-date= 15 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Organización mundial reconoce labor de 4 científicos mexicanos |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/144861.html |website=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]] |date=30 October 2006 |last=Martínez |first=Nurit |language=es |access-date=15 August 2013 |archive-date=11 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211141026/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/144861.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Zewail Honored with Einstein Award |url= http://www.caltech.edu/content/zewail-honored-einstein-award |publisher= [[California Institute of Technology]] |date= 21 September 2006 |access-date= 27 September 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131002125059/http://www.caltech.edu/content/zewail-honored-einstein-award |archive-date= 2 October 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2005
| [[John Hopfield]]
| [[Princeton University]]
| [[Life Sciences]]
| [[Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro]]
| Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler, [[Saltillo]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 12 November 2005
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2005 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-johnj.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023001446/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-johnj.php |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Hopfield recognized for career in sciences |url= http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/09/21/13145/ |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130815045617/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/09/21/13145/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 August 2013 |website= The Daily Princetonian |date= 21 September 2005 |last= Lucas |first= Jessica |access-date= 14 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Hopfield Receives Albert Einstein World Award of Science |url= http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200512/hopfield.cfm | publisher= [[American Physical Society]] |access-date= 27 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2004
| [[Ralph J. Cicerone]]
| [[University of California, Irvine]]
| [[Atmospheric Chemistry]]
| [[University of Liège]]
| Amphithéâtres de l'Europe, [[University of Liège]], [[Liège]]
| {{flag|Belgium}}
| 8 November 2004
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2004 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-ralphjcicerone.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131029225244/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-ralphjcicerone.php |archive-date= 29 October 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= UCI Chief to Receive Einstein Award |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-19-me-chancellor19-story.html | website= [[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Haldane |first=David | date=19 June 2004 |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chancellor wins prestigious Einstein Award |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6465 |publisher=[[University of California]] |date=18 June 2004 |access-date=19 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203232858/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/6465 |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2003
| [[Martin Rees]]
| [[Cambridge University]]
| [[Astrophysics]]
| [[University of Helsinki]], [[Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters]]
| [[National Library of Finland]], [[University of Helsinki]], [[Helsinki]]
| {{flag|Finland}}
| 17 November 2003
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2003 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-martinrees.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607001523/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-martinrees.php |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Maailman kulttuurineuvostolta tunnustusta suomalaisille |url= http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/maailman-kulttuurineuvostolta-tunnustusta-suomalaisille/546108/ |language=fi | website= [[Kaleva (newspaper)|Kaleva]] | date=17 November 2003 |access-date= 15 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2002
| [[Daniel Janzen|Daniel H. Janzen]]
| [[University of Pennsylvania]]
| [[Biology]]
| [[Trinity College Dublin]]
| Examination Hall, [[Trinity College Dublin]], [[Dublin]]
| {{flag|Ireland}}
| 14 November 2002
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2002 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-danieljanzen.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005538/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-danieljanzen.php |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award for Science: Daniel Janzen | publisher= University of Pennsylvania Almanac | date=1 October 2002 |url= http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v49/n06/einstein_award.html |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2001
| [[:de:Niels Birbaumer|Niels Birbaumer]]
| [[University of Vienna]]
| [[Neurobiology]]
| [[Utrecht University]]
| [[:nl:Academiegebouw (Utrecht)]], [[Utrecht]]
| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| 21 November 2001
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2001 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-nielsbirbaumer.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140607004235/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-nielsbirbaumer.php |archive-date= 7 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2000
| [[Frank Fenner]]
| [[Australian National University]]
| [[Biology]]
| [[University of the Witwatersrand]]
| Great Hall, [[University of the Witwatersrand]], [[Johannesburg]]
| {{flag|South Africa}}
| 1 November 2000
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2000 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-frankfenner.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729090214/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-frankfenner.php |archive-date=29 July 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1999
| [[Robert Weinberg (biologist)|Robert Weinberg]]
| [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
| [[Medical Sciences]]
| [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]]
| Main Building, [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology]], [[Trondheim]]
| {{flag|Norway}}
| 11 November 1999
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1999 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-robertweinberg.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304223356/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-robertweinberg.php |archive-date= 4 March 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Viktige priser ved NTNU |url= http://www.forskningsradet.no/bladetforskning/Nyheter/Nyhet/1250810456658?lang=no |language= no |publisher= [[The Research Council of Norway]] |date= December 1999 |access-date= 15 August 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140222222815/http://www.forskningsradet.no/bladetforskning/Nyheter/Nyhet/1250810456658?lang=no |archive-date= 22 February 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1998
| [[Charles R. Goldman]]
| [[University of California, Davis]]
| [[Environmental Sciences]]
| [[Victoria University of Wellington]]
| [[Hunter Building]], [[Wellington]]
| {{flag|New Zealand}}
| 19 November 1998
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1998 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-charlesrgoldman.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130520170524/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-charlesrgoldman.php |archive-date= 20 May 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Lake Tahoe Scientist To Receive International 'Albert Einstein' Award | publisher=University of California, Davis | date=26 August 1998 | url= http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=4206 | access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1997
| [[:de:Jean-Marie Ghuysen|Jean-Marie Ghuysen]]
| [[University of Liège]]
| [[Biochemistry]]
| [[Chulalongkorn University]]
| Main Auditorium, [[Chulalongkorn University]], [[Bangkok]]
| {{flag|Thailand}}
| 12 November 1997
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1997 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-jean-marieghuysen.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140203222727/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-jean-marieghuysen.php |archive-date= 3 February 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=th:จุฬาฯ เป็นเจ้าภาพจัดการประชุมสมาคมมหาวิทยาลัยนานาชาติ ครั้งที่ 4 |language=th | publisher=ThaiPR |url= http://www.ryt9.com/s/prg/163271 |access-date= 15 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1996
