The meetings of the juries responsible for granting the 2026 Princess of Asturias Awards will commence on 28th April

The meetings of the Juries responsible for granting the 2026 Princess of Asturias Awards will commence on 28th April. This will be the forty sixth edition of these awards granted each year by the Princess of Asturias Foundation. In all, around 150 public figures will make up the eight Juries (one for each Award). 

Deliberations will take place at the Reconquista Hotel, Oviedo, according to the following schedule: 

APRIL

• Arts: 28th and 29th 

MAY

• Communication and Humanities: 5th and 6th May
• Technical and Scientific Research: 12th and 13th May
• International Cooperation: 19th and 20th May
• Social Sciences: 25th and 26th May

JUNE

• Sports: 2nd and 3rd June
• Literature: 9th and10th June
• Concord: 16th and 17th June

As is customary, the presentation of the Princess of Asturias Awards is traditionally held in October in a solemn ceremony presided over by Their Majesties The King and Queen of Spain, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses The Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía. Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of €50 000.

Nominations submitted

At the close of the period for submitting nominations, namely 5th March last, the Foundation’s offices had received 363 candidatures from 67 countries. 

Laureates from previous years and members of the Juries –provided they do not present nominations for the Award in the category corresponding to the Jury of which they are a member– may submit nominations up to six calendar days before the date on which each Jury is constituted.

Furthermore, those who have submitted nominations include prestigious universities, academic and cultural institutions, research centres of international scope, Spain’s ambassadors and representatives of the accredited diplomatic corps in Spain.