The Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennial scientific prize sponsored by the Government of Cuba and awarded since 1980 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to people or organizations for their outstanding contributions to microbiology (including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications. Winners receive a grant of $5,000 USD donated by the Government of Cuba and an Albert Einstein Silver Medal from UNESCO.[1]
| Carlos J. Finlay Prize | |
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| Awarded for | "an outstanding contribution to microbiology (including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications." |
| Presented by | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Government of Cuba. |
| First awarded | 1980 |
The Prize is awarded in odd years (to coincide with UNESCO's General Conference) and is named after Carlos Juan Finlay (1833 – 1915), a Cuban physician and microbiologist widely known for his pioneering discoveries in the field of yellow fever.
Winners
editSource: UNESCO
- 1980 - Roger Y. Stanier (Canada)[2]
- 1983 - César Milstein, FRS (Argentina, United Kingdom)[2]
- 1985 - Victor Nussenzweig and Ruth Nussenzweig (Brazil)[2]
- 1987 - Hélio Gelli Pereira (Brazil) and Peter Reichard (Sweden)[2]
- 1989 - Georges Cohen (France) and Walter Fiers (Belgium)[2]
- 1991 - Margarita Salas and Eladio Viñuela (Spain) and Jean-Marie Ghuysen (Belgium)
- 1993 - James Michael Lynch (UK), James Tiedje (USA), Johannes Antonie Van Veen (Netherlands)[3]
- 1995 - Jan Balzarini (Belgium) and Pascale Cossart (France)
- 1996 - Etienne Pays (Belgium) and Sheikh Riazzudin (Pakistan)
- 1999 - Ádám Kondorosi (Hungary)
- 2001 - Susana López Charreton and Carlos Arias Ortiz (Mexico)
- 2003 - Antonio Peña Díaz[1] (Mexico)
- 2005 - Khatijah Yusoff (Malaysia)[4]
- 2015 - Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Japan)[5]
- 2017 - Samir Kumar Saha (Bangladesh) and Shahida Hasnain (Pakistan)[6]
- 2020 - Kenya Honda (Japan)[7]
- 2023 - Dilfuza Egamberdieva (Uzbekistan)[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "The 2003 Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology has been awarded to Professor Antonio Peña Diaz from Mexico". UNESCO.
- ^ a b c d e Shabaan, Saad Ahmed; Döbereiner, Johanna; Alvarez-Gaumé, Luis; Sarma, D.D.; Cohen, Georges N.; Fiers, Walter (8 November 1989). "Ceremony of award of four UNESCO science prizes". unesdoc.unesco.org. UNESCO. p. 42. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ Federico Mayor (8 November 1993). "Address by Mr Federico Mayor, Director-General of UNESCO, at the ceremony for the presentation of the: 1993 Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science, 1993 UNESCO Science Prize, 1993 Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists, 1993 Carlos J. Finlay Prize, 1993 Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation". unesdoc.unesco.org. UNESCO. p. 5. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "World Science Forum opens in Budapest". Press Release N°2005-136. UNESCO Media Services. 2005-11-10. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
- ^ Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology
- ^ "UNESCO awards Bangladeshi microbiologist". The Daily Star. 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ "Kenya Honda (Japan) to receive the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology". 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
- ^ Elserafy, Menattallah (9 November 2023). "Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Uzbek scientist behind "super crops", wins UNESCO–Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 February 2024.