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Jaume I Awards Name Seven Laureates and Criticize US Research Funding Cuts

Four women are among this year’s laureates, raising female representation in Spain’s premier science-innovation honors.

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Los premios Nobel Richard Roberts (Medicina 1993), Barry Barish (Física 2017) y Joaquim Frank (Química 2017), y el hijo del profesor Grisolía, con sus acompañantes.
Cuatro de los siete premios recaen en científicas tras las críticas del año pasado por copar los hombres todos los galardones
Imagen de la reunión, celebrada este martes en Valencia, de uno de los jurados de los Premios Rei Jaume I

Overview

  • The 2025 awards span seven categories, from basic research and economics to environmental protection, new technologies and entrepreneurial revelation.
  • Nuria López-Bigas, Silvia de San José Llongueras, Victoria Reyes García and María Jesús Vicent D’Ocon are among the four female laureates recognized this year.
  • Female candidacies rose by 25% to account for more than a third of the 226 applicants.
  • Each laureate receives €100,000 and will be formally presented with their medal at an autumn ceremony in Valencia.
  • The international jury of around 100 experts, including 20 Nobel Prize winners, issued a declaration urging President Donald Trump to reverse recent cuts to U.S. research funding.