Francqui Prize

Francqui Prize

The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young (under 50) Belgian scholar or scientist. The prize is named after Emile Francqui.

It represents a sum of 150,000 €, and is awarded in the following three-year rotation of subjects: exact sciences, social sciences, and biological or medical sciences.

The prize is meant to encourage the further work of the young laureate, rather than crown the latter's career. He is also asked to organise an international colloquium in the appropriate discipline the same year that he is awarded the prize, which usually leads to an international publication which enables the quality of Belgian university research to be more widely appreciated.

Laureates of the Francqui Prize

* 1933: Henri Pirenne
* 1934: Georges Lemaitre
* 1936: Frans Cumont
* 1938: Jacques Errera
* 1940: Pierre Nolf
* 1946: François-L. Ganshof
* 1946: Frans-H. van den Dungen
* 1946: Marcel Florkin
* 1948: Léon H. Dupriez
* 1948: Marc de Hemptinne
* 1948: Zénon-M. Bacq
* 1948: Pol Swings
* 1948: Jean Brachet
* 1949: Léon Rosenfeld
* 1950: Paul Harsin
* 1951: Henri Koch
* 1952: Florent Bureau
* 1953: Claire Preaux
* 1953: Etienne Lamotte
* 1954: Raymond Jeener
* 1955: Ilya Prigogine (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1977)
* 1956: Louis Remacle
* 1957: Lucien Massart
* 1958: Léon Van Hove
* 1959: Gérard Garitte
* 1960: Christian de Duve (Nobel Prize Medicine 1974)
* 1961: Adolphe Van Tiggelen
* 1961: Jules Duchesne
* 1962: Chaïm Perelman
* 1963: Hubert Chantrenne
* 1964: Paul Ledoux
* 1965: Roland Mortier
* 1966: Henri G. Hers
* 1967: José J. Fripiat
* 1968: Jules Horrent
* 1969: Isidoor Leusen
* 1970: Radu Balescu
* 1971: Georges Thines
* 1972: Jean-Edouard Desmedt
* 1973: Pierre Macq
* 1974: Raoul van Caenegem
* 1975: René Thomas
* 1976: Walter Fiers
* 1977: Jacques Taminiaux
* 1978: Jacques Nihoul
* 1979: Jozef Schell
* 1980: Jozef IJsewijn
* 1981: André Trouet
* 1982: François Englert
* 1983: Alexis Jacquemin
* 1984: Désiré Collen
* 1985: Amand Lucas
* 1986: Marc Wilmet
* 1987: Jacques Urbain
* 1988: Pierre van Moerbeke
* 1989: Pierre Pestieau
* 1990: Thierry Boon
* 1991: Jean-Marie Andre
* 1992: Géry van Outryve d'Ydewalle
* 1993: Gilbert Vassart
* 1994: Eric G. Derouane
* 1995: Claude d'Aspremont Lynden
* 1996: Etienne Pays
* 1997: Jean-Luc Brédas
* 1998: Mathias Dewatripont
* 1999: Marc Parmentier
* 2000: Marc Henneaux
* 2000: Eric Remacle and Paul Magnette (Exceptional Francqui Prize for European Research)
* 2001: Philippe Van Parijs
* 2002: Peter Carmeliet
* 2003: Michel Van Den Bergh
* 2004: Marie-Claire Foblets
* 2005: Dirk Inzé
* 2006: Pierre Gaspard
* 2007: François de Callataÿ

See also

* University Foundation
* Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)

External links

* [http://www.francquifoundation.be/ Francqui foundation]
* [http://www.francquifoundation.be/ang/prix_en.htm Presentation of the Francqui Prize]
* [http://www.francquifoundation.be/ang/reglement_prix_en.htm Rules of the Francqui Prize]
* [http://www.francquifoundation.be/ang/laureat_en.htm Laureates of the Francqui Prize]


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