The European Latsis Prize is awarded annually by the European Science Foundation for "outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected field of European research". The prize is worth 100,000 Swiss francs and is awarded within a different discipline each year. The prize was inaugurated in 1999 by the Latsis Foundation and ended in 2012. The prize was awarded in a different scientific field.
Laureates Year Awardee Country Chosen Field Rationale1999 Jürgen Baumert"Research and/or Innovation in Education"2000 Kenneth Holmes"Molecular Structure"2001 André Berger"Climate Research"2002 Annette Karmiloff-Smith"Cognitive Sciences"2003Colin Renfrewhttp://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?language=0§ion=6&year=2003&newsrelease=72"Archaeology"2004 Amos Bairoch"Bioinformatics" 2005 Donal Bradleyhttp://www.esf.org/esf_pressarea_page.php?section=6&language=0&newsrelease=97"Nano-Engineering"2006 Rainer Bauböck"immigration and social cohesion in modern societies""for his in-depth research on migration issues" 2007Willi Kalender"Medical Imaging""for his outstanding contributions in the field of medical imaging" 2008Simon White"Astrophysics""for his outstanding contribution to the field of astrophysics" 2009Uta Frith /Chris Frith 2010 Ilkka Hanski"Biodiversity""for his contributions to research concerning biodiversity in general and metapopulation biology in particular" 2011James Vaupel "Demography""for his contributions to research on ageing and lifespan, and his profound influence on demographic research"2012 Uffe Haagerup“Mathematics”"for ground-breaking and important contributions to the theory of operator algebras"
See also Swiss Science Prize Latsis
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External links European Science Foundation