• Press Centre
  - Descartes Prize for Transnational, Collaborative Research
  - Science Communication Prize

Press for 2007/2008

Press Releases

• 12.03.2008: News Alert
• 12.03.2008: News Alert with annexes
  
  

Press for 2006

Press Releases

• 07.03.2007: Three Excellent European Research Projects share €1m Descartes Prize for Research
• 07.03.2007: Europe's top science communicators honoured
  
  Photos from the event

  Videos from prize winners and some finalists
  

Press in 2005 

Press Releases

• 02.12.2005: Descartes Prizes for Research & Science Communication - 2005 Winners announced
  EN- FR - DE
• Photos from the event  
• 27.09.2005: European Commission announces nominees for 2005 Descartes Prize for Science Communication
• 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

Press in 2004 

• Prize Ceremony
• Further Background:
  • On the first Descartes Prize for Excellence in Science Communication
  • On the Descartes Prize for Excellence in Research
  • On the Fifth Anniversary of the Descartes Prize for Research
• Photos

Prize Ceremony for Excellence in Scientific Research and in Science Communication
02.12.2004	2004 EU Descartes Prizes reward scientific excellence - press release
02.12.2004	Winners of the 2004 Prize - memo
02.12.2004	Speech by the European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik
02.12.2004	Speeches by 2004 Research Prize Winners Professor Anders Karlsson ( 23kB) Professor Howard Trevor Jacobs ( 24kB)
02.12.2004	Speeches by 2004 Descartes Science Communication Prize Winners Professor Peter Csermely ( 22kB)
22.11.2004	Media invitation ( 126 kB)
Further Background: On the first Descartes Prize for Excellence in Science Communication
11.11.2004	EU Launches New Descartes Prize for Science Communication - CORDIS press release
November 2004	Finalists for the 2004 Descartes Science Communication Prize
November 2004	Descartes science communication prize brochure ( 1.2 MB)
On the Descartes Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research
December 2004	The QuComm Descartes Prize winner is an EU-funded project for IST research
December 2004	Descartes Prize winner calls on the EU to increase co-operation with the rest of the world - CORDIS News article
December 2004	Descartes Prize was an inspiration, says finalist - CORDIS News article
November 2004	Brochure on the Descartes prize for excellence in research ( 6.3 MB)
July 2004	Finalists for the 2004 Descartes Prize for excellence in scientific research
On the Fifth Anniversary of the Descartes Prize for Research
July 2004	Slowly but surely Descartes Prize is helping to improve the profile of European research - CORDIS News article
July 2004	Scientists offer their thoughts on the Descartes Prize - CORDIS News article
July 2004	The EU Descartes Prize: Celebrating 5 years of collaborative transnational research ( 500 kB)
Press releases in 2003
December 2003	Finalists of the EU Descartes Prize 2003 - FACTSHEETS	(PDF)	de	el		en	es	fr	it	nl
20.11.2003	EU EUR 1 million Descartes Prize rewards excellence in high-tech and fundamental science	(PDF)	en	fr		it
21.10.2003	Rewarding EU scientific excellence/Award ceremony	(PDF)	de	el		en	es	fr	it	nl
25.09.2003	EU Descartes Prize 2003: eight research teams shortlisted	(PDF)	de	en		fr
25.09.2003	EU Descartes Prize Finalists 2003 - Factsheets	(PDF)	de	el		en	es	fr	it	nl
17.07.2003	900 scientists from Europe and beyond compete for the 4th EU Descartes Prize Rome, 20 November 2003	(PDF) en
Press releases in 2002
05.12.2002	EU 2002 Descartes Prize awards EUR 1 million for 2 projects in the field of medicine and astrophysics	(PDF)	de	en		es	fr	it	nl	ro
24.09.2002	EU 2002 Descartes Prize: Finalist Projects Announced	(PDF)	de	en		fr	it	nl	ro
24.07.2002	The EU Descartes Prize: Rewarding European Research for society	(PDF)	de	en		es	fr	it	nl	pt
Press releases in 2001
18.12.2001	Call for major scientific achievements to be awarded by the 2002 EU Descartes Prize up to EUR 1,000,000	(PDF)  en
27.11.2001	2001 EU Descartes Prize awards EUR 1 million for 2 projects on AIDS and chemical catalysis	(PDF)	en	es		fr	it	nl
27.11.2001	The Descartes Prize Winners 2001 Grand Jury's opinions	(PDF)  en
19.11.2001	Media Invitation to the 2001 Descartes Award Ceremony	(PDF)	de	en		es	fr	it	nl	pt
Press in 2000
08.11.2000	Announcement of the winners of the 2000 Descartes Prize	(PDF)	de	en		es	fr	it	nl