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The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a special website for the 2021 Kyoto Prize on November 10 at 10:00 a.m. JST!
Five years after his receiving the Kyoto Prize, we had had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Graham Farquhar, a plant biologist and the 2017 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences!
Dr. Karl Deisseroth, a neuroscientist and the 2018 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, received the 2021 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award on September 24, 2021!
We had the pleasure of interviewing Tamasaburo Bando V, the 2011 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Arts and Philosophy category.
In this installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Takeo Kanade, the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category.
On August 20, 2021, Dr. László Lovász, the 2010 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, the highest decoration of Hungary.
Video footage of the press conference that announced the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates at the Hotel Nikko Princess Kyoto is now available.
This year, Kyoto Prize features the following fields for each category: Information Science for Advanced Technology, Life Sciences (Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology) for Basic Sciences, and Thought and Ethics for Arts and Philosophy.
The 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates will be announced at the press conference starting at 3 p.m. JST on June 18!
On May 20, 2021, Dr. Jane Goodall, a primatologist and the 1990 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the 2021 Templeton Prize which honors individuals who harness the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s purpose within it.
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates on June 18, 2021.
In the second installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we were privileged to interview Dr. Takashi Mimura, the 2017 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category.