National Research Awards and National Research Awards for Young People
The National Research Awards recognize the merit of those researchers of Spanish nationality who are doing outstanding work in scientific fields of international relevance and who contribute significantly to the advancement of scientific knowledge and the progress of humanity.
The National Research Awards were created in 1982 with the convocation of the National Research Award "Santiago Ramón y Cajal and subsequently other modalities have been created, all with names of illustrious researchers, excellent in their area of knowledge. There are currently 10 modalities that correspond to the following areas of knowledge:
- National Research Award "Santiago Ramón y Cajal", in the area of Biology (since 1982).
- National Research Award "Ramón Menéndez Pidal" in the area of Humanities (since 1983).
- National Award "Leonardo Torres Quevedo" in the area of Engineering (since 1983).
- National Research Award "Gregorio Marañón", in the area of Medicine (since 1997).
- National Research Award "Enrique Moles", in the area of Chemical Science and Technology (since 2001).
- National Research Award "Alejandro Malaspina", in the area of Natural Resources Sciences and Technologies (since 2001).
- National Research Award "Julio Rey Pastor", in the area of Mathematics and Information and Communication Technologies (since 2001).
- National Research Award "Juan de la Cierva", in the area of Knowledge Transfer (since 2001).
- National Research Award "Blas Cabrera", in the area of Physical Sciences, Materials and Earth.
- National Research Award "Pascual Madoz", in the area of Law and Economic and Social Sciences (since 2002).
The award of the National Research Awards is made through a competitive competition procedure, in accordance with the principles of publicity, transparency, objectivity, equality and non-discrimination. The procedure begins with the publication of the call in the “Official State Gazette”, being able to call some or all of the indicated modalities.
The candidacies can only be presented by those institutions or people that are determined in each call, not being possible the presentation by the candidates themselves. The candidates must have carried out a significant part of their research career in Spain and be developing a relevant and internationally recognized work at the time of the presentation of their candidacies.
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, with the firm purpose of promoting scientific vocations and recognizing the merit of those Spanish researchers who have achieved relevant achievements in the early stages of their careers, has created the National Research Awards for Young People aimed at highlighting the outstanding work and scientific contributions of Spanish researchers with a maximum age of 40.
There are 10 types of awards, named after illustrious researchers, excellent in each of their respective areas of knowledge, corresponding to the following areas of knowledge:
- National Research Award “Margarita Salas”, in the area of biology.
- National Research Award “Matilde Ucelay” in the area of engineering and architecture.
- National Research Award “María Moliner”, in the area of humanities.
- National Research Award “Gabriella Morreale”, in the area of medicine and health sciences.
- National Research Award “Ángeles Alvariño”, in the area of natural resources sciences and technologies.
- National Research Award “Felisa Martín Bravo”, in the area of physical sciences, materials and land.
- National Research Award “Maria Teresa Toral”, in the area of chemical science and technology.
- National Research Award “Ángela Ruiz Robles”, in the area of knowledge transfer.
- National Research Award “María Andresa Casamayor”, in the area of mathematics and information and communication technologies.
- National Research Award “Clara Campoamor”, in the area of law and economic and social sciences.
The award of the National Research Awards for Young People is made through a competitive competition procedure, in accordance with the principles of publicity, transparency, objectivity, equality and non-discrimination. The procedure begins with the publication of the call in the “Official State Gazette”, being able to call some or all of the indicated modalities.
The candidacies can only be presented by those institutions or people that are determined in each call, not being possible the presentation by the candidates themselves. Candidates must have a maximum age of 40 years and be carrying out relevant and internationally recognized work in a Spanish institution at the time of the presentation of their candidacies.
