National Award for Applied Sciences and Technology of Chile

The Chilean National Award for Applied Sciences and Technology was created in 1992 as one of the replacements for the former National Science Award under Law No. 19,169. The other two awards in the same field are: Exact Sciences and Natural Sciences.

It is part of the Chilean National Awards.

Jury

The jury is made up of the Minister of Education, the last recipient of this award, two academics assigned by the Council of Rectors and the president of the National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research.

The Prize

The prize consists of:

• A diploma,
• An economic award amounting to $6,562,457 Chilean pesos, adjusted every year, starting in 1993, according to the CPI of the previous year, and
• A monthly vitality pension equivalent to 20 UTM January of the corresponding year, which remains constant for the rest of the year.

List of winners

Year	Name	Speciality	Gets the prize for	Image	Ref.
1992	Raúl Sáez Sáez	Civil engineering	"Because of their participation in the technological development and modernization of the country. »
1994	René Cortázar Sagarminaga	Agricultural Engineer	"For their research on genetic improvement and new forms of wheat production. »
1996	Julio Meneghello Rivera	Medical doctor	"For their contribution to the development of Pediatrics and their valuable contributions in overcoming child malnutrition. »
1998	Fernando Monckeberg Barros	Medical	-
2000	Andrés Weintraub Pohorille	Electrical Civil Engineer, Operational Research	"[by his work in the] development of the forest area, which has played a significant role in the country's productive growth in recent years"
2002	Pablo Valenzuela Valdés	Biochemical	"For their contributions in the development of the first Hepatitis B vaccine and the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus."
2004	Juan Asenjo de Leuze	Biochemical, Biotechnologist	"[by] the impact and quality of their research [...] very particularly in enzyme engineering. Together with this [...] his innovations translated into several patents, his formation of disciples and about forty doctorates, half of them in Chile”.
2006	Edgar Kausel	Civil engineer, Seismologist	«[by] outstanding work [...] professional, pioneer at national and international levels, for the development of Geophysics and Seismology»
2008	José Miguel Aguilera	Food engineer	"For his research in the structure of food"
2010	Juan Carlos Castilla	Marine biologist	«[For] Mr. Castilla's remarkable and pioneering contribution to the study of coastal ecosystems and the sustainability of coastal ecosystems»
2012	Ricardo Uauy	Medical doctor	"[By] his outstanding career and significant contributions to the development of basic and clinical nutrition"
2014	José Rodríguez Pérez	Electrical Civil Engineer	«[By] his rich production of scientific publications, which has placed him as the Chilean researcher with greater international recognition in the area of electrical engineering»
2016	Horacio Croxatto Avoni	Medical	"[By contributing to] the development of important contraceptive methods that have revolutionized the field of human reproduction and benefited millions of people"
2018	Romilio Espejo Torres	Biochemical	"[For their contribution] to the discovery of bacteria that allowed, on the one hand, the development of pioneering studies in molecular biology and epidemiology, and on the other, allowed the generation of tools very precious in genetic engineering. In addition, their studies contributed to the identification of pathogens responsible for a significant fraction of infant mortality."
2020	Edmundo Acevedo	Agricultural Engineer	"[By] their discoveries on the adaptation of plants to drought [...] and the physiology of crops with a view to genetic improvement that have been of great relevance to the improvement of cereals"