The Princess of Asturias Foundation

43 nominations from 15 different countries are in the running for this award, the fourth of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their thirty-third year.

Jury meeting for the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. ©FPA

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, the fourth of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will be held on May 28^th and 29^th. The awards will be bestowed this year for the thirty-third time in their history.

According to the Statutes of the Foundation, the Prince of Asturias Awards aim “to reward scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. As part of this spirit, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research shall be conferred on those “whose research findings and/or inventions represent an outstanding contribution to the progress and welfare of Mankind in the fields of Mathematics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Earth and Space Sciences and Technological Sciences, including those disciplines corresponding to each of these fields and their related techniques”.

There are 43 nominations in the running for this Award from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Spain.

The Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the accolade, a cash prize of €50,000, a diploma and an insignia.

The jury, which is to meet at the Reconquista Hotel, will be made up of the following members:

. Juan Luis Arsuaga Ferreras

. Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturáin

. Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiríbar

. Luis Fernández-Vega Sanz

. Cristina Garmendia Mendizábal

. María del Rosario Heras Celemín

. Bernardo Hernández González

. Emilio Lora-Tamayo D’Ocón

. José Antonio Martínez Álvarez

. Amador Menéndez Velázquez

. María Teresa Miras Portugal

. Ginés Morata Pérez

. Enrique Moreno González

. César Nombela Cano

. Eduard Punset Casals

. Marta Sanz-Solé

. Manuel Toharia Cortés

. Vicente Gotor Santamaría (acting secretary)

Members of the juries will hold an initial meeting with the media at 12 noon on Tuesday 28^th in the "Salón de Consejos" of the hotel (on the first floor), immediately prior to being formally convened and starting their deliberations. The jury will then elect a president from amongst them. The jury secretary will be appointed by the Foundation.

Their decision will be made public at 12 noon on Wednesday 29^th in the Salón Covadonga of the hotel (on the ground floor), and jury members will then be available for interviews.

The reading of the jury’s decision will be broadcast live for more than 150 countries via the main national and international radio and television channels. The signal will be openly transmitted via Hispasat satellite (America and Europe). In addition, there will be a live Internet broadcast at the Foundation's website: www.fpa.es

TECHNICAL DATA:

EUROPE

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital Position: 30º West
Transponder: 87
Carrier: 7
RX Frequency: 11582.0 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 4.444 MSymbols
F.E.C.: 3/4
Coding: QPSK MPEG 2 DVB
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

AMERICA

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital Position: 30º West
Transponder: 133
Channel: Feeds TSA
RX Frequency: 12052 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27500 MSymbols
F.E.C.: 3/4
Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVB
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

Phone: + 34 91 512 9450/ 9498

INFORMATION OF INTEREST:

TWITTER:

The Foundation's official account: @fpa_es
Prince of Asturias Awards official hashtag: #PrinceAsturiasAwards

FACEBOOK:

www.facebook.com/fpa

STREAMING:

Links for live streaming of the announcement of the jury's decision.

Flash (for Windows and Android devices): rtmp://B25705.cdn.telefonica.com/live/ep?b=25705&s=livestream/25705/livestream
HLS (for Apple devices): http://b24026.cdn.telefonica.com/24026/playlist.m3u8

APPENDIX.-Previous award-winners

PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS

1981 - Alberto Sols

1982 - Manuel Ballester Boix

1983 - Luis Antonio Santaló

1984 - Antonio García Bellido

1985 - David Vázquez and Emilio Rosenblueth

1986 - Antonio González

1987 - Jacinto Convit and Pablo Rudomín

1988 - Manuel Cardona y Marcos Moshinsky

1989 - Guido Münch