Latsis Foundation
The Latsis Foundation (French: Fondation Latsis internationale) is a charitable foundation, founded in 1975 by the Greek shipping magnate John Latsis.
Amongst other prizes and symposia, it funds the University Latsis Prizes (awarded by the University of Geneva, the University of St. Gallen, the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne and the ETH Zurich), the Swiss Latsis Prize (awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation) and the European Latsis Prize (awarded by the European Science Foundation).
It has endowed the Lakatos Award. The foundation is based in Geneva.
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External links
- National Latsis-Prize page at Swiss National Science Foundation website
- Symposium Latsis EPFL page at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne website
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