Nomination Opportunity: International Balzan Prize Foundation Balzan Prize 2025
URL: https://www.balzan.org/en
OBJECTIVES:
The International Balzan Prize Foundation’s aim is to promote culture, the sciences, and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace, and fraternity among peoples throughout the world. The four Balzan Prizes are awarded to scholars, artists, and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level.
The subject areas in which the awards are granted are rotated, and this special characteristic of the Balzan Prize ensures the promotion and recognition of new or emerging fields of study or research that may have been overlooked by other international awards.
Nominees in the following fields are eligible for this year’s nomination:
- Social sciences and humanities:
- Classics: Athenian Democracy Revisited
- History of Contemporary Art
- Physical, mathematical, natural sciences, and medicine:
- Atoms and Ultra-Precise Measurement of Time
- Gene and Gene-Modified Cell Therapy
FUNDING INFORMATION:
750,000 Swiss francs will be awarded to each of the Balzan Prize Winners.
As of 2001, the Balzan designated that half of the prize sum will be awarded to the winner while the other half will be earmarked to support the winner’s research projects involving young researchers or research groups. This future research proposal will be subject to the approval of the General Prize Committee.
ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS:
BU can nominate more than one candidate for each area.
Prizes may be awarded to individuals or to working teams who have produced results jointly, and candidates do not have to be part of the institution of the individual making the nomination or of the same nationality.
INTERNAL SELECTION PROCESS:
Interested investigators should submit the following materials via InfoReady Review by: 2/7/2025
- Reason for Nomination Statement (maximum 2 pages)
- Social science and humanities candidates should explain three of their unique aspects that have had the greatest scientific impact on the subject area of the award
- Sciences candidates should provide a description of their most significant results and their reasons for applying
- Up-to-date CV that includes candidate’s present position, main academic activities, and nationality as well as:
- Social science and humanities: A list of 5 most significant publications; AND a complete and detailed bibliography, including translations
- Sciences: A list of their 10 most significant publications
As necessary, a faculty committee drawn from both campuses will review internal proposals and select the forwarded candidates.
DEADLINES:
Internal Materials Due: Friday, February 7, 2025, 11:59 pm ET
Sponsor Deadline: Saturday, March 15, 2025