The Prix de Rome or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803 and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots that called for cultural change.
Claude Simon was a French novelist and was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature.
CNES is the French national space agency. Headquartered in central Paris, the agency comes under the supervision of the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is an international prize awarded since 1979 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the field of crystallography, rewarding "a documented, individual contribution in the field of crystallography, including areas concerned with the dynamics of the formation and dissolution of crystal structures. Some preference should be shown for work evincing elegance in the approach to the problem."
Bruno Nuytten is a French cinematographer turned director.
André Guinier was a French physicist and crystallographer who did pioneering work in the field of X-ray diffraction and solid-state physics. He was credited for the discovery and developments of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) into an indispensable tool for materials science and crystallography.
Taillevent is a restaurant in Paris, founded in 1946 by André Vrinat, and now owned by the Gardinier family.
The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) is an organisation devoted to the international promotion and coordination of the science of crystallography. The IUCr is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
Jean Monnet University is a public research university based in Saint-Étienne, France. It is under the Academy of Lyon and belongs to the administrative entity denominated University of Lyon, which gathers different schools in Lyon and Saint-Étienne.
Claude Dauphin was a French actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1930 and 1978, including Barbarella, The Quiet American, and a voice role in The Tale of the Fox, considered to be one of the earliest stop-motion animated films.
The Prix Ampère de l’Électricité de France is a scientific prize awarded annually by the French Academy of Sciences.
Pierre Aigrain was a French physicist and Secretary of Research in the French Academy of Sciences.
The Roger Nimier Prize is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards movement. The prize was established in 1963 at the initiative of André Parinaud and Denis Huisman and is handed out annually during the second half of May. It comes with a sum of 5000 euro.
The Three Physicists Prize is a physics prize awarded by the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris and the Eugène Bloch Foundation. It is named in honour of the physicists Henri Abraham, Eugene Bloch and Georges Bruhat, who were successive directors of the physics laboratory at the ENS and all of whom were murdered in Nazi concentration camps between 1943 and 1945. The prize was established by Bloch's widow.
The grand prix de littérature de la SGDL is a French literary prize created by the Société des gens de lettres in 1947 in order to reward an author for the whole of his work, and which is given during the spring session of the society.
The Panhard CD is a car designed by Charles Deutsch and built by Panhard from 1963 to 1965. The CD was named for Deutsch and is considered a continuation of the line of Panhard-powered vehicles built by Deutsch-Bonnet. The car was the production version of the CD Dyna that raced at Le Mans in June 1962.
The European Crystallographic Association (ECA) is an independent scientific organisation, representing both national crystallographic associations in Europe as well as individual members. ECA was founded in 1997. In May 2021 the association had 35 national and several hundred individual members. ECA is one of the regional affiliates of the International Union of Crystallography. The other independent regional affiliates are the American Crystallographic Association, the Asian Crystallographic Association and the Latin American Crystallographic Association. The association is registered under Dutch law in Zeist.
The Prix de l'État of the French Academy of Sciences is a science award founded by the French National Convention in 1795 and financed by state funds. It is awarded in the fields of mathematics, physics, mechanics, computer science, earth sciences, biology and chemistry and is endowed with 7600 euros. It is awarded annually, with the exception of physics, which is awarded every four years.
