2026 Balzan Prizes to be announced on 7 September in Milan

The special Prize for Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples will also be awarded

The winners of the 2026 Balzan Prizes for

  • The Social Science of Digital Technology
  • Jewish Studies
  • Biodegradable Polymers from Renewable Sources
  • Molecular Evolution: Decoding Patterns of Genomic Change
  • Humanity, Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples

will be officially announced in Milan on 7 September 2026, Monday, at the Fondazione Corriere della Sera at 6:00 pm (CEST/UTC+2).

After an opening speech by the President of the Balzan Foundation – Prize, Maria Cristina Messa, the Chair of the General Prize Committee, Marta Cartabia, will announce the winners and read the citations, while the four Prizewinners will be presented by other members of the Committee.

The announcement of the winners will be followed by a Lectio Magistralis entitled “The Measurement of Time: the Cold Atom Revolution” by Christophe Salomon, 2025 Balzan Prize for Atoms and ultra-precise Measurement of Time.

The event will be live-streamed on www.balzan.org

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