International Cosmos Prize

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The International Cosmos Prize is a prize awarded annually by the Expo 90 Commemorative Foundation for:

research work that has achieved excellence and is recognized as contributing to a significant understanding of the relationships among living organisms, the interdependence of life and the global environment and the common nature integrating these inter-relationships.^[1]

The prize, which may be awarded to an individual or team, consists of a commendation, a medallion and a monetary reward, currently 40 million yen. It is awarded during a ceremony held each boreal autumn, at which the individual or team delivers a commemorative lecture and takes part in a symposium held in their honor.

The name of the prize, "Cosmos," refers to the Cosmos flower that bloomed during the Expo and the ancient Greek word kosmos meaning "universe in harmony." The prize was first awarded in 1993, to the then Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Sir Ghillean Prance.

[edit] Prizewinners

1993 – Ghillean Prance 1994 – Jacques F. Barrau 1995 – Tatsuo Kira 1996 – George B. Schaller 1997 – Richard Dawkins 1998 – Jared M. Diamond 1999 – Wu Zheng-Yi

2000 – David Attenborough 2001 – Anne W. Spirn 2002 – Charles Darwin Research Station 2003 – Peter H. Raven 2004 – Julia C. Lillo 2005 – Daniel Pauly 2006 – Raman Sukumar

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Expo 90 website (English version)