Gulbenkian Prize is a series of prizes awarded annually by the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation ( pt, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian), commonly referred to simply as the Gulbenkian Foundation, is a Portuguese institution dedicated to the promotion of the arts, philanthropy, science, and education. One ...
. The main Gulbenkian Prize was established in 1976 as the Gulbenkian Science Prize awarded to Portuguese individuals and organizations.
Starting 2012, the Foundation started giving a special international Prize funded by an annual award of €100,000 each in the field of human rights called Calouste Gulbenkian Prize on Human Rights.
The Gulbenkian Science Prize has now been restructured and is known as Gulbenkian Prizes on Cohesion, Knowledge and Sustainability and three prizes are awarded in each of the fields
Gulbenkian Science Prize
The Gulbenkian Science Prize (in
Portuguese: Prémio Calouste Gulbenkian de Ciência e Tecnologia) established in 1976 is an annual award to Portuguese nationals or those whose work has been carried out in Portugal. From 2007 to 2011 it was given in four categories, awarded annually every four years: Basic Sciences (Mathematics and Computing Sciences); Physical Sciences; Life Sciences; and Social and Human Sciences. The prize was worth 50,000
Euro
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s (previously €25,000).
In 2011 a new prize (€100,000 for the first prize, €50,000 for the other four) was awarded for five disciplines: Intercultural and Environmental Dialogue; Arts; Science; Charity; and Education.
In 2017 three new categories were announced: Knowledge, Sustainability, and Cohesion, with prizes of €50,000 each.
Past recipients include:
*1986:
Maria João Rodrigues
*1987: António Freitas, Benedita Rocha, António Coutinho
*1996: Boaventura de Sousa Santos
*1997: David Ish-Horowicz
*1998: Ana Rute Neves
*1999: Cristina Maria André de Pina e Sousa and Saůl António Gomes
*2000:
*2001: Gustavo Castelo Branco, Luís Manuel Lavoura and João Paulo F. da Silva: and
Rui Loja Fernandes
*2002: Patrício Silva and Pedro Gomes
*2003: José Machado Pais
*2004: Lorenzo Cornalba and Miguel Sousa da Costa; Sergey Dorogovtsev and
José Fernando Ferreira Mendes
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
; and José Francisco Rodrigues.
*2005:
*2006:
*2007:
**Arts category -
Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel (€100,000); Ângelo de Sousa,
Maria do Carmo Fonseca
**Science category - Luís Barreira (€50,000)
**Charity category - Associação das Aldeias de Crianças SOS Portugal (€50,000)
**Education category - Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual) (€50,000 each)
*2008:
Sérgio Rebelo
Sérgio T. Rebelo (born October 29, 1959) is a Portuguese economist who is the current MUFG Bank Distinguished Professor of International Finance at the Kellogg School of Management in Illinois, United States. He is also a co-director of the Cent ...
[Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Annual Report 2008]
pp. 17-18. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
*2009: Maria João Saraiva
*2010:
Miguel Poiares Maduro
Miguel Poiares Maduro (born 3 January 1967) is a Portuguese academic and politician. He was the Portuguese Minister for Regional Development from April 2013 to October 2015 in the XIX Constitutional Government of Portugal. Formerly, he was direc ...
*2011: Nuno Peres
*2012-2018: ''See Human Rights section''
Gulbenkian Prizes on Cohesion, Knowledge and Sustainability
Three annual awards given to individuals and non-profit private legal entities which have distinguished themselves in Portugal in the defence and promotion of Cohesion, Knowledge and Sustainability. Three annual awards are given one in each field of the categories of the prize
*2017:
**Cohesion category - Artistic Musical Society of Pousos
**Knowledge category - Portuguese Mathematics Society
**Sustainability category - Association of Douro Valley Viticulture Development (ADVID)
*2018:
**Cohesion category - É uma Casa, Lisboa Housing First
**Knowledge category - O Espaço do Tempo
**Sustainability category - Coopérnico Cooperative
Calouste Gulbenkian Prize on Human Rights
An international annual prize awarded to individuals and non-profit private legal entities which have distinguished themselves internationally in the defence and promotion of Human Rights on the issue of freedom of expression, information and press. Winners were:
*2012:
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
The West–Eastern Divan Orchestra is an orchestra based in Seville, Spain, consisting of musicians from countries in the Middle East, of Egyptian, Iranian, Israeli, Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian and Spanish background.
It was found ...
*2013:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina - awarded to director Ismail Serageldin
*2014:
Community of Sant'Egidio
*2015: Dr.
Denis Mukwege (Congo)
*2016: Amazonas Sustainable Foundation, in Portuguese The Amazonas Sustentável Foundation
*2017:
Hungarian Helsinki Committee / Professor
Jane McAdam
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(Australia) - ''in ex-aequo''
*2018:
Article 19
*2019:
Gulbenkian Museum Prize
Known as the Gulbenkian Prize for the period 2003 to 2007, it was an annual prize awarded to a
United Kingdom
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museum or gallery for a "track record of imagination, innovation and excellence". The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation ended their sponsorship in 2007 and the award became the
Art Fund
Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as ...
Prize, and later
Museum of the Year.
Other awards by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Vasco Vilalva Prize
Established in 2009, this is an annual prize of 50,000 euros, awarded to exemplary Portuguese projects displaying interventions in movable and immovable property of cultural value that stimulate the preservation and recovery of the heritage.
[Gulbenkian Foundation - Premios]
/ref> The award is named after (1913–1975), a Portuguese philanthropist and patron.
Branquinho da Fonseca Prize
The award is a literary prize that aims to encourage the emergence of young writers between the ages of 15 and 30.[
]
Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
Established in 2020, the first €1-million Prize for Humanity was awarded in July 2020. It is aimed at distinguishing people or institutions fighting climate change.
Winners as Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity were:
*2020: Greta Thunberg
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (; born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish environmental activist who is known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action for climate change mitigation.
Thunberg's activism began when she persuaded ...
*2021: Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy was established in 2016 by bringing formally together the Compact of Mayors and the European Union's Covenant of Mayors. It is a global coalition of city leaders addressing climate change by ple ...
*2022: IPBES
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is an intergovernmental organization established to improve the interface between science and policy on issues of biodiversity and ecosystem services. It ...
and IPCC
References
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External links
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Gulbenkian Prizes
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Awards established in 1976