The Grande Médaille of the French Academy of Sciences, established in 1997, is awarded annually to a researcher who has contributed decisively to the development of science. It is the most prestigious of the Academy's awards, and is awarded in a different field each year. Its creation results from the combination of the original French Academy of Sciences Lalande Prize of 1802 with the Benjamin Valz Foundation Prize in 1970 and then with another 122 foundation prizes in 1997.Liste des 143 fondations.

Winners 2024 - Veerabhadran Ramanathan, climatologist Grande Médaille 2024 2023 - Michael N. Hall, molecular biologist 2022 - Terence Tao, mathematics 2021 - Katalin Karikó, biochemistry Communiqué de presse : Katalin Karikó lauréate de la Grande Médaille 2021 de l’Académie des sciences 2018 - Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysics Grand Medal 2018 2016 - Alexander Varshavsky, biochemistry 2015 - no award 2014 - Joel Lebowitz, physics and mathematics Grand Medal 2014 2013 - Joan A. Steitz, biochemistry Grand Medal 2013 2012 - Adi Shamir, cryptography 2011 - Avelino Corma Canos, chemistry Grand Medal 2011 2010 - Michael Atiyah, mathematics 2009 - Robert Weinberg, cancer research 2008 - Susan Solomon, atmospheric chemistry 2007 - Tomas Hökfelt, who studied neurotransmitters, and discovered their role in depression 2006 - Peter Goldreich, theoretical astrophysicist and planetary scientist 2005 - Ronald M. Evans, studied hormone receptors and the control of gene expression 2004 - David Gross, one of the founders of quantum chromodynamics and the Standard Model 2003 - David D. Sabatini, early inventor of electron microscopy techniques for cellular biology, discoverer of signalling peptides 2002 - Richard Garwin, discovered parity violation in pion decay 2001 - Albert Eschenmoser, organic chemistry 2000 - Robert Langlands, mathematics 1999 - Rene Thomas, molecular biology 1998 - Leo Kadanoff, physics 1997 - Jozef Schell, molecular biology of plants

See also

List of general science and technology awards

References