Distinguished Dr Rao,
I trust this mail finds you well !
I am delighted to share with you some information on the Mendeleev Prize and
the call for nominations of its third edition open now - attached.
I would also appreciate it very much if you share this information with those
in your network who can made substantial contributions to science
popularization and extend an invitation to them to apply for the Prize
to strengthen candidates from Asian countries, in particular women.
UNESCO Member States on 21 October 2019, endorsed by acclamation the
establishment of UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic
Sciences during the
207 th session
of the UNESCO Executive Board.
The creation of the Prize is in recognition of the remarkable
contribution of the scientist Dmitri I. Mendeleev, a true Renaissance man, who
developed the Periodic Table, one of the fundamentals of the basic sciences.
The Prize is also an enduring legacy to the International Year of the Periodic
Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019), proclaimed by the United Nations
General Assembly at its 72nd session (document
A/RES/72/228) and led by UNESCO.
The award of the Prize contributes to generating scientific research,
technology and innovation, as well as pushing the production and application
of scientific knowledge to the centre of societal and economic development, in
line with the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Prize is awarded every year to two individual distinguished scientists in
recognition for their achievements in the development, diffusion, and
international cooperation in the basic sciences with significant
transformational impact on a regional or global scale.
The prize-winner receives a financial award of USD 250,000 as well as a gold
medal and a certificate.
The Statutes of the Prize are available in
English,
French,Spanish,Russian,Arabic, andChinese
The nominations can be submitted by the following categories:
No self-nomination shall be considered.
All applications must be submitted online via a dedicated template available
on the
webpage of the Prize, by 15 March 2024 at the very latest, in English or French.
You can also find more information on the Prize’s
webpage, available in six languages.
I am at disposal to respond to any enquiries by mail to (c.iskandar[at]unesco[dot]org
and/or
mendeleevprize[at]unesco[dot]org).
With many thanks and best regards,
