"Grand Prix en Sciences" of the Institut Grand-Ducal
Thursday 21 January 2010
In cooperation with the “ Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)” and several private sponsors, the “Section des Sciences Naturelles, Physiques et Mathématiques de l’Institut Grand-ducal” beginning with the year 2010, will award each year a researcher for either his or her complete work or an exceptional discovery.
To be eligible for the award, the researcher must be a Luxembourgian national or a researcher working or having worked in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. The prize is currently endowed with 5.000 EUR and will be awarded during an academic session at the end of the year.
All applications, year by year,must be submitted each year by March 31st 2010 latest, by postal or electronic mail (Professor Pierre SECK, Président de la Section des Sciences de l’Institut Grand-ducal, 13, rue Tony Neuman, L-2241 Luxembourg pierre.seck@uni.lu).
The application must contain an application letter, a complete curriculum vitae of the candidate as well as a document describing the work and the results that are to be considered by the jury. The regulation of the Grands Prix en Sciences de l’Institut Grand-ducal can be viewed on the web pages of th Section ( www.igdss.lu).
The 2010 prize will be a prize for physics and is called after its sponsor “Prix Paul WURTH”.
2011 prize: awarded for mathematics, called, after its sponsor, “Prix de la Bourse de Luxembourg”.
2012 prize: awarded for geology, called, after its sponsor, “Prix FEIDT”.
2013 prize: awarded for biology, called after its sponsor, “Prix CACTUS”.
2014 prize: awarded for chemistry, called, after its sponsor, “Prix Paul METZ”.
From 2015 onwards, the same cycle of awards will restart.
Contact at the Institut Grand-Ducal :
Professor Pierre SECK, President of the “Section des Sciences de l’Institut Grand-ducal”
phone: +352 46 66 44 6354 ; mail: pierre.seck@uni.lu