UNESCO awards

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The UNESCO prizes are awards that are usually awarded annually or biennially by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization ( UNESCO ) in various subject areas.

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Natural sciences

Several of the following UNESCO World Science Awards will be presented during the annual World Science Day (November 10th).

  • UNESCO Science Prize
  • Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology Microbiology (Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Meritorious Work in Microbiology), named after Carlos Finlay
  • Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists, named after the Indian Javed Husain
  • Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation, in cooperation with the Sultan of Oman , Qabus ibn Said
  • Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science (Kalinga Prize for popularization of Science), named after the ancient Indian kingdom of Kalinga
  • Great Man-Made River International Water Prize, full name: Great Man-Made River International Prize for Water Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas), named after the Great-Man-Made River project in Libya
  • MAB Young Scientists Awards, as part of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere program
  • UNESCO / Institut Pasteur Medal (UNESCO / Institut Pasteur Medal for an outstanding contribution to the development of scientific knowledge that has a beneficial impact on human health), in cooperation with the Institut Pasteur
  • UNESCO / L'Oréal Prize for Women in Science (L'Oréal / UNESCO Prize For Women in Science ), awarded as part of the UNESCO program For Women in Science (three components: international prizes, grants and national prizes)
  • Mondialogo Engineering Award (prize for teams of young engineers from several nations, awarded as part of the Mondialogo program by UNESCO and Daimler AG )
  • ERAIFT regional postgraduate school Prize, awarded in cooperation with the Regional School for Integrated Management of Tropical Forests (Ecole Régionale post-universitaire d'Aménagement et de gestion Intégrés des Forêts et Territoires tropicaux) in Kinshasa
  • Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management, named after a former Deputy Director General of UNESCO, the French Michel Batisse
  • Mercosur Award in Science and Technology, for scientists from the member states of Mercosur
  • Research Grants for Young Scientists specializing in Great Apes of Africa, grant for young scientists in the field of great ape research in Africa as part of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) program
  • Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Prize (UNESCO Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the life sciences), in cooperation with the President of Equatorial Guinea , Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
  • Space Science Medal

Social and human sciences

  • Félix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize (Félix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize), named after the first President of the Ivory Coast , Félix Houphouët-Boigny
  • UNESCO International Cities of Peace Prize
  • UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
  • UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Tolerance Prize (UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence), donated by the Indian UN Special Envoy Madanjeet Singh
  • UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education (UNESCO / Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights; former name: UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education)
  • Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science, named after the ancient Persian scientist Avicenna
  • German Human Rights Film Award (the German UNESCO Commission is co-organizer)
  • Fair Play Prize (Pierre de Coubertin International Fair Play Trophies), named after Pierre de Coubertin
  • Simón Bolívar Prize (International Simón Bolívar Prize), named after Simón Bolívar
  • Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom (UNESCO / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize), named after the murdered Colombian journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza
  • José Martí Prize (International José Martí Prize), named after José Martí
  • Juan Bosch Prize (UNESCO / Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean), named after Juan Bosch

education

  • UNESCO Literacy Prize of the International Reading Society ( International Reading Association Literacy Award)
  • UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize , named after the Korean King Sejong
  • UNESCO Confucius Prize, named after Confucius
  • King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa Prize (UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education), named after the King of Bahrain , Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa
  • Jabir-al-Ahmad-al-Jabir-as-Sabah Prize (UNESCO Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize for Research and Training in Special Needs Education for the Mentally Disabled), named after the former head of state of Kuwait , Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah
  • UNESCO Comenius Medal (UNESCO Comenius Medal), in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Czech Republic , named after Johann Amos Comenius (not to be confused with the Comenius EduMedia Award , which has nothing to do with UNESCO)
  • UNESCO Award for Physical Education and Sports for All (UNESCO Award in Recognition of Distinguished Services to Physical Education and Sports for All)
  • WISE Prize for Education
  • UNESCO Japan Prize for Education for Sustainable Development

Communication and information

Culture

  • Music Prize from UNESCO and the International Music Council (UNESCO “International Music Council” Music Prize), in cooperation with UNESCO and the International Music Council
  • Melina Mercouri Prize for the Preservation of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safegarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes), named after Melina Mercouri
  • Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture, supported by the Arab emirate of Sharjah
  • UNESCO Crafts Prize
  • Special Crafts Prize “Iron Roads in Africa - SIAO 2000”, awarded as part of the UNESCO project Iron Roads in Africa (old African iron trade routes), in cooperation with Le Salon International de L Artisanat de Ouagadougou, a trade fair for handicrafts in Ouagadougou / Burkina Faso
  • UNESCO Digital Arts Award
  • UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts
  • UNESCO Prize for Architecture
  • UNESCO Prize for Landscape Architecture
  • Design 21 Competition, prize for young designers, in cooperation with the Japanese design house Felissimo Corporation
  • UNESCO City of Design, awarded to cities as part of the UNESCO Creative City Network program
  • Arirang Prize ( Intangible Cultural Heritage Prize supported by the Republic of Korea )
  • Samarkand Taroniasi Prize (Prize for Intangible Cultural Heritage, supported by Uzbekistan )
  • Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Prize (Prize for Intangible Cultural Heritage, supported by the United Arab Emirates )
  • Sergei Eisenstein Medal (UNESCO Sergei Eisenstein Medal), named after the film director Sergei Michailowitsch Eisenstein
  • UNESCO Mozart Medal (UNESCO Mozart Medal), named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Seal of Excellence for Handicrafts, award for handcrafted products, awarded by UNESCO offices in Asia, divided into several regions

Inactive UNESCO prices

The following prizes are currently not awarded or not awarded at all:

  • UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance (German: UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance )
  • UNESCO / Francoise Gallimard Prize for Young Writers Expressing the Tensions and Hopes of Our Time, named after a member of the French Gallimard publishing family
  • Pacha Prize (Prize for Intangible Cultural Heritage, supported by Bolivia )
  • Malcolm Adiseshiah Prize (Malcolm Adiseshiah International Literacy Prize), named after the Indian Malcolm Adiseshiah
  • Nessim Habif Prize (Nessim Habif Prize, Prix mondial Nessim Habif), Prize of the University of Geneva for outstanding achievements in medical-biological research, named after the Turk Nessim Habif
  • Noma Prize for Meritorious Work in Literacy, named after the Japanese Shoichi Noma, the founder of the Kōdansha publishing house
  • UNESCO-ROSTSCA Awards for Young Scientists ( Young Scientists Award of the UNESCO Regional Office for Science and Technology in South and Central Asia (Regional Office of Science and Technology for South and Central Asia) )
  • UNESCO Web Prize
  • The Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Prize for Literacy (literacy prize, awarded 1967–1978, donated by the government of Iran , named after Mohammad Reza Pahlavi )
  • The Iraq Literacy Prize (literacy prize, awarded 1980–1991, donated by the government of Iraq )
  • The Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize for Literacy (literacy prize, awarded 1969–1991, donated by the government of the USSR , named after the Russian Nadeschda Konstantinovna Krupskaya )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ First UNESCO Space Science Medals awarded to four prominent scientists and space practitioners