World Cultural Council

Abbreviation	WCC
Formation	1982
Type	INGO
Location	Mexico City
Region served	Worldwide
President	Prof. Omar Yaghi
Website	consejoculturalmundial.org

TheWorld Cultural Council is aninternational organization aiming to promote cultural values, goodwill, and philanthropy among individuals. The organization founded in 1982 and based in Mexico, has held a yearly award ceremony since 1984 by granting theAlbert Einstein World Award of Science, theJosé Vasconcelos World Award of Education, and theLeonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts to outstanding scientists, educators, and artists, who have contributed positively to the cultural enrichment of mankind. The members of the Council include severalNobel laureates.

The founding members of the World Cultural Council are 124 distinguished personalities^[1] in such fields as the arts,biology,chemistry,physics,medicine,psychology,neuroscience,astronomy,oceanography,astrophysics,anthropology, andzoology. Some of these members are recipients of awards because of their outstanding achievements including the Nobel Prize, theNational Medal of Science, theCopley Medal, theRoyal Medal, theAlbert Einstein Medal, theAlbert Lasker Award and theEnrico Fermi Award. Some of the founders are alsoForeign Members or Fellows of the Royal Society, Fellows of theAmerican Physical Society, and theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The 124 founding members of the World Cultural Council are:

Charles Tanford (1984-1987)
Werner Stumm (1988-1991)
José Estrada (1992-2007)
Edmond H. Fischer (2008-2014)
Colin Blakemore (2015-2021)
Fraser Stoddart (2022-2024)
Omar M. Yaghi (2025)

