UNESCO - Official List of UNESCO Prizes

Official List of UNESCO Prizes

UNESCO currently awards 22 prizes in education, science, culture and peace:

  • Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize
  • L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
  • UNESCO/King Sejong Literacy Prize
  • UNESCO/Confucius Prize for Literacy
  • UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize to promote Quality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
  • UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education
  • UNESCO/Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers
  • UNESCO/Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science
  • UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal for an outstanding contribution to the development of scientific knowledge that has a beneficial impact on human health
  • UNESCO/Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation
  • Great Man-Made River International Water Prize for Water Resources in Arid Zones presented by UNESCO (title to be reconsidered)
  • Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management
  • UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights
  • UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
  • UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence
  • UNESCO/International José Martí Prize
  • UNESCO/Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science
  • UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture
  • Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (UNESCO-Greece)
  • IPDC-UNESCO Prize for Rural Communication
  • UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
  • UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize

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