Princess of Asturias Awards

Eligibility

Nominees should be outstandingly exemplary and their work or contribution should be of acknowledged international standing in each of the categories that the Awards encompass.
The proposed nominations should demonstrate that, among other merits, the nominee is an outstanding role model whose work is of unquestionable international standing.
The Princess of Asturias Foundation convenes the Princess of Asturias Awards.
The Princess of Asturias Awards are to be conferred on those individuals and/or institutions that, through their work and merits in scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian fields, contribute to progress and social well-being in an extraordinary and exemplary way. The repercussions of this work should always be considered in the broadest sense; that is, its contribution to the field should be of international scope and/or be acknowledged at an international level.

Nominations may be submitted by:

• Laureates from previous years;
• members of the eight Juries, provided they do not submit nominations for the award in the category corresponding to the Jury of which they are a member;
• Spanish embassies;
• diplomatic representations in Spain;
• renowned public figures and institutions;
• other public figures and institutions invited to do so by the Princess of Asturias Foundation.

Summary

The Princess of Asturias Foundation is a non-profit private institution whose essential aims are to contribute to extolling and promoting those scientific, cultural and humanistic values that form part of the universal heritage of humanity and to consolidate the existing links between the Principality of Asturias and the title traditionally held by the heirs to the Crown of Spain.
Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts: aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing the art of film-making, theatre, dance, music, photography, painting, sculpture, architecture or any other form of artistic expression.
Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences: aimed at recognizing creative and/or research work in the field of history, law, linguistics, education, political science, psychology, sociology, ethics, philosophy, geography, economics, demography or anthropology, as well as in the disciplines corresponding to each of these fields.
Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities: aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing the sciences and disciplines considered humanistic activities or any activity related to social communication in any of its forms.
Princess of Asturias Award for Concord: aimed at recognizing the work of defending and advancing human rights, as well as that of promoting and protecting peace, freedom, solidarity, world heritage and, in general, the progress of humanity.
Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation: aimed at recognizing individual or collective work, in cooperation with another or others, to develop and promote public health, universal education, and the protection and defence of the environment, as well as the economic, cultural and social advancement of all peoples.
Princess of Asturias Award for Sports: aimed at careers which have become an example of the benefits that practising sports can bring to people, via their promotion, fostering and advancement of sport and sense of solidarity and commitment.
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research: aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing research, discovery and/or invention in the field of mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, medical sciences, earth and space sciences or technological sciences, including those disciplines corresponding to each of these fields as well as their related technologies.
Princess of Asturias Award for Literature: aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing literary creation in all its genres.

Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia bearing the Foundation’s coat of arms and a cash prize of €50,000.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

Deadlines and procedure for submitting nominations
The submission of a nomination requires filling out and signing the official form, which can be downloaded from the Princess of Asturias Foundation website subject to prior registration to obtain a username and password (www.fpa.es/en). The nomination may then be submitted, along with any additional attached or enclosed information, via:
the Foundation's online platform;
the following email address: fpa@fpa.es;
the following postal address: calle Pl√°cido Arango Arias, 2, 33004 - Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, Spain.
2. The deadline for submitting nominations is 7th March 2024 (up until 11:59pm Spanish time, GMT+1).