# Albert Einstein World Award of Science

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

* 2024 - Eske Willerslev
* 2023 - Christoph Gerber
| Year | Recipient | Recipient's Institution | Field of Research | Ceremony Host | Ceremony Site | Ceremony Host Country | Ceremony Date | Ref. |
| 2022 | Victoria Kaspi | McGill University | Astrophysics | University of Coimbra | University of Coimbra, Lisbon | Portugal | 29 November 2022 | |
| 2019 | Zhong Lin Wang | Georgia Institute of Technology | Nanoenergy | University of Tsukuba | University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba | Japan | 4 October 2019 | |
| 2018 | Jean-Pierre Changeux | Pasteur Institute | Neuroscience | City University of Hong Kong | City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong | China | 8 November 2018 | [12] [13] [14] [15] |
| 2017 | Omar M. Yaghi | University of California, Berkeley | Chemistry | Leiden University | Pieterskerk, Leiden | Netherlands | 8 November 2017 | |
| 2016 | Edward Witten | Princeton University | Physics, Mathematics | Riga Technical University | National Library of Latvia, Riga, Latvia | Latvia | 14 October 2016 | |
| 2015 | Ewine van Dishoeck | Leiden University | Astrophysics | University of Dundee | Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland | United Kingdom | 19 November 2015 | |
| 2014 | Philip Cohen | University of Dundee | Enzymology | Aalto University | Otakaari 1 Building, Aalto University, Espoo | Finland | 17 November 2014 | |
| 2013 | Paul Nurse | Rockefeller University | Genetics | Nanyang Technological University | Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Singapore | 2 October 2013 | |
| 2012 | Michael Grätzel | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Solar energy | Aarhus University | The Main Hall, Aarhus University, Aarhus | Denmark | 18 April 2012 | |
| 2011 | Geoffrey Ozin | University of Toronto | Nanochemistry | University of Tartu | Assembly Hall, University of Tartu, Tartu | Estonia | 10 November 2011 | |
| 2010 | Julio Montaner | British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Biomedicine | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México | Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos, UAEM, Toluca | Mexico | 8 December 2010 | |
| 2009 | John T. Houghton | John Ray Initiative | Environmental Research | University of Liège | Salle Académique, University of Liège, Liège | Belgium | 25 November 2009 | |
| 2008 | Ada Yonath | Weizmann Institute of Science | Crystallography | Princeton University | Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey | United States | 11 November 2008 | |
| 2007 | J. Fraser Stoddart | University of California, Los Angeles | Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos, Monterrey | Mexico | 24 November 2007 | |
| 2006 | Ahmed Zewail | California Institute of Technology | Femtochemistry | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Sala Manuel M. Ponce, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City | Mexico | 28 October 2006 | |
| 2005 | John Hopfield | Princeton University | Life Sciences | Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro | Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler, Saltillo | Mexico | 12 November 2005 | |
| 2004 | Ralph J. Cicerone | University of California, Irvine | Atmospheric Chemistry | University of Liège | Amphithéâtres de l'Europe, University of Liège, Liège | Belgium | 8 November 2004 | |
| 2003 | Martin Rees | Cambridge University | Astrophysics | University of Helsinki, Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters | National Library of Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki | Finland | 17 November 2003 | |
| 2002 | Daniel H. Janzen | University of Pennsylvania | Biology | Trinity College Dublin | Examination Hall, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin | Ireland | 14 November 2002 | |
| 2001 | Niels Birbaumer | University of Vienna | Neurobiology | Utrecht University | nl:Academiegebouw (Utrecht), Utrecht | Netherlands | 21 November 2001 | |
| 2000 | Frank Fenner | Australian National University | Biology | University of the Witwatersrand | Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | South Africa | 1 November 2000 | |
| 1999 | Robert Weinberg | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Medical Sciences | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Main Building, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim | Norway | 11 November 1999 | |
| 1998 | Charles R. Goldman | University of California, Davis | Environmental Sciences | Victoria University of Wellington | Hunter Building, Wellington | New Zealand | 19 November 1998 | |
| 1997 | Jean-Marie Ghuysen | University of Liège | Biochemistry | Chulalongkorn University | Main Auditorium, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok | Thailand | 12 November 1997 | |
| 1996 | Alec Jeffreys | University of Leicester | Molecular Biology | University of Oxford | Voltaire Room, Taylor Institution, Oxford | United Kingdom | 23 November 1996 | |
| 1995 | Herbert H. Jasper | University of Montreal | Brain Research | INBA, CONACULTA | Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City | Mexico | 16 December 1995 | |
| 1994 | Sherwood Rowland | University of California, Irvine | Environmental Sciences | CODATA, ICSU, UNESCO | Le Manège Convention Center, Chambéry | France | 19 September 1994 | |
| 1993 | Ali Javan | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Optical Physics | Presidencia de la República | Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City | Mexico | 19 December 1993 | |
| 1992 | Raymond U . Lemieux | University of Alberta | Organic Chemistry | National Research Council (Canada) | Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa | Canada | 1992 | |
| 1991 | Albrecht Fleckenstein | University of Freiburg | Physiology | Australian National University | Chancellor's Building, ANU, Canberra | Australia | 1991 | |
| 1990 | Gustav Nossal | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Immunology | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich | Cupola Room, ETH Zurich, Zurich | Switzerland | 1990 | |
| 1989 | Martin Kamen | University of Southern California | Biochemistry | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Edgerton Hall, MIT, Cambridge | United States | 8 November 1989 | |
| 1988 | Margaret Burbidge | University of California, San Diego | Astrophysics | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City | Mexico | 19 November 1988 | |
| 1987 | Hugh Huxley | Brandeis University | Molecular Biology | University of Heidelberg | de:Aula der Alten Universität (Heidelberg), University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg | Germany | 26 November 1987 | |
| 1986 | Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan | International Rice Research Institute | Agriculture | University of Guadalajara | Teatro Degollado, Guadalajara | Mexico | 6 November 1986 | |
| 1985 | Werner Stumm | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology | Environmental Sciences | Royal Institute of Technology | Kollegiesalen, Stockholm | Sweden | 21 November 1985 | |
| 1984 | Ricardo Bressani | Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) | Nutrition | World Cultural Council | Auditorio San Pedro, San Pedro Garza García | Mexico | 29 November 1984 | |