Year	Award Recipients	Ceremony Host	Ceremony Site	Ceremony Host Country	Ceremony Date	Ref.
2025	Mercouri Kanatzidis	World Cultural Council	Museum of Contemporary Arts,Monterrey	Mexico	October 22, 2025	[2][3]
2024	Eske Willerslev,Cónal Creedon	McGill University	McGill University,Montreal	Canada	October 23, 2024	[4][5]
2023	Christoph Gerber,Larry V. Hedges	University of Helsinki	University of Helsinki,Helsinki	Finland	November 2–3, 2023	[6][7]
2022	Victoria M. Kaspi,Meejin Yoon, Claudia Mitchell	University of Coimbra	University of Coimbra,Coimbra	Portugal	November 29–30, 2022	[8][9]
2019	Zhong Lin Wang,Paulo Branco	University of Tsukuba	University of Tsukuba,Tsukuba	Japan	October 4, 2019	[10][11][12]
2018	Jean-Pierre Changeux,Malik Mâaza	City University of Hong Kong	City University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong	Hong Kong	November 8, 2018	[13][14]
2017	Omar M. Yaghi, Russell Hartenberger	Leiden University	Pieterskerk,Leiden	Netherlands	November 8, 2017	[15][16]
2016	Edward Witten, Kalevi Ekman	Riga Technical University	National Library of Latvia,Riga	Latvia	October 14, 2016	[17][18]
2015	Ewine van Dishoeck, Milton Masciadri	University of Dundee	Caird Hall,Dundee,Scotland	United Kingdom	November 19, 2015	[19][20][21]
2014	Philip Cohen, Federico Rosei	Aalto University	Otakaari 1 Building,Aalto University,Espoo	Finland	November 17, 2014	[22][23][24][25]
2013	Paul Nurse, Petteri Nisunen, Tommi Grönlund	Nanyang Technological University	Nanyang Auditorium,Nanyang Technological University,Singapore	Singapore	October 2, 2013	[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
2012	Michael Grätzel,Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht	Aarhus University	The Main Hall,Aarhus University,Aarhus	Denmark	April 18, 2012	[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
2011	Geoffrey Ozin,Todd Siler	University of Tartu	Assembly Hall,University of Tartu,Tartu	Estonia	November 10, 2011	[41][42][43][44][45][46]
2010	Julio Montaner, Christian Azar	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Aula Magna Adolfo López Mateos,UAEM,Toluca	Mexico	December 8, 2010	[47][48][49][50][51]
2009	John T. Houghton,Marcell Jankovics	University of Liège	Salle Académique,University of Liège,Liège	Belgium	November 25, 2009	[52][53][54][55][56]
2008	Ada Yonath,William G. Bowen	Princeton University	Richardson Auditorium,Alexander Hall,Princeton University,Princeton, New Jersey	United States	November 11, 2008	[57][58][59]
2007	Fraser Stoddart, Anne Moeglin-Delcroix	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Teatro Universitario, Campus Mederos,Monterrey	Mexico	November 24, 2007	[60][61][62][63]
2006	Ahmed Zewail,Marlene Scardamalia	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Sala Manuel M. Ponce,Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City	Mexico	October 28, 2006	[64][65][66][67]
2005	John Hopfield,Enrique Norten	Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro	Teatro de la Ciudad Fernando Soler,Saltillo	Mexico	November 12, 2005	[68][69]
2004	Ralph J. Cicerone,David Attenborough	University of Liège	Amphithéâtres de l’Europe,University of Liège,Liège	Belgium	November 8, 2004	[70][71][72]
2003	Martin Rees,Otto Piene	University of Helsinki,Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters	National Library of Finland,University of Helsinki,Helsinki	Finland	November 17, 2003	[73][74][75]
2002	Daniel H. Janzen, Jeannie Oakes	Trinity College, Dublin	Examination Hall,Trinity College, Dublin,Dublin	Ireland	November 14, 2002	[76][77]
2001	Niels Birbaumer, Edna Hibel	Utrecht University	Academiegebouw [nl],Utrecht	Netherlands	November 21, 2001	[78]
2000	Frank Fenner,Zafra M. Lerman	University of the Witwatersrand	Great Hall,University of the Witwatersrand,Johannesburg	South Africa	November 1, 2000	[79]
1999	Robert Weinberg,Magdalena Abakanowicz	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Main Building,Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Trondheim	Norway	November 11, 1999	[80][81]
1998	Charles R. Goldman, Robert Yager	Victoria University of Wellington	Hunter Building,Wellington	New Zealand	November 19, 1998	[82][83]
1997	Jean-Marie Ghuysen	Chulalongkorn University	Main Auditorium,Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok	Thailand	November 12, 1997	[84][85]
1996	Alec Jeffreys,Roger Gaudry	University of Oxford	Voltaire Room,Taylor Institution,Oxford	United Kingdom	November 23, 1996	[86]
1995	Herbert H. Jasper,Robert Rauschenberg	INBA,CONACULTA	Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City	Mexico	December 16, 1995	[87]
1994	Sherwood Rowland, Joseph O´Halloran	CODATA,ICSU,UNESCO	Le Manège Convention Center,Chambéry	France	September 19, 1994	[88][89]
1993	Ali Javan	Presidencia de la República	Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City	Mexico	December 19, 1993	[90]
1992	Raymond U . Lemieux,Elliot Eisner	National Research Council (Canada)	Lester B. Pearson Building,Ottawa	Canada	November 27, 1992	[91]
1991	Albrecht Fleckenstein	Australian National University	Chancellor's Building,ANU,Canberra	Australia	November 14, 1991	[92]
1990	Gustav Nossal, Lev Shevrin	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich	Cupola Room,ETH Zürich,Zürich	Switzerland	November 22, 1990	[93]
1989	Martin Kamen, Athens Acropolis Preservation Group of Greece	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Edgerton Hall,MIT,Cambridge	United States	November 8, 1989	[94]
1988	Margaret Burbidge, Gilbert De Landsheere	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Palacio de Bellas Artes,Mexico City	Mexico	November 19, 1988	[95][96]
1987	Hugh Huxley	University of Heidelberg	Alte Aula,University of Heidelberg,Heidelberg	Germany	November 26, 1987	[97]
1986	Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan	University of Guadalajara	Teatro Degollado,Guadalajara	Mexico	November 6, 1986	[98]
1985	Werner Stumm, Dolores Hernández	Royal Institute of Technology	Kollegiesalen,Stockholm	Sweden	November 21, 1985	[99]
1984	Ricardo Bressani	World Cultural Council	Auditorio San Pedro,San Pedro Garza García	Mexico	November 29, 1984	[100]

Starting in 2003, the World Cultural Council issues Special Recognitions to expert researchers connected to the host of the award ceremony, and which findings have been made available to the public.

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