The 2022 Collège de France Prize will be awarded in the field of Mathematical, Computer, Experimental and Natural Sciences.
The theme of the 2022 prize will be "Biodiversity and Evolution"
Entries will be received from April1 to May 30, 2022.
The 2022 jury is made up of four Collège de France professors and one external member.
President: Françoise Combes, Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Galaxies and Cosmology.
Members: Timothy Gowers, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Combinatorics Chair; Lluis Quintana-Murci, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Human Genomics and Evolution Chair; Jean-Marie Tarascon, Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Solid State and Energy Chemistry Chair; Hélène Morlon, Director of Research in Evolutionary Biology at the Institut de biologie de l'École normale supérieure.
Candidates currently working in a public research laboratory in France are required to contact an active university professor or research director, who will support their application with a letter of introduction and recommendation. The application must be submitted by the candidate via a dedicated digital platform.