RESEARCH PRIZE NOMINEES
European Report
February 6, 2007
A prize of E1 million is on offer for the winners of the Descartes
Prize for Research, which will be awarded at a ceremony in Brussels on
7 March. A list of 13 nominees has now been published by the European
Commission, all of whom were chosen by a Grand Jury headed by former
French Minister for EU Affairs and European Space Agency astronaut
Claudie Haignere. The prize works on the basis that it can be shared by
up to a maximum of five winning research teams, with separate second
prizes of E30,000 also to be presented. First launched in 2000,
the prize rewards teams of scientists for outstanding scientific
or technological results achieved through trans-national research
in any field of science. This year’s nominees cover 17 EU countries
as well as South Africa, Armenia and Switzerland. The full list of
nominees is available at => subscribers =>
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