Modalities
This Prize is awarded to a scientist who has conducted distinguished research in the areas supported by the Foundation : Ethology, Psychology, Neurobiology, Anthropology, Ethnology, Human Paleontology and Archaeology.
The candidate must be proposed by a renowned scientific personality
Documents to be supplied
– The recommendation letter,
– The CV and a list of publications,
– The abstract (4 pages maximum) of the research work that justifies the award.
This folder should be sent by email to the Secretariat of the Fyssen Foundation at infos@fondationfyssen.fr
You will receive a confirmation email upon receipt of your file.
Closing date for the receipt of the folder : November 8th 2024
International Prize – Thematic 2024
The 2024 Fyssen International Prize will be awarded for research in :
COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR ACROSS SPECIES
By integrating experimental and theoretical research, the study of collective behavior seeks to understand how complex group functions arise from individual interactions. This field investigates how animals move together, transfer information, make decisions, synchronize their activities, and build collectively, among other collective behaviors. This interdisciplinary field, rooted in ethology, bridges multiple disciplines, including physics, mathematics, computer science, and psychology. The Prize will be awarded to an internationally recognized scholar who has significantly advanced our understanding of how coordinated group patterns emerge from individual behaviors using a range of animal systems.
The award for the International Prize is 100 000 €
Laureats
Pr. Iain Couzin & Pr. Jean-Louis Deneubourg
2024
Collective Behaviour across species
Pr. Ian Hodder
2016
La directionnalité de l’évolution humaine: une approche par l’enchevêtrement
Pr. Roger Lemon
2015
Les mécanismes neurocognitifs des systèmes sensoriels et moteurs
Pr. Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza
1993
Evolution and cognition
Pr. Jack Goody
1990
Anthropology and Cognition
Pr. Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic
1989
Neuroscience – Cognitive Development
Pr. Jean-Claude Gardin
1988
Epistemology – Logic of knowledge
Pr. David Premack
1987
Intelligence
Pr. David Pilbeam
1986
Paleontology
Pr. Pierre Buser
1985
Neurophysiology
Pr. Roger W. Brown
1984
Psychologie
Pr. Harold C. Conklin
1983
Anthropology
Pr. Vernon B. Mountcastle
1982
Neurobiology
Pr. William H. Thorpe
1981
Cognitive ethology
Pr. André Leroi-Gourhan
1980
Paleontology