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FAQsThe BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of lasting impact for their originality, theoretical significance and ability to push back the frontiers of the known world. These international awards span eight categories: Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biomedicine, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Information and Communication Technologies, Economics, Finance and Management, Contemporary Music, Climate Change and Development Cooperation.
2009 AWARD WINNERS
Richard N. Zare and Michael E. Fisher share the award for their fundamental contributions to describing the world at the molecular scale. Their work has rendered molecules visible and allowed us to analyze their collective behavior.
The award goes to Robert J. Lefkowitz for identifying the receptors targeted by around half of today’s prescription drugs. His research has enabled the development of new treatments for neurological and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Ecologist Peter B. Reich receives the award for work that radically improves our understanding of and ability to predict the response of terrestrial ecosystems to global environmental changes, including climate change and biodiversity loss.
The award goes to Thomas Kailath for developing knowledge with a transformative impact on the information and communication technologies. These developments have served to break through the barrier of chip miniaturization.
Andreu Mas-Colell and Hugo Sonnenschein share the award for extending the reach of general equilibrium analysis and for establishing the modern theory of aggregate demand. Their work has had a major impact on the empirical measurement of consumer behavior.
Cristóbal Halffter wins the award for a body of work that has contributed to the idea of a European contemporary music. Halffter has also played an instrumental role in reintroducing Spanish music into the mainstream of contemporary music.
The Award goes to German physicist and mathematician Klaus Hasselmann for developing methods which established that recent global warming trends are primarily attributable to human activities.
The award has been granted to the Development Research Institute at New York University for its contribution to the analysis of foreign aid efficiency, and its challenge to the conventional wisdom in development assistance.
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