UNESCO-RUSSIA MENDELEEV INTERNATIONAL PRIZE IN THE BASIC SCIENCES

 

The  proposed  UNESCO-Russia  Mendeleev  International  Prize  in  the  Basic  Sciences,  financially supported by the Russian Federation, aims to bolster basic sciences education, research, international  cooperation,  and,  consequently,  the  use  and  applications  of  these  disciplines,  which  are fundamental for providing solutions to many of the development challenges that Member States face  as  they  implement  the  United  Nations  2030  Agenda  for  Sustainable  Development  and  other  related  international  agenda,  such  as  the  Paris  Agreement  on  climate  Change  and  the  Sendaï  Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction. Such a Prize will give recognition to achievements that are conducive  to  socio-economic  transformation  and  development  on  a  regional  or  global  scale,  by  underpinning:

  1. excellence in research in the basic sciences fields;
  2. basic sciences education and popularization;
  3. international or regional cooperation in the basic sciences.

The  Prize  shall  be  awarded  annually  to  two  individual  award-winners  for  their  breakthrough  discoveries,  outstanding  innovations  and  avid  promotion  of  the  basic  sciences,  driving  or  with  potential to drive in the future, socio-economic transformation and development of human societies. The Prize consists of a monetary reward of US $250,000 for each of the two winners, representing a total monetary prize value of $500,000. A gold medal and a diploma will be given to each of the recipients.

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