Petr Baldrian, President of the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR), awarded the five best scientific projects at Strahov Monastery on 8 October 2024. The President’s Prize is awarded annually to projects which achieved outstanding results in the previous year.
“Selecting five award-winning projects from dozens of top projects was very challenging this year: just like in the years before, there were many results that were reflected in the most prestigious scientific media. The selected projects benefit from prestigious international collaboration and also have the potential to extend into applied research. With their results, the project investigators show that it is possible to do world-class science in the Czech Republic and are an inspiration for future generations,” said the President of the Czech Science Foundation, Prof. Petr Baldrian.
Based on the recommendations of several hundred scientists, fifteen projects – three from each of the five areas of basic research – have been nominated for the 2024 award. Only one researcher from each area received the award. In the field of technical sciences, Prof. Ing. Hanuš Seiner, Ph.D., DSc. from the Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS, v. v. i., succeeded with the project “Advanced laser-ultrasonic characterization of structural transitions in metals – analysis beyond the homogeneity assumption”.
Representatives of the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, the Ministry of Education, the Research, Development and Innovation Council, universities, the Czech Academy of Sciences and dozens of other distinguished guests attended the award ceremony.
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The best scientists received the Czech Science Foundation President’s Award
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Czech Science Foundation press report (in Czech)
