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Contests and prizes
In 2025, 12 candidates submitted their applications. They were joined by nine candidates from the 2024 edition, as required by the call for applications.
The winner of the Award was Francesca Palumbo, Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Department of Public Education, Support for Study and Knowledge with responsibility for Equal Opportunity Policies of the Municipality of Cagliari awarded the Donna di Scienza Giovani Prize to Eleonora Lai, Medical Director at the Complex Structure of Medical Oncology of the Cagliari University Hospital.
The 2025 Donna di Scienza Scuola Award was also awarded to Elisabetta Siddi, a tenured teacher at a secondary school and currently seconded to the Regional School Office – Sardinia.
The Jury considered Lorena Lorefice, Medical Director of Neurology at the Cagliari Local Health Authority in the Regional Multiple Sclerosis Center PO Binaghi, and Veronica Malavasi, post-doctoral researcher at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, worthy of a Special Mention in the Woman of Science Award.
The Jury also considered Loredana Onidi, a tenured teacher at the Motzo High School in Quartu Sant’Elena, worthy of special mention in the context of the Donna di Scienza – Scuola Award.
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Seventeen candidates submitted their applications in 2024. They were joined by five candidates from the 2023 edition, as required by the call for applications.
The ex aequo winners of the 2024 Prize were Maria Antonietta Loi, Professor of Photophysics and Optoelectronics at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, and Miriam Melis, Full Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Cagliari City Council’s Department for Equal Opportunities awarded the Young Donna di Scienza Prize to Simona Deidda, a researcher at the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Cagliari and an oncologist specializing in colorectal surgery.
The winner of the FIRST EDITION of the Donna di Scienza Scuola Award was Costantina Cossu, a professor at the IIS Fermi in Alghero.
Special mentions from the jury for Donna di Scienza 2024 were awarded to Laura Crisponi, Level I Research Director at the Institute of Genetics and Biomedical Research (IRGB) of the National Research Council (CNR), Cagliari; and to Giulia Baldazzi, a fixed-term researcher at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari.
Special Mention for Donna di Scienza Giovani awarded to Greca Meloni, a fixed-term post-doc researcher at the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna.
Special Mention for Donna di Scienza Scuola awarded to Maria Ilaria Mallus, teacher at the “B.R. Motzo” high school in Quartu Sant’Elena.
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Nine contestants submitted their applications in 2023. They were joined by two candidates from the 2022 edition, as required by the call for applications.
The winner of the Award was Serena Sanna, Research Director at the IRGB-CNR Institute in Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Donna di Scienza Giovani Award was awarded by the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari to Ambra Demontis, a researcher at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Cagliari.
A special mention from the jury was awarded to Eleonora Conca, a researcher and science communicator with a degree in Chemical and Geological Sciences from the University of Cagliari.
A special mention for young people was awarded to Lucà Alessandra, born in Alghero, Research Associate (SC0120) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), Chicago, USA.
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In 2022, 6 contestants submitted their candidacy.
The winner of the Prize was Giulia Manca, Associate Professor at the University of Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Young Woman of Science Award was assigned by the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari to Maura Pilia, researcher at the Sardinia Radio Telescope.
A special mention from the jury was awarded to Claudia Caltagirone, associate professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences at the University of Cagliari.
A special mention for young people was awarded to Irene Sechi, a Cagliari native and PhD student in Oncology at the Department of Oncology, University of Oxford (UK).
In 2021, 17 competitors presented their candidacy, of which 6 were born in Cagliari.
The winner of the Prize was Donatella Spano, from Sassari, full professor at the University of Sassari.
As part of the competition, the Councilorship for Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari awarded the Young Woman of Science Award to Francesca Dordei, 35 years old, INFN researcher from Cagliari, in the Cagliari section.
The special jury prize was awarded to Maria Del Zompo, until April 2021 rector of the University of Cagliari.
In 2020, 18 competitors presented their candidacy, of which 7 were born in Cagliari.
The winner of the Prize was Micaela Morelli, born in Brindisi but residing in Cagliari, neurobiologist and pro-rector of research at the University of Cagliari.
As part of the competition, the Department of Equal Opportunities of the Municipality of Cagliari awarded the Young Woman of Science Award to Raffaella Mulas, 28 years old, researcher from Cagliari
In 2019, 43 candidates presented their candidacy, 21 of whom were born in Cagliari and trained at the University of Cagliari.
Of the 43 competitors, 12 candidates carried out their research abroad: between Zurich, Lausanne (3), Marseilles, Warsaw, Nantes, Darmstadt, York, San Diego, Lyon and Cambridge.
The prevailing disciplines were biology, chemistry, biomedical sciences, information technology, astrophysics, medicine, physics.
Among the candidates were 4 full professors, 4 associate professors, but also a lawyer expert in legal informatics and a graduate in communication sciences.
The winner was Giovanna Puddu from Cagliari, former full professor of the Physics Department of the University of Cagliari.
The double challenge: being a female scientist and being a scientist woman.
The call for applications for the 2024 DONNA DI SCIENZA Award, VI Edition is online.
[Ihithe, 1940 – Nairobi, 2011] Kenyan environmentalist and activist. In 2004 she was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was a Kenyan parliamentarian and Assistant Minister for Environment and Natural Resources in the government of President Mwai Kibaki, between January 2003 and November 2005.
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