Event
Balzan Prize
Friday, March 15, 2019
The Balzan Prizes are awarded in two general subject areas: Literature, Moral Sciences and the Arts; and the Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and Medicine. Four Balzan Prizes, two per category, are awarded to scholars, artists and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. The subject areas in which the awards are granted are rotated, and this special characteristic of the Balzan Prize ensures the promotion and recognition of new or emerging fields of study or research that may have been overlooked by other international awards. Prize winners must destine half of the prize to finance research projects that are preferably carried out by young scholars or scientists.