ESET Science Award 2019
The ESET Foundation was proud to present the first annual ESET Science Award on 18 October 2019, where an international jury headed by Nobelist Erwin Neher awarded three scientists the ESET Science Award in three categories. In the main category of Outstanding Contributor to Slovak Science, the laureate was Ján Tkáč, in the category of Outstanding Young Scientist in Slovakia under 35, the laureate was Ľubomíra Tóthová, and in the category of Outstanding Academic, the laureate was Tomáš Vinař. Read more below.
Supporting science and research is one of the key areas that the ESET Foundation has decided to strategically support because of its importance to society. The tradition of recognizing excellent scientists and researchers was launched at the first ESET Science Award ceremony on 18 October 2019. Its mission and meaning were confirmed by a public survey commissioned by the ESET Foundation at the beginning of 2019. Among other things, the survey showed that up to three-quarters of respondents think that science and its results are important to society and contribute to shaping their opinions and subsequent actions. The ESET Science Award laureates go through a rigorous evaluation process that meets international standards.
The ESET Foundation has expressed its public commitment to showcasing the key personalities of science and thus raising the social status of science in Slovakia. An international jury headed by Nobelist Erwin Neher awarded three scientists in three categories. In the main category of Outstanding Contributor to Slovak Science, the laureate was Ján Tkáč, in the category of Outstanding Young Scientist in Slovakia under 35, the laureate was Ľubomíra Tóthová, and in the category of Outstanding Academic, the laureate was Tomáš Vinař.
The members of the internationally renowned jury, chaired by the Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, German biophysicist Erwin Neher, were Swiss physicist primarily focused on ultrafast laser technology, Ursula Keller, German biologist pioneering research in the field of embryonic development of vertebrates, Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Hungarian mathematician László Lovász, and American artist and technologist whose work helps teach people about an ethical life in technology, Christopher Csíkszentmihályi.
“The promise of information technology was to bring detailed and safe information to everybody. In reality this is compromised by the intentional spread of false information and by attempts to do harm to users of information. ESET’s efforts, both as a company and through its award stand for safe and correct information, which is essential for progress in our times,“ said Erwin Neher, 1991 Nobel Prize Laureate.
Outstanding
individual contributor
to Slovak science
Outstanding
individual contributor
to Slovak science
Exceptional young scientist
in Slovakia under
the age of 35
Exceptional young scientist
in Slovakia under
the age of 35
Outstanding Academic
Outstanding Academic
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovak Republic
National Research Council of Canada, Canada
Charles University, Czech Republic
University of Žilina, Slovak Republic
University of Pisa, Republic of Italy
Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic
CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Mayo Clinic, United States of America
Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Slovak Republic
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Student Council for Higher Education, Slovak Republic
Technical University in Zvolen, Slovak Republic
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
ESET, Slovak Republic
University of Žilina, Slovak Republic
University of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany
University of South Bohemia České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Technical University of Košice, Slovak Republic
Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Slovenská sporiteľňa, Slovak Republic
HighChem, Slovak Republic
KU Leuven, The Kingdom of Belgium
Oregon State University, United States of America
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic
CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
The University of Melbourne, Commonwealth of Australia
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