Antonio Feltrinelli Prize

Antonio Feltrinelli Prize

The Antonio Feltrinelli Prize is a prestigious award for achievement in the arts, music, literature, history, philosophy, medicine, and physical and mathematical sciences. The award comes with a monetary grant, a certificate, and a gold medal. [ [http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/Bressan9-2006.htm Penn State - Elberly College of Science - News - "Bressan Awarded Antonio Feltrinellli Prize" ] ] The prize is awarded once every five years in each field by Italy's Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei [ [http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Phys-Feltrinelli-prize.html Berkeley Lab - Research News - "Feltrinellli International Prize Awarded to Berkeley Lab's Saul Perlmutter" ] ] both nationally and internationally. A further prize is awarded periodically for an exceptional enterprise in moral and humanitarian value. [ [http://www.lincei.it/premi/bando.php?tp=e&id=32818 Extract from the Rules for the Administration of the Antonio Feltrinelli Fund ] ]

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