Medals, Prizes, Scholarships

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Eesti teaduste akadeemia annab välja:

  • Eesti teaduste akadeemia medal,
  • Eesti teaduste akadeemia nimelised medalid,
  • Eesti teaduste akadeemia nimelised preemiad,
  • Eesti teaduste akadeemia tänukiri,
  • Anto Raukase stipendium (algataja ja rahastaja Fermi Energia),
  • Mihhail Bronšteini preemiad (algataja ja rahastaja akadeemik Bronšteini perekond).

Eesti teaduste akadeemia osaleb:

  • Eesti teaduse populariseerimise auhinna väljaandmisel.

Eesti teaduste akadeemia annab eripreemiaid ja -auhindu:

  • riiklikul üliõpilaste teadustööde konkursil,
  • riiklikul õpilaste teadustööde konkursil.

Välja antavate tunnustuste statuudid.

Akadeemik Mihhail Bronšteini nimeliste majandusteaduste preemiatega tunnustatakse Eesti majandusteadlaste teoreetilisi arendusi ja nende edukaid rakendusi.

2023. aastal antakse välja kuni kaks preemiat. Üks preemia suurusega kuni 10 000 (kümme tuhat) eurot määratakse oluliste ja üldjuhul juba rakendust leidnud majandusteaduslike saavutuste eest. Üks preemia suurusega kuni 5000 (viis tuhat) eurot antakse välja tähelepanuväärivate uuenduslike majandusteaduslike arenduste eest.

Preemiale võivad kandideerida kõik Eesti teadusasutustes töötavad teadlased ja eksperdid ning Eesti kodakondsusega või Eesti pikaajalise elaniku elamisloaga või alalise elamisõigusega, kuid väljaspool Eestit töötavad teadlased ja eksperdid. Kandideerida saab nii üksikteadlane või ekspert kui ka neist koosnev teadustöörühm.

Preemiale esitatud teadustööd või nende tsüklid peavad olema publitseeritud rahvusvahelistes eelretsenseeritavates ajakirjades või antud välja tunnustatud teaduskirjastustes või Eesti ülikoolide ja teadus- ja arendusasutuste poolt monograafiana või kogumiku peatükina aastail 2020–2022.

Akadeemik Mihhail Bronšteini nimeliste majandusteaduste preemiate statuut on leitav siit.
Preemiate algataja ja finantseerija on akadeemik Mihhail Bronšteini perekond.

Preemiakandidaadi või kandidaatide ülesseadmiseks tuleb sisestada hiljemalt 15. detsembriks 2022 elektrooniliselt aadressil https://ta-konkursid.ee järgmine informatsioon:

  • motiveeritud esildis (kuni 3 lk) koos selgitusega, mille poolest on kandidaadi või kandidaatide saavutused olulised Eesti ja kogu maailma seisukohalt ning millisele preemiale kandidaat või kandidaadid esitatakse;
  • preemiale esitatud teadustöö või tööde tsükkel;
  • kandidaadi või kandidaatide curriculum vitae (kuni 3 lk);
  • esitaja ja tema esindaja kontaktandmed;
  • soovi korral muud preemia kontekstis olulised dokumendid või materjalid.

Preemiad antakse välja akadeemik Mihhail Bronšteini sünnipäeva meenutamise raames 2023. aasta jaanuari teises pooles.

Lisainfo: Siiri Jakobson, siiri.jakobson@akadeemia.ee

Medal of the Estonian Academy of Sciences is the highest prize of the Academy awarded to individuals for outstanding services in development of Estonian science or in helping forward its development, as well as for services in performance of tasks of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.

Nikolai Alumäe Medal 

in informatics and engineering.

Rein Küttner – 2018
Raimund-Johannes Ubar – 2013
Hillar Aben – 2009
Jüri Engelbrecht – 2005

Paul Ariste Medal 

in social sciences and the humanities.

Jaak Kangilaski – 2020
Arvo Krikmann – 2014
Huno Rätsep – 2010
Tiit-Rein Viitso – 2005

Karl Ernst von Baer Medal 

in life and earth sciences.

