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{{Infobox award
| name        = UNESCO Science Prize  
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| caption     = [[UNESCO]] headquarters in [[Paris]]
| awarded_for = "an outstanding contribution made to the technological development of a developing member state or region through the application of scientific and technological research (particularly in the fields of education, engineering and industrial development)"<ref name="unesco-2003">{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/science/psd/prizes/unesco/unesco-science-prize03.shtml|title=The 2003 UNESCO Science Prize has been awarded to Professor Somchart Soponronnarit from Thailand|date=2003|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2009-07-07}}</ref>
| presenter   = [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO)
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| year        = 1968
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The '''UNESCO Science Prize''' is a biennial scientific prize awarded by the [[United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO) to "a person or group of persons for an outstanding contribution they have made to the technological development of a developing member state or region through the application of scientific and technological research (particularly in the fields of education, engineering and industrial development)."<ref name="unesco-2003" />

The candidates for the Science Prize are proposed to the Director-General of UNESCO by the governments of member states or by [[non-governmental organization]]s. All proposals are judged by a panel of six scientists and engineers. The prize consists of {{nobreak| [[USD|US$]] $15,000}}, an '''Albert Einstein Silver Medal''', and is awarded in odd years to coincide with UNESCO's General Conference.<ref name="unesco-2003" />

==Past Laureates==
*'''1968''': [[Robert Simpson Silver]] ({{UK}}) "for his discovery of a process for the demineralization of [[sea water]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/science/psd/prizes/unesco/unesco_winners.shtml|title=UNESCO Science Prize: List of prize winners|date=2001|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2009-07-07}}</ref>
*'''1970''': [[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre]] ({{MEX}}) and [[International Rice Research Institute]] ({{PHL}}) "for their work which made it possible to produce, in the space of a few years, improved [[Strain (biology)|strains]] of [[cereal]]s."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1972''': [[Viktor Kovda]] ({{USSR}}) "for his theory on the hydromorphic origin of the [[soil]]s of the great plains of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas" and nine researchers from {{AUT}} "for their development of the [[Basic oxygen steelmaking|L-D process]] designed for recovery of [[steel]] from low phosphorus [[pig iron]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1976''': [[Alfred Champagnat]] ({{FRA}}) "for his findings on the low-cost mass production of new [[protein]]s from [[petroleum]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1978''': A team of research workers from the [[Lawes Agricultural Trust]] ({{UK}}) "for their work on synthetic [[insecticide]]s related to natural [[pyrethrum]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1980''': [[Leonardo Mata]] ({{CRI}}) "for his work on the relationship between [[malnutrition]] and infection, particularly in infants" and [[Vincent Barry]]'s group of scientists from the [[Health Research Board|Medical Research Council (Ireland)]] ({{IRL}}) "for their work on the synthesis of an anti-[[leprosy]] agent, B-633."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1983''': [[Roger Whitehead]] ({{UK}}) "for his work on the role of maternal nutrition and [[lactation]] in infant growth."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1985''': A group of six scientists from the [[Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation]] ({{AUS}}) "for their work on the biological control of ''[[Salvinia molesta]]'' infestations in the [[Sepik River]] Basin of [[Papua New Guinea]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1987''': [[Yuan Longping]] ({{CHN}}) "for his work leading to the creation of an [[hybrid rice]] with high yield potential."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1989''': [[Johanna Döbereiner]] ({{BRA}}) "for her work in exploiting biological nitrogen fixation as the major source of [[nitrogen]] in tropical agriculture."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1991''': A group of researchers and engineers from the ''[[Instituto Tecnológico Venezolano del Petróleo]]'' ({{VEN}}) "for their contribution to the development of [[hydrocracking]] [[distillation]] and [[hydrotreatment]] technology."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1993''': [[Octavio Novaro]] ({{MEX}}) for his contribution to the phenomenon of [[catalysis]].<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1995''': [[Wang Xuan (computer scientist)|Wang Xuan]] ({{CHN}}) "for his contribution to the Chinese [[photocomposition]] system".<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1997''': [[Marcos Moshinsky]] ({{MEX}}) "for his work in [[nuclear physics]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''1999''': [[Atta ur Rahman (scientist)|Atta ur Rahman]] ({{PAK}}) "for his work in organic chemistry which has contributed to the development of plant-based therapies for cancer, AIDS and diabetes" and [[José Leite Lopes]] ({{BRA}}) "for his contribution to the development of [[physics]] in [[Latin America]]."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''2001''': [[Baltasar Mena Iniesta]] ({{MEX}}/{{ESP}}) "for his ability to relate his research in rheology and new materials to technological applications."<ref name="unesco-laureates-2001" />
*'''2003''': [[Somchart Soponronnarit]] ({{THA}}) "for research on areas of renewable energy and drying technology."<ref name="unesco-2003" />
*'''2005''': [[Alexander Balankin]] ({{MEX}}/{{RUS}}) "for his pioneer contributions in development of [[fractal]] mechanics and improving exploration techniques for the oil industry".<ref name="unesco-2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/science/science_prizes_2005.shtml|title=Prizes awarded at World Science Forum|date=2005-11-13|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=2009-07-07}}</ref>

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[[Category:Science and technology awards]]
[[Category:UNESCO awards|Science]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1968]]