• 07.03.2007: Descartes Prizes for Research & Science Communication - Winners announced

- Descartes Prize for Excellence in Scientific Collaborative Research
- Descartes Prize for Science Communication

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• 21.04.2006: REMINDER: THE CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMITTING DESCARTES PROPOSALS IS THURSDAY 4 MAY 2006, 17:00 (BRUSSELS LOCAL TIME).

• 21.04.2006: Learn more about the evaluation process of the Descartes Prizes: the Guidance note for evaluators is now available at the Cordis call page .

• 17.12.2005: The new call for proposals for the 2006 edition of the Descartes prizes has been published. The closing date is 4 May 2006. Please note that this year, submission to the research prize can only be made ON-LINE (using the EPSS tool) and that submission to the science communication prize can only be made ON PAPER.

• 02.12.2005: Descartes Prizes for Research & Science Communication - 2005 Winners announced - EN- FR - DE
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• Descartes research prize - Excellence in scientific research 2005 ( 3 Mb)
Descartes communication prize - Excellence in science communication 2005( 700 KB)
These brochures contain all the information on the 2005 edition of the Descartes Prizes' winning and nominated projects.

• The laureates and finalists of the Descartes Prizes will receive their prizes at the DESCARTES AWARD CEREMONY that will take place on 1-2 December 2005 at the Royal Society in London.
Programme( 200 KB).

• 08.011.2005 European Commission announces nominees for 2005 Descartes Prize for Science Communication ( 700 KB) and for Research ( 700 KB)
and the annexes ( 150kB) EN - DE - ES - IT.

• Five years of Descartes Prize winners ( 1 MB).
This publication covers the projects of all the laureates since the creation of both prizes. We wish you a good reading!

•11.07.2005 Descartes Research Prize: 76 multinational research teams competing for the prestigious European scientific award ( 750kB)
EN -FR - DE - IT - ES - NL - CZ
and the annexes ( 250kB) EN -FR - DE - IT - ES - NL - CZ

• A major novelty for the 2005 edition of the Descartes Prizes is that the all the finalists will be rewarded. More details here:
Grant for 2005 finalists( 165 kB)

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