National Prize for Applied Sciences and Technologies (Chile)
The National Prize for Applied and Technological Sciences (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnológicas) was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169.[1] The other two prizes in this same area are for Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences.
| National Prize for Applied and Technological Sciences | |
|---|---|
| For the scientist whose work in the respective field of knowledge makes him worthy of said distinction | |
| Sponsored by | CONICYT |
| Country | Chile |
| First awarded | 1992 |
It is part of the National Prize of Chile.
Jury
The jury is made up of the Minister of Education, who calls it, two academics assigned by the Council of Rectors, the President of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT), and the last recipient of the prize.
Prize
The prize consists of:
- A diploma
- A cash prize amounting to 6,562,457 pesos (US$9,336) which is adjusted every year, according to the previous year's consumer price index
- A pension of 20 monthly tax units (approximately US$1,600) in January of the corresponding year, which remains constant for the rest of the year
Winners
- 1992, Raúl Sáez[2]
- 1994: René Cortázar Sagarminaga
- 1996: Julio Meneghello
- 1998: Fernando Mönckeberg Barros
- 2000: Andrés Weintraub Pohorille
- 2002: Pablo Valenzuela[3]
- 2004: Juan Asenjo[4]
- 2006: Edgar Kausel
- 2008: José Miguel Aguilera
- 2010: Juan Carlos Castilla
- 2012: Ricardo Uauy
- 2014: José Rodríguez Pérez[5]
- 2016: Horacio Croxatto
- 2018: Romilio Espejo Torres [6]
References
- "Ley 19169: Establece normas sobre otorgamiento de Premios Nacionales" [Law 19169: Establishes Rules on Granting National Prizes] (in Spanish). Ministry of Education. 26 September 1992. Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via Library of the National Congress of Chile.
- Lanza Lazcano, Carlos (2012). Catástrofes de Chile: álbum de prensa de antaño [Catastrophes of Chile: Old-Time Press Releases] (in Spanish). RIL Editores. p. 133. Retrieved 11 December 2017 – via Google Books.
- "Pablo Valenzuela Valdés gana el Premio Nacional de Ciencias" [Pablo Valenzuela Valdés Wins the National Prize for Sciences]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 28 August 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- "Juan Asenjo se llevó el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Aplicadas 2004" [Juan Asenjo Receives the 2004 National Prize for Applied Sciences] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- "José Rodríguez Pérez recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnológicas" [José Rodríguez Pérez Receives the National Prize for Applied Sciences and Technologies]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- "Romilio Espejo Torres es reconocido con el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnológicas 2018". Ministerio de Educación, Chile. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
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