International Balzan Foundation

Rewarding knowledge, inspiring the future

The Balzan International Foundation supports research and culture worldwide, promoting scientists, scholars and young talents who contribute to the progress of humanity.

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It awards four annual Prizes: two in literature, moral sciences, and the arts; and two in the physical, mathematical, and natural sciences, and in medicine. Prizewinners must destine half of their awards for research projects carried out by young humanists and scientists.
At intervals of no less than three years, the Balzan Foundation also awards a prize for Humanity, Peace, and Fraternity among Peoples.

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The Latest Prizewinners

The four Balzan Prizes are awarded to scholars and scientists who have distinguished themselves in their fields on an international level. The Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace, and Fraternity Among Peoples is a special prize awarded at intervals of no less than three years.

USA 2025

Josiah Ober

2025 Balzan Prize for Classics: Athenian Democracy Revisited

2025 Balzan Prize for History of Contemporary Art

France 2025

Christophe Salomon

2025 Balzan Prize for Atoms and Ultra-Precise Measurement of Time

USA 2025

Carl H. June

2025 Balzan Prize for Gene and Gene-Modified Cell Therapy

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2025 Balzan Prizes Awarded in Bern

The Balzan Foundation awarded 750,000 Swiss Francs (approx. EUR 800,000; USD 930,000; GBP 710,000) for each prize. The winners are each required to allocate half of their prize money to funding research projects carried out by young scholars or scientists

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