National Prize for Natural Sciences (Chile)
| National Prize for Natural Sciences | |
|---|---|
| Part of the National Prize of Chile | |
| Sponsored by | CONICYT | 
| Country | Chile | 
| First award | 1992 | 
| Currently held by | José Zagal Moya | 
The National Prize for Natural Sciences (Spanish: Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales) was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the National Prize for Sciences under Law 19169.[1] The other two prizes in this same area are for Exact Sciences and Applied Sciences and Technologies.
It is part of the National Prize of Chile.
Winners
- 1992, Jorge Allende (biochemistry)[2]
 - 1994, Humberto Maturana (neurobiology)[2]
 - 1996, Nibaldo Bahamonde (hydrobiology)[2]
 - 1998, Juan Antonio Garbarino Bacigalupo (chemistry)[2]
 - 2000, Mario Luxoro (biophysics)[2]
 - 2002, Ramón Latorre (biophysics)[3]
 - 2004, Pedro Labarca Prado (biophysics)[2]
 - 2006, Cecilia Hidalgo Tapia (biochemistry)[4]
 - 2008, Nibaldo Inestrosa Cantin (neurobiology)[2]
 - 2010, Mary Kalin Arroyo (botany)[5]
 - 2012, Bernabé Santelices (marine biology)[2]
 - 2014, Ligia Gargallo (chemistry)[6]
 - 2016, Francisco Rothhammer Engel (genetics)[7]
 - 2018, Fabián Jaksic (ecology)[8]
 - 2020, Francisco Bozinovic (integrative biology)[9]
 - 2022, Sergio Lavandero (biochemistry)[10]
 - 2024, José Zagal Moya (electrochemistry)[11]
 
See also
- List of biology awards
 - List of earth sciences awards
 - List of chemistry awards
 - List of medicine awards
 - List of neuroscience awards
 - List of psychology awards
 - CONICYT
 
References
- ^ "Ley 19169: Establece normas sobre otorgamiento de Premios Nacionales" [Law 19169: Establishes Rules on Granting National Prizes] (in Spanish). Ministry of Education. 26 September 1992. Retrieved 8 December 2017 – via Library of the National Congress of Chile.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h "Bernabé Santelices recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales" [Bernabé Santelices Receives the National Prize for Natural Sciences]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ "Ramón Latorre de la Cruz" (in Spanish). University of Chile. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ Angel, Eliette; Esteffan, Gabriel (26 August 2006). "Cecilia Hidalgo es la primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales" [Cecilia Hidalgo is the First Woman to Win the National Prize for Natural Sciences]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ "Mary Kalin Arroyo, premio nacional de Ciencias: 'Los eucaliptus son árboles gasolina'" [Mary Kalin Arroyo, National Prize for Sciences: 'The Eucalyptus are Gasoline Trees']. El Desconcierto (in Spanish). 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ "Doctora Ligia Gargallo recibe Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales" [Doctor Ligia Gargallo Receives National Prize for Natural Sciences] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ Scarpa, Marié (29 August 2016). "Francisco Rothhammer recibe Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2016" [Francisco Rothhammer Receives 2016 National Prize for Natural Sciences]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2017.
 - ^ Silva, Daniela (27 August 2018). "Fabián Jaksic recibe el Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2018". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2019.
 - ^ "El profundo legado científico y humano del profesor Francisco Bozinovic" [The Profound Scientific and Human Legacy of Professor Francisco Bozinovic] (in Spanish). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
 - ^ "Sergio Lavandero González es elegido Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2022" (in Spanish). Ministry of Education. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
 - ^ "José Zagal Moya es elegido Premio Nacional de Ciencias Naturales 2024" (in Spanish). Ministry of Education. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.