Rolex Announces The Five Winners Of The 2019 Rolex Awards For Enterprise

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Scientists from Uganda, Brazil, France, India, and Canada received grants for their groundbreaking projects.

Outstanding in Their Fields

This year, ten finalists presented their individual projects at the National Geographic Explorers Festival. Overall, 957 people applied for consideration for the awards from 111 countries. The winners will receive funding in order to continue their projects, not to mention a Rolex watch!

Launched over 40 years ago, the Rolex Awards for Enterprise gives its Laureates financial support to continue their valuable work. A jury comprised of independent experts considered each finalist’s work, and for the first time, the public was able to vote through social media and through Rolex’s website, with their opinions taken into consideration for the final decision. 

 

Krithi Karanth at Channagundi in Karnataka State, India, has been passionate about conservation since childhood. ©Rolex/ Marc Sho

 

Miranda Wang at the Biocellection Offices, Menlo Park, California - Finding uses for the world’s plastic waste. ©Rolex/Bart Michiels

 

Grégoire Courtine’s research has been published in leading journals, including Nature Medicine and Nature Neuroscience. ©Rolex/ Sébastien Agnetti

 

Patient Mathieur Bauvez, observed by Courtine’s team, completes his exercise at CHUV Hospital, Lausanne. ©Rolex/ Sébastien Agnetti

 

Near Carauari in the Amazon, part of the vast region whose people and wildlife Joao Campos-Silva is protecting. ©Rolex / Marc Latzel

Joao Campos-Silva holding an average sized Arapaima of about 60kg. These fish weigh up to 200kg. ©Rolex / Marc Latzel

Brian Gitta in Kampala, capital of Uganda, which has 4 per cent of the world’s 220 million Malaria cases. ©Rolex/ Joan Bardeletti

 

James Cameron at the Deep Sea Project

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Lokesh Babu missing this time in the list.

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1 minute ago, Spartan said:

Lokesh Babu missing this time in the list.