Office of Research

Balzan Prize 2017

Limited Submissions

 

Note: This is a not a limited submission and is being announced as a courtesy only

 

 

2017 subjects are:               Collective Memory

                                                Gender Studies

                                                Immunological Approaches in Cancer Therapy

                                                The Sun’s Planetary System and Exoplanets

 

 

Purpose

The “Prize” Foundation’s purpose is to promote culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples.  It achieves this by awarding prizes annually. Its headquarters are in Milan, where the General Prize Committee meets.

 

The Balzan Prizes are chosen by the General Prize Committee in two general subject areas: Literature, Moral Sciences and Arts; and the Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences and Medicine.

 

The International Balzan Prize Foundation’s aim is to promote culture, the sciences and the most meritorious initiatives in the cause of humanity, peace and fraternity among peoples throughout the world.

 

Currently, four annual awards are made: two in literature, moral sciences and the arts; and two in the physical, mathematical and natural sciences and medicine. In 2001, regulations concerning the prizes were changed, and prize winners must now destine half of their awards for research projects carried out preferably by young humanists and scientists.

 

At intervals of not less than three years, the Balzan Foundation also awards a prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples.

The Balzan Foundation acts jointly through two Foundations: one with headquarters in Milan and the other with headquarters in Zurich. At the “Prize” Foundation in Milan, the General Prize Committee, which is composed of eminent European scholars and scientists, chooses the subject areas of the awards and makes the nominations. The “Fund” Foundation in Zurich administers Eugenio Balzan’s estate.

Application Instructions

N/A

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

2017

Deadlines
03/15/2017 UW Internal Deadline Closed
03/15/2017 OSP Deadline
03/15/2017 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

International Balzan Foundation

Funding amount

$742,000 (750,000 Swiss francs )

Maximum Number of Applications

99 (not a limited submission)

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.