RAISING THE PRESTIGE
OF CZECH NATION’S SCIENTISTS

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2023 Neuron Awards laureates

2023 Neuron Awards laureates

The Neuron Foundation for the Support of Science awarded the Neuron Awards 2023 to the best Czech scientists. Seven promising scientific talents received the prestigious award during the gala evening, with four female scientists taking home the honors—the highest number of women awarded in the entire time of the awards ceremony. The Neuron Award for connecting science and business was won by the transfer of a patent for detecting pancreatic cancer. The highest award, the Neuron Award 2023, was received by a scientist who enriched world research in chemistry with his lifelong work. An important discovery related to cancer research scored twice this year.

Neuron Award 2022 laureate Anežka Kuzmičová won a prestigious ERC Grant

Neuron Award 2022 laureate Anežka Kuzmičová won a prestigious ERC Grant

The laureate of the Neuron Award 2022 for promising scientists in the field of social sciences, Anežka Kuzmičová, received a prestigious ERC Grant worth 1.5 million euros. The five-year research project, which also attracted the scientific council of the Neuron Foundation, focused on children's relationship to information and the way they process facts when reading. With a combination of disciplines, different approaches, and methods, her research is unique, both in the Czech and global contexts.

Neuron Club discussed in ORLEN UniCRE in Litvínov

Neuron Club discussed in ORLEN UniCRE in Litvínov

Neuron Scholars Visit Bar-Ilan University

Neuron Scholars Visit Bar-Ilan University

Neuron Expedition Aims to Discover a Lost Mayan City

Neuron Expedition Aims to Discover a Lost Mayan City

Neuron Garden Party 2023

Neuron Garden Party 2023

134

million Czech crowns paid in support of Czech science

111

scientists awarded since 2009

10

years championing science and research

10

scientific expeditions worth 4.5 million Czech crowns

LAUREATES

We award the Neuron prizes to the best scientists in the Czech Republic across seven scientific disciplines.
Get acquainted with the winners of individual fields or years:

Chemistry

Medicine

Mathematics

Social sciences

Physics

Computer science

Biology

Connecting Science and Business

PATRONS

We thank all our patrons for their generous support of Czech science

Eduard Kučera

Eduard Kučera

"Every year from the company revenue we try to provide a part to the charity."

Co-founder of the company Avast

Libor Winkler

Libor Winkler

"Without money, science cannot be done. If we want to succeed in world of competition,science is the base. I see my support as support of our future."

Chairman of the Board of Directors of RSJ

Václav Dejčmar

Václav Dejčmar

"Thanks to science, we can cross the boundaries of the known and embark on a journey into the unknown."

Co-owner of RSJ company

Dalibor Dědek

Dalibor Dědek

"I believe that money should be used above all to raise us as a society. It is important to show the way."

Co-owner of Jablotron company

Jaroslav Řasa

Jaroslav Řasa

" Society should see science as a key source of development. Our country can only export skills."

Co-founder of ABRA Software company

Ondřej Bartoš

Ondřej Bartoš

What key feature do you think leads to business success? "Courage. And then of course luck."

Investor from Credo Ventures company

Ondřej  Fryc

Ondřej Fryc

"I am very pleased that there are platforms, such as the Neuron, that help with both funding and the popularization of the work of Czech scientists."

Reflex Capital investor

Jan Hammer

Jan Hammer

"What was new yesterday is becoming mainstream."

Investor and partner of the Index Ventures fund

Jakub Havrlant

Jakub Havrlant

"I see the potential to step outside the Czech Republic and succeed in the world with Czech scientists, so I decided to support the Neuron E.F.."

CEO of Rockaway Capital

Francesca Kolowrat

Francesca Kolowrat

"Our society has the opportunity to change for the better, science will help."

Investor

Josef Průša

Josef Průša

"I'm not in business for money, I want to do what I love."

Founder of Prusa Research

Barbara Paldus

Barbara Paldus

"Inventions are meant to serve people. If they stay in a book, they don't help anyone."

Science Transfer Ambassador, owner of Codex Beauty

We are proud of those, who have the courage to change the future.

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