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Meeting with Christophe Salomon at the Institut français in Florence on 25 March
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.
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
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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Each year, the four Balzan Prizes are awarded to scholars and scientists who have distinguished themselves at the international level. The Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples is granted at intervals of no less than three years.
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
Annual Balzan Lecture 2025 in Lugano
Piero Boitani spoke about ‘Roma Aeterna’ at the USI
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