Awards and honors

Since our inception, ten Institut Pasteur scientists have won Nobel Prizes for their landmark discoveries in the fields of science and human health. As a leading stakeholder in the fight against infectious diseases, the Institut Pasteur has been recognized with several prestigious international awards and honors.
10 prix Nobel
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi et Luc Montagnier, prix Nobel de médecine 2008 pour leurs travaux portant sur la découverte du rétrovirus responsable du sida en 1983 à l'Institut Pasteur. 10 octobre 2008.

The Institut Pasteur today – a global scientific leader with exceptional human talent

Today, the Institut Pasteur's passionate scientists are advancing science and human health, step by step.

Nobel laureates

  • 10

    Nobel laureates since 1907

CNRS medals

  • 2

    gold medals

  • 6

    silver medals

  • 8

    bronze medals

Other French awards

  • 3

    Grand Prix for Medical Research awarded by Inserm

  • 6

    Research Prizes awarded by the Allianz/Institut de France Foundation

  • 1

    Émile Jungfleisch Grand Prix

  • 2

    Cancer Research Awards and 1 Grand Prix from the Simone and Cino Del Duca Foundation-Institut de France

  • 2

    Mémain-Pelletier Awards

  • 11

    Prizes awarded by the Schlumberger Foundation for Education and Research

International awards

  • 1

    Gairdner Award

  • 1

    Kavli Prize for Neuroscience

  • 1

    Sjöberg Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy

  • 1

    Balzan Prize

  • 1

    Brain Prize

  • 3

    Robert Koch Prizes

  • 3

    L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards

  • 4

    Louis-Jeantet Prizes

European grants : Funding from the European Research Council (ERC)

  • 26

    ERC Starting Grants

  • 19

    ERC Advanced Grants

  • 10

    ERC-consolidator grants

  • 2

    ERC Proof of Concept Grants

Appointments

  • 5

    members of the US National Academy of Sciences, Washington (USA)

  • 4

    members of the Royal Society (UK)

  • 39

    members of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization)

  • 23

    members of the French Academy of Sciences

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