# Irène Joliot-Curie Prize

The Irène Joliot-Curie Prize is a French prize for women in science and technology, founded in 2001. It is awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, the Airbus Group corporate foundation, the French Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Technologies, it aims at rewarding women for their work in the fields of science and technology".
The prize is named after French scientist Irène Joliot-Curie, a French chemist, physicist and politician who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for the discovery of artificial radioactivity. (This prize should be distinguished from a different prize with the same name, offered since 1956 by the Société Française de Physique. which rewards work in the field of physics each year.)
Each year three awards are given: one for the female scientist of the year, a second to a young female scientist, and a third to a woman in business and technology. In addition, until 2009, of the award a fourth category of awards was given, to an individual or group in recognition of their mentorship of women in science. In 2023, a new category was recognized in a special prize for engagement.
Since 2011, the award winners have been chosen by the French Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Technologies.

## Winners

The winners have included:
| Year | Female scientist of the year | Young female scientist | Woman in business and technology | Mentorship / Engagement |
| 2023 | Anne Canteaut | Virginie Galland Ehrlacher Claire de March Laurette Piani | Marilena Radoiu | Olga Paris-Romaskevich [fr] |
| 2022 | Bérengère Dubrulle | Nina Hadis Amini | Marjorie Cavarroc-Weimer | |
| 2021 | Julie Grollier | Cécile Charrier | Odile Hembise Fanton d’Andon | |
| 2020 | Fariba Adelkhah | Céline Guivarch | Sandrine Lévêque-Fort | |
| 2019 | Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue | Sophie Postel-Vinay | Belinda Cowling | |
| 2018 | | Lenka Zdeborova | Dinh Thuy Phan Huy | |
| 2017 | Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille | Hélène Morlon | Aline Gouget | |
| 2016 | Françoise Briquel-Chatonnet | Nathalie Carrasco | Sylvaine Neveu | |
| 2015 | Leticia Cugliandolo | Rut Carballido Lopez | Agnès Bernet | |
| 2014 | Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou | Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo | Séverine Sigrist | |
| 2013 | Valérie Masson-Delmotte | Wiebke Drenckhan and Claire Wyart | Véronique Newland | |
| 2012 | Marina Cavazzana-Calvo | Bénédicte Menez | Isabelle Buret | |
| 2011 | Anne-Marie Lagrange | Laure Saint-Raymond | Pascale Vicat-Blanc | |
| 2010 | Alessandra Carbone | Anne Peyroche | Françoise Soussaline | |
| 2009 | Michèle Leduc | Virginie Bonnaillie-Noël | Malika Haimeur | AFFDU – Association française des femmes diplômées des universités |
| 2008 | Brigitte Senut | Katell Berthelot | Catherine Langlais | Catherine Marry |
| 2007 | Monique Combescure | Hakima Mendil-Jakani | Magali Vaissière | Marie-Paule Cani |
| 2006 | Cecilia Ceccarelli | Julia Kempe | Françoise Heilmann-Pascal | |
| 2005 | Rose Dieng-Kuntz | Béatrice Chatel | | Ingénieur-e de demain de l’association OPE-URIS |
| 2004 | Anne-Marie Jolly-Desodt | | Marie-Françoise Roy | Société internationale pour l'étude des femmes de l'Ancien Régime |
| 2003 | Françoise Héritier | | Muriel Thomasset | Femmes Ingénieurs |
| 1980 | Marie-Claude Lemaire | | |