The Descartes Prize was an annual award in science given by the European Union , named in honour of the French mathematician and philosopher, René Descartes .
4-463: The prizes recognized Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Resulting from European Collaborative Research. The research prize was first awarded in 2000 and was discontinued in 2007. The research prize was awarded to teams of researchers who had "achieved outstanding scientific or technological results through collaborative research in any field of science, including the economic, social science and humanities." Nominations were submitted by
8-499: A project coordinator was named, only that person was included here and none of the team members who are also "winners" or "laureates". (Full project members are included on the Descartes Prize website individual award pages.) Where no project "coordinator" was named, the team members are individually named. Science Communication Prize The Science Communication Prize is an annual award in science writing given by
12-605: The European Commission . It was begun as a Descartes Prize in 2004, but in 2007 was separated to its own prize. It is a "prize of prizes" that is only open to winners of other award schemes from the year preceding the award. Eligible forms of science communication include public engagement, written communication including newspaper articles and popular science books , audio-visual media including TV programmes and websites, and "innovative action". Proposals (also referred to as submissions) received are judged and
16-581: The research teams themselves or by suitable national bodies. A science communication prize was also started in 2004 as part of the Descartes Prize but in 2007 was separated to the Science Communication Prize . Proposals (also referred to as submissions) received were judged and a shortlist of nominees were announced, from which five Laureates (finalists) and five Winners were announced at a prize ceremony in December each year. Where
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