WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRIZEWINNER? We are now calling for recommendations for the 2016 International Cosmos Prize!
International Cosmos Prize is awarded for excellent research and work that contributes to the development of the concept of Expo ’90, ”The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Mankind”. The Prize is an annual academic prize presented by the Expo ’90 Foundation in Osaka, Japan. The monetary prize is 40 million yen. Dr. Rockström cautioned that we have reached a saturation point in terms of human pressures on the Earth System, and that if we let these anthropogenic pressures continue increasing to cross the thresholds or tipping points defined as “planetary boundaries,” there is a risk of irreversible and abrupt environmental change.
Prizewinner 2014 Prizewinner Dr. Philippe Descola Nationality : France Specialty : Anthropology
2013 Prizewinner Dr. Robert Treat Paine Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Conservation Ecology
2015 Prizewinner
Dr. Johan Rockström
2012 Prizewinner
Nationality : Sweden Specialty : environmental science
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Biology
Dr. Edward Osborne Wilson
2011 Prizewinner
2010 Prizewinner
2009 Prizewinner
2008 Prizewinner
2007 Prizewinner
Scientific Steering Committee of the Census of Marine Life
Dr. Estella Bergere Leopold
Dr. Gretchen Cara Daily
Dr. Phan Nguyen Hong
Dr. Georgina Mary Mace
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Compiling the Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Paleontology
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Environmental Science
Nationality : Vietnam Specialty : Conservation Ecology
Nationality : London, U.K. Specialty : Conservation Ecology
2006 Prizewinner
2005 Prizewinner
2004 Prizewinner
2003 Prizewinner
2002 Prizewinner
Dr. Raman Sukumar
Dr. Daniel Pauly
Prof. Julia Carabias Lillo
Dr. Peter Hamilton Raven
The Charles Darwin Research Station
Nationality : India Specialty : Conservation Ecology
Nationality : Canada Specialty : Marine Biology
Nationality : Mexico Specialty : Environmental Science
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Botany
Nationality : Ecuador Specialty : Diverse activities in the Galapagos Islands
2001 Prizewinner
2000 Prizewinner
1999 Prizewinner
1998 Prizewinner
1997 Prizewinner
Prof. Anne Whiston Spirn
Sir David Attenborough
Dr. Wu Zheng-Yi
Dr. Jared Mason Diamond
Dr. Richard Dawkins
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Landscape Architecture
Nationality : U.K. Specialty : Zoology, Film producer
Nationality : China Specialty : Botany
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Geographic History
Nationality : U.K. Specialty : Evolutionary Biology
1996 Prizewinner
1995 Prizewinner
1994 Prizewinner
1993 Prizewinner
Dr. George Beals Schaller
Dr. Tatuo Kira
Dr. Jacques Fran•ois Barrau
Sir Ghillean Prance
Nationality : U.S.A. Specialty : Biology
Nationality : Japan Specialty : Plant Ecology
Nationality : France Specialty : Ethnobiology
Nationality : U.K. Specialty : Botany
If you have a candidate whom you would like to recommend, please e-mail us at the address below. We will send you a recommendation form (in Microsoft Word). Te deadline for recommendations is April 15. EXPO '90 FOUNDATION E-mail: rec-cosmos@expo-cosmos.or.jp