| [[Alec Jeffreys]]
| [[University of Leicester]]
| [[Molecular Biology]]
| [[University of Oxford]]
| Voltaire Room, [[Taylor Institution]], [[Oxford]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 23 November 1996
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1996 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-alecjeffreys.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607003906/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-alecjeffreys.php |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1995
| [[Herbert H. Jasper]]
| [[University of Montreal]]
| [[Brain Research]]
| [[Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura|INBA]], [[National Council for Culture and Arts|CONACULTA]]
| [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]], [[Mexico City]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 16 December 1995
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1995 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-Herberthjasper.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010238/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-Herberthjasper.php |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1994
| [[Sherwood Rowland]]
| [[University of California, Irvine]]
| [[Environmental Sciences]]
| [[Committee on Data for Science and Technology|CODATA]], [[International Council for Science|ICSU]], [[UNESCO]]
| Le Manège Convention Center, [[Chambéry]]
| {{flag|France}}
| 19 September 1994
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1994 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-sherwoodrowland.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607010125/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-sherwoodrowland.php |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= IRVINE : UCI Professor Wins International Award |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-22-me-41716-story.html | work= Los Angeles Times | date=22 September 1994 |last=Di Rado |first=Alicia |access-date= 14 August 2013}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1993
| [[Ali Javan]]
| [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
| [[Optical Physics]]
| Presidencia de la República
| [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]], [[Mexico City]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 19 December 1993
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1993 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-alijavan.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121230015515/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-alijavan.php |archive-date= 30 December 2012 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1992
| [[Raymond U . Lemieux]]
| [[University of Alberta]]
| [[Organic Chemistry]]
| [[National Research Council (Canada)]]
| [[Lester B. Pearson Building]], [[Ottawa]]
| {{flag|Canada}}
| 1992
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1992 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-raymondulemieux.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140220165802/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-raymondulemieux.php |archive-date= 20 February 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1991
| [[Albrecht Fleckenstein]]
| [[University of Freiburg]]
| [[Physiology]]
| [[Australian National University]]
| Chancellor's Building, [[ANU]], [[Canberra]]
| {{flag|Australia}}
| 1991
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1991 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-albertfleckenstein.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131025061611/http://consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-albertfleckenstein.php |archive-date= 25 October 2013 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1990
| [[Gustav Nossal]]
| [[Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research]]
| [[Immunology]]
| [[ETH Zurich|Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich]]
| Cupola Room, [[ETH Zurich]], [[Zurich]]
| {{flag|Switzerland}}
| 1990
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1990 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-gustavnossal.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229091954/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-gustavnossal.php |archive-date=29 December 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1989
| [[Martin Kamen]]
| [[University of Southern California]]
| [[Biochemistry]]
| [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
| Edgerton Hall, [[MIT]], [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]
| {{flag|United States}}
| 8 November 1989
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1989 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-martinkamen.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023000050/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-martinkamen.php |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1988
| [[Margaret Burbidge]]
| [[University of California, San Diego]]
| [[Astrophysics]]
| [[Instituto Politécnico Nacional]]
| [[Palacio de Bellas Artes]], [[Mexico City]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 19 November 1988
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1988 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-margaretburbidge.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005811/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-margaretburbidge.php |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= UCSD astronomer Margaret Burbidge wins the 1988 Albert Einstein World Award of Science |publisher= University of California, San Diego |date= 18 November 1988 |url= http://libraries.ucsd.edu/xdre/damsAccess?ds=solr/dams4&subject=bb3141221c&file=1-2.pdf |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140607003036/http://libraries.ucsd.edu/xdre/damsAccess?ds=solr%2Fdams4&subject=bb3141221c&file=1-2.pdf |archive-date= 7 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1987
| [[Hugh Huxley]]
| [[Brandeis University]]
| [[Molecular Biology]]
| [[University of Heidelberg]]
| [[:de:Aula der Alten Universität (Heidelberg)]], [[University of Heidelberg]], [[Heidelberg]]
| {{flag|Germany}}
| 26 November 1987
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1987 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-hughhuxley.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055828/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-hughhuxley.php |archive-date=21 September 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1986
| [[M. S. Swaminathan|Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan]]
| [[International Rice Research Institute]]
| [[Agriculture]]
| [[University of Guadalajara]]
| [[Teatro Degollado]], [[Guadalajara]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 6 November 1986
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1986 |url=http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-monkombusswaminathan.php |website=consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher=World Cultural Council |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202612/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-monkombusswaminathan.php |archive-date=6 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1985
| [[Werner Stumm]]
| [[Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology]]
| [[Environmental Sciences]]
| [[Royal Institute of Technology]]
| Kollegiesalen, [[Stockholm]]
| {{flag|Sweden}}
| 21 November 1985
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1985 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-wernerstumm.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140606235321/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-wernerstumm.php |archive-date= 6 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |1984
| [[Ricardo Bressani]]
| Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP)
| [[Nutrition]]
| [[World Cultural Council]]
| Auditorio San Pedro, [[San Pedro Garza García]]
| {{flag|Mexico}}
| 29 November 1984
|<ref>{{cite web |title= Albert Einstein World Award of Science 1984 |url= http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-ricardobressani.php |website= consejoculturalmundial.org |publisher= World Cultural Council |access-date= 14 August 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140607000414/http://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/winners-science-ricardobressani.php |archive-date= 7 June 2014 |df= dmy-all }}</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]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.consejoculturalmundial.org/world-award-of-science/}}

{{Albert Einstein World Award of Science Laureates}}
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