BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2023 (up to €400,000)

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards 2023 are now accepting applications. The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards honor groundbreaking achievements in a variety of fields related to science, technology, the humanities, and the arts.

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards are given in the following fields and disciplines:

• Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)
• Biology and Biomedicine
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Ecology and Conservation Biology
• Climate Change
• Economics, Finance and Management
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Music and Opera

The Climate Change award recognizes both research endeavors in confronting this challenge and
impactful actions informed by the best science. In Humanities and Social Sciences, the award will
alternate annually between these two disciplinary domains, with this sixteenth edition dedicated to the
Social Sciences. Finally, the Music and Opera category encompasses composition, instrumental and vocal
performance, musical and stage direction, and video art creation associated with musical or operatic
works.

Awards:

• The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards consist of 400,000 euros, a diploma
  and a commemorative artwork in each of their eight categories.
• In the event that an award is shared by more than one person, its monetary amount will be
  divided equally among all recipients.
• All awards, in whatever category, will be subject to the withholding and other taxes
  prescribed by current legislation, which will be deducted from their total amount.

Eligibility:

• Candidates may be one or more natural persons of any nationality, without limitation of
  number, that have made independent or convergent contributions to a given advance,
  whether due to a formal collaboration (with the nominees belonging to one or more groups)
  or parallel working.
• The awards are also open to scientific or cultural organizations that can be collectively
  credited with exceptional contributions to scientific knowledge, cultural creation or the fight
  against climate change.
• Awards may not be granted posthumously.

Application:

• The nomination period will conclude at 16:00 GMT on June 30 of the same year. All nominations should
  be submitted using the dedicated form.
• Both nominations and the accompanying documentation must be submitted in English only.

  Click here to apply