The Albert Einstein World Award for Science is an annual award given by the World Cultural Council "as a means of recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development", with special consideration for researches which "have brought true benefit and wellbeing to mankind". Named for physicist and theoretician Albert Einstein, the award includes a diploma, a commemorative medal, and US$10,000.

The recipient of the award is evaluated and elected by an Interdisciplinary Committee, which is composed of world-renowned scientists, among them 25 Nobel laureates.

Award recipients Year Recipient Recipient's Institution Field of Research Ceremony Host Ceremony Site Ceremony Host Country Ceremony DateRef. 2024 Eske Willerslev 2024 2023 Christoph Gerber 2023 2022 Victoria Kaspi McGill University Astrophysics University of Coimbra University of Coimbra, Lisbon 29 November 2022 2019 Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology Nanoenergy University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 4 October 2019 2018 Jean-Pierre Changeux Pasteur Institute Neuroscience City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 8 November 2018 2017 Omar M. Yaghi University of California, Berkeley Chemistry Leiden University Pieterskerk, Leiden 8 November 2017 2016 Edward Witten Princeton University Physics, Mathematics Riga Technical University National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 14 October 2016 2015 Ewine van Dishoeck Leiden University Astrophysics University of Dundee Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland 19 November 2015 2014 Philip Cohen University of Dundee Enzymology Aalto University Otakaari 1 Building, Aalto University, Espoo 17 November 2014 2013 Paul Nurse Rockefeller University Genetics Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2 October 20132012 Michael Grätzel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Solar energy Aarhus University The Main Hall, Aarhus University, Aarhus 18 April 20122011 Geoffrey Ozin University of Toronto Nanochemistry University of Tartu Assembly Hall, University of Tartu, Tartu 10 November 20112010 Julio Montaner British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Biomedicine Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos, UAEM, Toluca 8 December 20102009 John T. Houghton John Ray Initiative Environmental Research University of Liège Salle Académique, University of Liège, Liège 25 November 20092008 Ada Yonath Weizmann Institute of Science Crystallography Princeton University Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 11 November 20082007 J. Fraser Stoddart University of California, Los Angeles Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos, Monterrey 24 November 20072006 Ahmed Zewail California Institute of Technology Femtochemistry Instituto Politécnico Nacional Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 28 October 20062005 John Hopfield Princeton University Life Sciences Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler, Saltillo 12 November 20052004 Ralph J. Cicerone University of California, Irvine Atmospheric Chemistry University of Liège Amphithéâtres de l'Europe, University of Liège, Liège 8 November 20042003 Martin Rees Cambridge University Astrophysics University of Helsinki, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters National Library of Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 17 November 20032002 Daniel H. Janzen University of Pennsylvania Biology Trinity College Dublin Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 14 November 20022001 Niels Birbaumer University of Vienna Neurobiology Utrecht University :nl:Academiegebouw (Utrecht), Utrecht 21 November 20012000 Frank Fenner Australian National University Biology University of the Witwatersrand Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1 November 20001999 Robert Weinberg Massachusetts Institute of Technology Medical Sciences Norwegian University of Science and Technology Main Building, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 11 November 19991998 Charles R. Goldman University of California, Davis Environmental Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Hunter Building, Wellington 19 November 19981997 Jean-Marie Ghuysen University of Liège Biochemistry Chulalongkorn University Main Auditorium, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 12 November 19971996 Alec Jeffreys University of Leicester Molecular Biology University of Oxford Voltaire Room, Taylor Institution, Oxford 23 November 19961995 Herbert H. Jasper University of Montreal Brain Research INBA, CONACULTA Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 16 December 19951994 Sherwood Rowland University of California, Irvine Environmental Sciences CODATA, ICSU, UNESCO Le Manège Convention Center, Chambéry 19 September 19941993 Ali Javan Massachusetts Institute of Technology Optical Physics Presidencia de la República Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 19 December 19931992 Raymond U. Lemieux University of Alberta Organic Chemistry National Research Council (Canada) Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa 19921991 Albrecht Fleckenstein University of Freiburg Physiology Australian National University Chancellor's Building, ANU, Canberra 19911990 Gustav Nossal Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Immunology Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Cupola Room, ETH Zurich, Zurich 19901989 Martin Kamen University of Southern California Biochemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Edgerton Hall, MIT, Cambridge 8 November 19891988 Margaret Burbidge University of California, San Diego Astrophysics Instituto Politécnico Nacional Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City 19 November 19881987 Hugh Huxley Brandeis University Molecular Biology University of Heidelberg :de:Aula der Alten Universität (Heidelberg), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg 26 November 19871986 Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan International Rice Research Institute Agriculture University of Guadalajara Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara 6 November 19861985 Werner Stumm Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Environmental Sciences Royal Institute of Technology Kollegiesalen, Stockholm 21 November 19851984 Ricardo Bressani Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) Nutrition World Cultural Council Auditorio San Pedro, San Pedro Garza García 29 November 1984

See also Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts José Vasconcelos World Award of Education Albert Einstein Medal Albert Einstein Award Prizes named after people List of things named after Albert Einstein List of physics awards List of general science and technology awards

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