| Year | Recipient | Recipient's Institution | Field of Research | Ceremony Host | Ceremony Site | Ceremony Host Country | Ceremony Date | Ref. |
|---|
| 2024 | Eske Willerslev | | | | | | 2024 | |
| 2023 | Christoph Gerber | | | | | | 2023 | [3] |
| 2022 | Victoria Kaspi | McGill University | Astrophysics | University of Coimbra | University of Coimbra,Lisbon | Portugal | 29 November 2022 | [4] |
| 2019 | Zhong Lin Wang | Georgia Institute of Technology | Nanoenergy | University of Tsukuba | University of Tsukuba,Tsukuba | Japan | 4 October 2019 | [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
| 2018 | Jean-Pierre Changeux | Pasteur Institute | Neuroscience | City University of Hong Kong | City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong | China | 8 November 2018 | [12] [13][14][15] |
| 2017 | Omar M. Yaghi | University of California, Berkeley | Chemistry | Leiden University | Pieterskerk,Leiden | Netherlands | 8 November 2017 | [16][17][18] |
| 2016 | Edward Witten | Princeton University | Physics,Mathematics | Riga Technical University | National Library of Latvia,Riga,Latvia | Latvia | 14 October 2016 | [19][20] |
| 2015 | Ewine van Dishoeck | Leiden University | Astrophysics | University of Dundee | Caird Hall,Dundee,Scotland | United Kingdom | 19 November 2015 | [21][22][23] |
| 2014 | Philip Cohen | University of Dundee | Enzymology | Aalto University | Otakaari 1 Building,Aalto University,Espoo | Finland | 17 November 2014 | [24][25] |
| 2013 | Paul Nurse | Rockefeller University | Genetics | Nanyang Technological University | Nanyang Auditorium,Nanyang Technological University,Singapore | Singapore | 2 October 2013 | [26][27][28][29] |
| 2012 | Michael Grätzel | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Solar energy | Aarhus University | The Main Hall,Aarhus University,Aarhus | Denmark | 18 April 2012 | [30][31][32][33][34] |
| 2011 | Geoffrey Ozin | University of Toronto | Nanochemistry | University of Tartu | Assembly Hall,University of Tartu,Tartu | Estonia | 10 November 2011 | [35][36][37] |
| 2010 | Julio Montaner | British Columbia Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Biomedicine | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México | Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos,UAEM,Toluca | Mexico | 8 December 2010 | [38][39][40][41] |
| 2009 | John T. Houghton | John Ray Initiative | Environmental Research | University of Liège | Salle Académique,University of Liège,Liège | Belgium | 25 November 2009 | [42][43][44][45] |
| 2008 | Ada Yonath | Weizmann Institute of Science | Crystallography | Princeton University | Richardson Auditorium,Alexander Hall,Princeton University,Princeton, New Jersey | United States | 11 November 2008 | [46][47] |
| 2007 | J. Fraser Stoddart | University of California, Los Angeles | Chemistry andMolecular Nanotechnology | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos,Monterrey | Mexico | 24 November 2007 | [48][49][50] |
| 2006 | Ahmed Zewail | California Institute of Technology | Femtochemistry | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Sala Manuel M. Ponce,Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City | Mexico | 28 October 2006 | [51][52][53][54] |
| 2005 | John Hopfield | Princeton University | Life Sciences | Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro | Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler,Saltillo | Mexico | 12 November 2005 | [55][56][57] |
| 2004 | Ralph J. Cicerone | University of California, Irvine | Atmospheric Chemistry | University of Liège | Amphithéâtres de l'Europe,University of Liège,Liège | Belgium | 8 November 2004 | [58][59][60] |
| 2003 | Martin Rees | Cambridge University | Astrophysics | University of Helsinki,Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters | National Library of Finland,University of Helsinki,Helsinki | Finland | 17 November 2003 | [61][62] |
| 2002 | Daniel H. Janzen | University of Pennsylvania | Biology | Trinity College Dublin | Examination Hall,Trinity College Dublin,Dublin | Ireland | 14 November 2002 | [63][64] |
| 2001 | Niels Birbaumer | University of Vienna | Neurobiology | Utrecht University | nl:Academiegebouw (Utrecht),Utrecht | Netherlands | 21 November 2001 | [65] |
| 2000 | Frank Fenner | Australian National University | Biology | University of the Witwatersrand | Great Hall,University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg | South Africa | 1 November 2000 | [66] |
| 1999 | Robert Weinberg | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Medical Sciences | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Main Building,Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Trondheim | Norway | 11 November 1999 | [67][68] |
| 1998 | Charles R. Goldman | University of California, Davis | Environmental Sciences | Victoria University of Wellington | Hunter Building,Wellington | New Zealand | 19 November 1998 | [69][70] |
| 1997 | Jean-Marie Ghuysen | University of Liège | Biochemistry | Chulalongkorn University | Main Auditorium,Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok | Thailand | 12 November 1997 | [71][72] |
| 1996 | Alec Jeffreys | University of Leicester | Molecular Biology | University of Oxford | Voltaire Room,Taylor Institution,Oxford | United Kingdom | 23 November 1996 | [73] |
| 1995 | Herbert H. Jasper | University of Montreal | Brain Research | INBA,CONACULTA | Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City | Mexico | 16 December 1995 | [74] |
| 1994 | Sherwood Rowland | University of California, Irvine | Environmental Sciences | CODATA,ICSU,UNESCO | Le Manège Convention Center,Chambéry | France | 19 September 1994 | [75][76] |
| 1993 | Ali Javan | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Optical Physics | Presidencia de la República | Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City | Mexico | 19 December 1993 | [77] |
| 1992 | Raymond U . Lemieux | University of Alberta | Organic Chemistry | National Research Council (Canada) | Lester B. Pearson Building,Ottawa | Canada | 1992 | [78] |
| 1991 | Albrecht Fleckenstein | University of Freiburg | Physiology | Australian National University | Chancellor's Building,ANU,Canberra | Australia | 1991 | [79] |
| 1990 | Gustav Nossal | Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Immunology | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich | Cupola Room,ETH Zurich,Zurich | Switzerland | 1990 | [80] |
| 1989 | Martin Kamen | University of Southern California | Biochemistry | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Edgerton Hall,MIT,Cambridge | United States | 8 November 1989 | [81] |
| 1988 | Margaret Burbidge | University of California, San Diego | Astrophysics | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City | Mexico | 19 November 1988 | [82][83] |
| 1987 | Hugh Huxley | Brandeis University | Molecular Biology | University of Heidelberg | de:Aula der Alten Universität (Heidelberg),University of Heidelberg,Heidelberg | Germany | 26 November 1987 | [84] |
| 1986 | Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan | International Rice Research Institute | Agriculture | University of Guadalajara | Teatro Degollado,Guadalajara | Mexico | 6 November 1986 | [85] |
| 1985 | Werner Stumm | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology | Environmental Sciences | Royal Institute of Technology | Kollegiesalen,Stockholm | Sweden | 21 November 1985 | [86] |
| 1984 | Ricardo Bressani | Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP) | Nutrition | World Cultural Council | Auditorio San Pedro,San Pedro Garza García | Mexico | 29 November 1984 | [87] |