The call for nominations for the fifth edition of the Hypatia European Science Prize is now open

The fifth edition of the Hypatia European Science Prize will award €30,000 to someone who has had an excellent career, mostly in a European country, in the field of life and health sciences. This call for nominations continues the three-year cycle which began with the last edition, in which the prize was awarded to an individual in the field of science and technology.

The nominations period is from 11 July to 12 September, including both of those dates. The nominated candidates must have had an outstanding career of excellence, mainly in Europe, with a strong influence in various fields of knowledge and a positive social impact. Nominations must be made by a member of the Academia Europaea or the Barcelona Scientific Advisory Council.

The winner will be invited to an official ceremony in the city of Barcelona, where they will give a speech on their career, discoveries or other achievements for which they have been recognised.

About the Hypatia Prize

Barcelona City Council, in collaboration with Academia Europaea (Barcelona Knowledge Hub, AE-BKH), awards this prize annually with the aim of helping to raise the profile of science, as well as promoting, strengthening and increasing, within Europe, the value of excellent research and its impact on society.

The aim of the award is to recognise the career of someone who has excelled in the field of science and research at the highest international level, influencing various fields of knowledge and having a positive impact on the well-being of humanity.

The prize is called Hypatia in honour of the philosopher and scientist Hypatia of Alexandria (355-415), a woman who knew how to bring together and transmit all the fields of knowledge of her time and who, for that very reason, was murdered by the forces of ignorance and fanaticism.

The prize is worth €30,000, which is presented at an official ceremony in which the winner delivers a lecture related to their career in research.

The prize runs in three-year cycles, alternating between the three great areas of knowledge: science and technology, life and health sciences (as in this edition) and humanities and social sciences.

In its first edition (science and technology), the Hypatia Prize was won by the mathematician László Lovász; in the second (life and health sciences), it was won by the virologist Ilaria Capua; in the third edition (humanities and social sciences), it was won by the philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright. Nuria Oliver, an artificial intelligence expert, won the fourth Hypatia Prize, in the category of science and technology, for her excellent research into the development of new AI methods and systems in order to promote a positive impact on society. She has had a career of exceptional international influence that has resulted in over 40 registered patents.

Academia Europaea-Barcelona Knowledge Hub

The Academia Europaea is an international non-governmental association with over 5,000 members, including over 80 Nobel Prize winners, which promotes research and education in all areas of knowledge. The Academia Europaea works through a network of regional knowledge centres, including the Barcelona Knowledge Hub, which covers the Mediterranean regions and Southern Europe. The BKH was launched in 2013, and it is currently housed in the headquarters of the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation. It works on five strategic lines of action: fostering interdisciplinary scientific dialogue, citizen participation, exploring synergies between science and art at an international level, showcasing Catalan research internationally and recognising academic excellence, which includes the Hypatia European Science Prize.