About the Prize
The Slovak Academy of Sciences annually awards the International SAS Prize. The Prize is awarded to a foreign national as a special expression of recognition for outstanding work in connection with Slovakia, always in one of the following fields: in the field of social sciences and culture, in the field of natural sciences and in the field of technical sciences. The proposal for the awarding of a Prize is submitted to the Scientific Council of SAS by the Jury for the award of the International SAS Prize based on the proposals from institutions or individuals working in the field of culture, science and technology. The Prize is awarded by the Scientific Council of SAS once a year on the Constitution Day of the Slovak Republic.
Overview of MC SAS Winners for the years 1997-2021
Natural Science
- 1997
Prof. Wolfgang Schaper (Germany)
Medicine - 2000
Dr. Giordano Cevolani (Italy)
Astronomy - 2003
Prof. Ing. Ladislav Emanuel Roth (USA)
Space research - 2006
Prof. Josef Jiricny (Switzerland)
Oncology - 2009
Prof. Pawan Kumar Singal (Canada)
Cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology - 2012
Prof. Richard Kettmann (Belgium)
Virology - 2015
Prof. Anthony J. Wilkinson (Great Britain)
Molecular biology - 2019
Prof. Mark Hillery (USA)
Quantum physics
Society and culture sciences
- 1998
Prof. Mikuláš Luptáčik (Austria)
Economics - 2001
Doc. PhDr. Vilém Prečan (Czech Republic)
History - 2004
Prof. Dr. hab. Tadeusz Zasepa (Poland)
Theology, pedagogy - 2007
Prof. Akihiro Ishikawa (Japan)
Sociology - 2010
Prof. Milan Togner (Czech Republic)
History of fine arts - 2013
Prof. Emeritus Anthony-Emil N. Tachiaos (Greece)
History, culture, church history - 2017
Prof. Dr. hab. Joanna Goszczyńska (Poland)
Literary science of Slavonic and Slovak studies - 2020
Prof. Antoine Mares (France)
History of Central Europe
Technical sciences
- 1999
Ing. Arch. Maria Ada Weberova & Ing. Arch. Marian Weber (Switzerland)
Architecture - 2002
Prof. Herbert Mang (Austria)
Mechanics - 2005
Prof. Susan McKenna-Lawlor (Ireland)
Space physics and technology - 2008
Dr. Géza Konczos (Hungary)
Physics - 2011
Univ. Prof. Dipl. Ing. Dr. Techn. Hans-Peter Degischer (Austria)
Materials research, physical metallurgy - 2014
Prof. Dr. Ing. Pavel Cheben (Canada)
Integrated optics, nanophotonics - 2018
Prof. Michael John Reece (Great Britain)
Modern ceramic materials - 2021
Prof. YangQuan Chen (USA)
Engineering, robotics, mechatronics