Awards and Honors
3 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize is awarded each year to individuals “who have contributed the most to humanity.”
1
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
20
ERC awardees
23
CNRS medals
1
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
- Thomas Ebbesen · 2014
As the highest honor in the nanosciences, this award recognizes outstanding scientific work in this field.
20
ERC awardees
Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) are among the most prestigious forms of European funding.
Advanced Grants
- Nicolas Giuseppone · 2025
- Amir Hoveyda · 2021
- Paolo Samori · 2019
- Thomas Ebbesen · 2018
- Guido Pupillo · 2013
- Jean-Marie Lehn · 2012
- Thomas Ebbesen · 2009
CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS
- Guillaume Chaubet · 2025
- Johannes Schachenmayer · 2024
- Andrey Klymchenko · 2015
STARTING GRANTS
- Giulio Ragazzon · 2021
- Alessandro Aliprandi · 2020
- Vladimir Torbeev · 2017
- Paolo Samori · 2011
- Jean-François Lutz · 2010
- Nicolas Giuseppone · 2010
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT GRANTS
- Paolo Samori · 2019
- Andrey Klymchenko · 2019
- Paolo Samori · 2017
- Jean-François Lutz · 2015
23
CNRS medals
These awards honor researchers who make exceptional contributions to the institution’s vitality and reputation.
- Paolo Samori · Innovation, 2025
- Aurélie Hourlier-Fargette · Bronze, 2025
- Aurélie Hirschler · Cristal, 2025
- Nicolas Giuseppone · Silver, 2024
- Thomas Ebbesen · Gold, 2019
- Alberto Bianco · Silver, 2019
- Jean-François Nierengarten · Silver, 2019
- Mayeul Collot · Bronze, 2019
- Jean-François Lutz · Silver, 2018
- Paolo Samori · Silver, 2012
- Wais Hosseini · Silver, 2011
- Andrey Klymchenko · Bronze, 2010
- Jean-Yves Bigot · Silver, 2008
- Martin Brinkmann · Bronze, 2007
- Marcel Hibert · Silver, 2006
- Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz · Bronze, 2005
- Myriam Seeman · Bronze, 2004
- Jean-François Nierengarten · Bronze, 2001
- Jean-Marie Lehn · Gold, 1981
- Marc Drillon · Bronze, 1980
- Jean-Pierre Sauvage · Bronze, 1978
French Learned Societies
22
members of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
Under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation, the IUF’s mission is to promote the development of high-level research at universities and to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Paolo Samori · Senior 2025
- Guido Pupillo · Senior 2025
- Julie Karpenko · Junior 2025
- Nicolas Giuseppone · Senior Class of 2023
- Xavier Bugaut · Junior 2022
- Paolo Samori · Senior Class of 2020
- Guido Pupillo · Senior Class of 2019
- Yves Mely · Senior Class of 2018
- Burkhard Bechinger · Senior Class of 2016
- Luisa De Cola · Senior Class of 2016
- Ovidiu Ersen · Honorary Member 2014
- Nicolas Giuseppone · Junior 2013
- Pierre Schaaf · Senior, 2012
- Jean-Pierre Bucher · Honorary Member, 2010
- Philippe Compain · Honorary Member, 2010
- Sylvie Ferlay-Charitat · Junior 2010
- Paolo Samori · Junior 2010
- Garo Decher · Senior Class of 2006
- Thomas Ebbesen · Senior Class of 2005
- Wais Hosseini · Senior, Class of 2004
- Michel Rohmer · Honorary Member, 1997
- Patrick Pale · Honorary Member, 1996
6
members of the Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences brings together leading scientists. It provides everyone with expertise, advice, and insights on the political, ethical, and societal issues surrounding science.
- Sylvianne Muller · 2026
- Thomas Ebbesen · 2010
- Pierre Braunstein · 2005
- Michel Rohmer · 2003
- Jean-Pierre Sauvage · 1998
- Jean-Marie Lehn · 1985
Foreign learned societies
7
members of the Academia Europaea
A European nongovernmental organization founded in 1988 that promotes excellence in research, advises governments and international organizations, and fosters interdisciplinary and international research.
- Alberto Bianco · 2020
- Sylviane Muller · 2020
- Paolo Samori · 2014
- Luisa De Cola · 2012
- Wais Osseini · 2006
- Pierre Braunstein · 2002
- Jean-Marie Lehn · 1988
8
members of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC)
EURASC is an independent NGO that brings together Europe's leading scientists to strengthen scientific cooperation, research, technological innovation, and economic and social development.
Alberto Bianco (2017) | Wais Hosseini (2017) | Paolo Samori (2014)
Sylviane Muller (2020) | Jean-Pierre Sauvage (2014) | Pierre Braunstein (2004)
Thomas Ebbesen (2014) | Marc Drillon (2009)
