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2026 Balzan Prizes to be announced on 7 September in Milan
The special Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples will also be awarded
The 2026 BALZAN PRIZEWINNERS
ANNOUNCEMENT
Monday 7 September
starting from 6 p.m. (UTC+2)
will be STREAMED LIVE
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 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.
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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.
The Balzan Prizes: Science and Knowledge to Understand and Confront the Challenges of Our Times
BALZAN PRESS KIT SEPTEMBER 2026 (Download docx)
A dialogue between Balzan Prizewinners astrophysicists in London
Paolo de Bernardis and Joseph Silk at the Italian Cultural Institute on 16 June
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