MAGNA PAX ET LUX
Introduction
The Prince of Asturias Awards are eight in number: Communication and Humanities.
The Magna Pax et Lux Award honors distinguished lifelong careers and is granted annually in twelve different categories: Business, Community Service, Fine Arts, Education, Arts and Letters, Research and Development, Music, Politics, Humanities, Science and Technology, Sports, and Cross-Disciplinary Sciences.
All of them are intended to recognize scientific, technical, cultural, social, and humanitarian work carried out by individuals at the national or international level.
It is essential that the nominations submitted for any of these Awards meet the highest standards of excellence, significance, and impact.
Magna Pax et Lux Business Award
It shall be granted to a person whose vocation and entrepreneurial spirit have led them to the highest levels of the financial and corporate world, with an impeccable career and outstanding leadership, executive, and operational qualities.
Magna Pax et Lux Community Service Award
It shall be granted to a person whose work in service to the community represents a significant contribution to promoting values such as solidarity, intercultural understanding, and peace.
Magna Pax et Lux Fine Arts Award
It shall be granted to a person whose work in Architecture, Film, Dance, Sculpture, Painting, and other artistic expressions constitutes a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of Humanity.
Magna Pax et Lux Education Award
It shall be granted to a person whose work in favor of education has contributed significantly and decisively to a better understanding of the world in which we live, to the progress of society, and/or to fraternity among peoples.
Magna Pax et Lux Arts and Letters Award
It shall be granted to a person whose creative or research work represents a significant contribution in the fields of Literature or Linguistics.
Magna Pax et Lux Research and Development Award
It shall be granted to a person whose discoveries or research work represent a significant contribution to the progress of Humanity in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Natural and Space Sciences, as well as related techniques and technologies.
Magna Pax et Lux Music Award
It shall be granted to a person whose musical creations have transcended borders and especially inspired and attracted emigrants abroad.
Magna Pax et Lux Humanities Award
It shall be granted to a person whose creative or research work in Anthropology, Law, Economics, Geography, History, Psychology, Sociology, and other Social Sciences represents a significant contribution to their development for the benefit of Humanity.
Magna Pax et Lux Science and Technology Award
It shall be granted to a person whose efforts in promoting Science and Technology have resulted in concrete achievements that improve the living conditions and quality of life of societies.
Magna Pax et Lux Sports Award
It shall be granted to a person who, in addition to exemplifying an outstanding life, has achieved new milestones in humanity’s struggle for self-improvement and has contributed through effort to the advancement, promotion, or dissemination of sports.
Magna Pax et Lux Cross-Disciplinary Sciences Award
It shall be granted to a person distinguished by vocation, dedication, and commitment to serving others through religious, philanthropic, or humanitarian convictions.
Procedure
Nominations for each of the twelve Magna Pax et Lux Awards are submitted by individuals (10 endorsement letters are required), academies, cultural or research centers, universities, and other institutions throughout Latin America, as well as by personalities invited by the Foundation and members of the juries themselves.
As nominations are received, information is gathered in order to complete documentation for each candidate. Collaborators of the Foundation prepare summaries and reports for the juries.
Each award has its own jury, different in every edition, composed of up to twelve members selected by the Foundation’s Coordination Committee, always seeking plurality of ideas.
All juries meet via teleconference from their respective countries on the designated date to deliberate privately.
Each award is granted to the Latin individual who obtains the majority of votes cast by the members of the jury. In the event of a tie, the Chair has the casting vote.
Rules and Regulations
The 1A1 Foundation created the International MAGNA PAX ET LUX Award for exceptional Latin American individuals across the continent, recognizing the importance of promoting the role that rightfully belongs to them in history and society.
The Award aims to promote creative interdisciplinary research, strengthen working groups, encourage international competitiveness, and highlight the role of civil society and the 1A1 Foundation in cultural, scientific, and social enterprise.
The International MAGNA PAX ET LUX Award is annual and governed by these rules. The Foundation’s Board establishes deadlines, participation requirements, awards, and specific provisions for each edition.
The Award recognizes careers, advances, and research representing innovations and progress in the arts, sciences, technology, and humanities that improve quality of life, equal opportunities, or social and labor integration within the Latin American community.
Jury
The Committee of Distinguished Persons or Central Selection Committee of these Awards shall consist of outstanding personalities from the social, cultural, economic, and educational life of Latin America.