Tomassoni awards
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Tomassoni awards is the overarching name of two prizes for outstanding achievements in physics. The full names of the two prizes are
- Premio Felice Pietro Chisesi e Caterina Tomassoni, and
- Premio Caterina Tomassoni e Felice Pietro Chisesi.
The prizes are awarded since 2001 every one or two years by Sapienza University of Rome. The dotation is 80.000€ and 40.000€, respectively.
Since 2013 the awards were unified into a single premium, titled Caterina Tomassoni and Felice Pietro Chisesi Prize. The prize will be presented each year on April, at the Sapienza University of Rome and consists of Euro 40,000, of an allowance for travel to the awarding ceremony, and of a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient.[1]
Recipients include:
- Ignazio Ciufolini (2001)
- Lisa Randall (2003)
- Federico Capasso (2004)
- Piero Zucchelli (2005)
- Wolfgang Götze and Savas Dimopoulos (2006)
- Edward Lorenz and Gerald Gabrielse (2008)
- Gabriele Veneziano (2009)
References
External links
Official homepage: http://www.phys.uniroma1.it/DipWeb/tommasoni/prizes.html
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