Both Women and Men, for the 2020 WOLF PRIZE
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April, 2019 Dear Sir/ Madam We are pleased to invite you to submit candidate(s), both women and men, for the 2020 WOLF PRIZE. WOLF PRIZE in the SCIENCES and ARTS is awarded since 1978 to outstanding artists and scientists for their achievements for the benefit of mankind and brotherly relations among peoples, regardless of nationality, race, color, religion, sex or political views. Each nominee must have had a distinguished international career. In 2020 prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Sciences - Agriculture, Physics, Mathematics and Medicine. Arts- Painting& Sculpture. Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, Prof. Ada Yonath, Prof. Stephen W. Hawking, Marc Chagall, Louise Bourgeois, Prof. Theodore H Maiman, Prof. James Allison, Laurie Anderson, Jessi Norman, Prof. Eric Kandel, Prof. Dan Shechtman, Arch. Phyllis Lambert, Anselm Kiefer, Zubin Mehta, Prof. Barbara McClintock - are all part of a very long list of great scientists and artists who won the Wolf Prize over the years. The prize in each area consists of a diploma and 100,000 US $. In the event of co-recipients sharing one prize, the honorarium is equally divided among them. The selection is made by an international Prize Committee of experts in each field. The decisions shall be announced in January 2020. Attached is the formal Nomination Form. Kindly return to us the Nomination Form duly completed via e-mail to [email protected] Nominations and all additional material should be submitted by September 16th, 2019. Please note that nominations received after this date will not be submitted to the Prize Jury Committee. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Sincerely, Reut Inon – Berman, Director General, Wolf Foundation .