Richard Villems – 2015
Ülo Mander – 2011
Loit Reintam – 2007

Edgar Kant Medal

in social sciences.

Urmas Varblane – 2022

Harald Keres Medal

in astronomy, physics and mathematics.

Ülo Lepik – 2013
Jaan Einasto – 2019

Endel Lippmaa Memorial Lecture and Memorial Medal

Kurt Wüthrich – 2017
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen – 2020

About the lecture and medal.

Wilhelm Ostwald Medal

in chemistry and related areas.

Mati Karelson – 2014
Ilmar Koppel – 2010
Viktor Palm – 2006

Karl Schlossmann Medal  

in medicine and related areas.

Eero Vasar – 2016
Ain-Elmar Kaasik – 2012
Lembit Allikmets – 2008
Mart Saarma – 2004

Bernhard Schmidt Prize 

to recognise young scientists and engineers working in Estonia for their achievements in research and development activities and practical application of research findings.

Jaan Raik – 2007
Arne Asper, Kristo Heero, Sven Heiberg – 2005
Rünno Lõhmus – 2001

Endel Lippmaa memorial lecture and memorial medal have been instituted with a view to fostering transdisciplinary and cross boundary communication of scientific discoveries and pioneering ideas, as well as highlighting the mission of the scientist in and for the society.

Academician Endel Lippmaa (15.09.1930–30.07.2015) was one of the great men of Estonian science and politics, and to this day he is one of the most well-known Estonian scientists in the world. As a capable personality with exceptionally sharp mind and wide grasp, he made a significant contribution to restoring the independence of Estonia and rebuilding a free society, influencing and shaping the development of our country for a long time.

By establishing the tradition of the Endel Lippmaa Memorial Medal and the related Memorial Lectures, The Estonian Academy of Sciences wishes to promote the spread of scientific excellence and innovation, as well as to recognise and value the mission of outstanding personalities in the history of Estonia. With this objective in mind, the person to be selected as a recipient of the Endel Lippmaa Medal is a prominent figure in the field of science or society, whose activity has had a substantial impact on the development of science or society and in whose work top-level science is combined with serving the society.

On the 90th anniversary (2020) of the birth of Endel Lippmaa, his Memorial Medal is granted as a token of recognition to an outstanding Danish politician, a good friend of Estonia and an ardent supporter of our aspirations for freedom Uffe Ellemann-Jensen.

As Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (1982–1993), Uffe Ellemann-Jensen was instrumental in the recognition process of the Baltic States at the time of the restoration of independence of the Republic of Estonia. Thanks to his efforts, Denmark became the first state to restore diplomatic relations with all the three Baltic countries. Together with his German colleague Hans-Dietrich Genscher he convened the Council of the Baltic Sea States in 1992, the central objective of which was to ensure a balanced development within the Baltic Sea region after the end of the Cold War. For twenty years (1998–2018) Ellemann-Jensen contributed vigorously to the activity of the Baltic Development Forum, which brought together top performers in the domains of business, politics, media, and science within the region.

Kurt Wüthrich (born in 1938; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002). On September 12, 2017 he gave the first Endel Lippmaa Memorial Lecture at the Academy. Afterwards he was given the Endel Lippmaa Memorial Medal.

Scholarships of the Academy have been originated to support completion of monographic research works and popular science books, their layout and editing.

Estonian Science Communication Award  is granted by way of competition jointly by the Estonian Academy of Sciences, the Estonian Research Council and the Ministry of Education and Research. Its purpose is to acknowledge the merits of science popularization and to recognize for their outstanding effort individual as well as groups of researchers, who have succeeded in communicating research, science achievements and researchers' activities in a generally fascinating form as well as rendering research understandable to a wider public, or who have achieved to attract the interest of young people in science and the researcher profession. See more.

Students' Research Prizes are monetary prizes instituted by the Estonian Academy of Sciences for the purpose of according recognition to students who have attained outstanding results in scholarly work, and encouraging talented students to pursue independent research projects. Additional information about the National Contest for University Students.