Balzan Prize

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humanities award international award peace prize science award

The Balzan Prize is an international award recognizing outstanding achievements in the humanities, natural sciences, culture, and efforts toward peace and brotherhood among peoples.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Balzan Prize canonical	26
Balzan Prize for Art and Culture	1
Balzan Prize for Humanities	1
Balzan Prize for Moral Philosophy	1
Balzan Prize for Moral Sciences	1
Balzan Prize for Natural Sciences	1
Balzan Prize for Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples	1
Balzan Prize for Social and Political Sciences	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humanities award ⓘ international award ⓘ peace prize ⓘ science award ⓘ
administeredBy	International Balzan Prize Foundation ⓘ
aim	promote international understanding ⓘ recognize outstanding achievements ⓘ support scholarly research ⓘ
awardedBy	International Balzan Prize Foundation ⓘ
awardFrequency	annually ⓘ
awardLocation	alternates between Rome and Bern ⓘ
conditionOfAward	part of prize money must be used for research ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
eligibility	individuals ⓘ institutions ⓘ
field	brotherhood among peoples ⓘ culture ⓘ humanities ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ peace ⓘ
firstAwarded	1961 ⓘ
foundedBy	Angela Lina Balzan ⓘ Fondazione Eugenio e Virginia Balzan ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation	Milan ⓘ Zurich ⓘ
hasPart	Balzan Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balzan Prize for Art and Culture Balzan Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balzan Prize for Humanities Balzan Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balzan Prize for Moral Sciences Balzan Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balzan Prize for Natural Sciences Balzan Prize self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Balzan Prize for Peace and Brotherhood among Peoples
hasWebsite	https://www.balzan.org ⓘ
inception	1957 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Italy ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Italian ⓘ
monetaryValue	large cash prize ⓘ
motto	Culture, Science, and the Most Meritorious Initiatives for Humanity ⓘ
namedAfter	Eugenio Balzan ⓘ
notableFor	high monetary value ⓘ interdisciplinary scope ⓘ support for long-term research projects ⓘ
recognizedAs	prestigious international prize ⓘ
relatedTo	Nobel Prize ⓘ
selectionProcess	international committee of scholars ⓘ nominations and peer review ⓘ
sponsor	International Balzan Prize Foundation ⓘ

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Subject: Balzan Prize
Description of subject: The Balzan Prize is an international award recognizing outstanding achievements in the humanities, natural sciences, culture, and efforts toward peace and brotherhood among peoples.

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Robert May → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Detlef Lohse → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Ernst Mayr → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Sewall Wright → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Jean-Pierre Serre → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Pierre Deligne → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Michael Grätzel → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Thomas Nagel → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Balzan Prize for Moral Philosophy

Norberto Bobbio → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Jan Oort → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Jules Hoffmann → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Bina Agarwal → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Brenda Milner → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ

Jean Bourgain → awardReceived → Balzan Prize ⓘ