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Arts - Craftsmanship

The Liliane Bettencourt Prize pour l'intelligence de la main®

Created in 1999, the Liliane Bettencourt Prize pour l'intelligence de la main® recognize know-how, creativity and innovation in the field of craftsmanship. It includes three awards: Talents, Dialogues, Parcours (Contribution and Commitment).

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Life Sciences

Impulscience®

Each year, Impulscience® is awarded to seven mid-career researchers working in the life sciences in a French public research organization. The Foundation endows each project with 2.3 million euros for five years, a sum that includes management costs and a personal grant for the researcher.

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• Rules - Impulscience 2024(PDF - 1.9 Mo)

Life Sciences

The Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences

Each year, the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences awards a researcher under the age of 45 for his or her outstanding contribution to his or her field of scientific research. Depending on the year, the prize is awarded to a researcher working in France or in another European country. The prize personally rewards the laureate with 100,000 euros.

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• Prize rules 2024 - The Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences(PDF - 1.8 Mo)

Arts - Choral singing

The Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Choral Singing

The creation of the Liliane Bettencourt Choral Singing Prize in 1989 was one of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller’s first initiatives. It resulted from the Foundation and the Academy of Fine Arts’ shared desire to encourage French choirs and contribute to the development and promotion of this amazing art form.

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