Brussels, 23 July 2004
This year, the EU Descartes Prize for outstanding research through transnational co-operation is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The 2004 short-listed teams come from 20 countries and display scientific excellence in the fields of life sciences, engineering, information technologies, chemistry and physics. The two winners of this year’s award – which is worth €1 million, with €500 000 for each winner – will be announced on 2 December in Prague. Over the past five years, 65 teams from 19 European and non-European countries have been awarded the EU Descartes Prize for projects that range from basic sciences, chemistry and life sciences to electronics and physics.
“The stories of past Descartes laureates illustrate how beneficial cross-border exchange of scientific expertise can be in terms of scientific and technological development, and how transnational research incentives can stimulate collaboration,” says European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin. “From researching treatment for skin cancer, working on novel drugs to combat HIV, to revolutionising the world of electronic displays, former laureates have greatly contributed to increasing our scientific knowledge.”
The short-listed projects include:
- Life sciences
- Chemistry, nanosciences and engineering
- Information sciences and physics
The Descartes Prize online:
http:///www.cordis.lu/descartes
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