50 nominations from 23 different countries are in the running for this award, the third of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their twenty-seventh year.

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, the third of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will be held on June 19th and 20th. The awards will be bestowed this year for the twenty-seventh time in their history.

The Prince of Asturias Awards aim, to quote from the Statutes of the Foundation "to reward the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanistic work performed by individuals, groups or institutions worldwide." As part of this spirit, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research "will be bestowed upon the individual, work group or institution whose discoveries or research represent a significant contribution to the progress of humanity in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine, Earth and Space Sciences, as well as their related technical aspects and technologies".

There are 50 nominations in the running for this Award - excluding those that the members of the jury might themselves propose before the jury is called to session - from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, India, Italy, Kuwait, Mexico, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela and Spain.

The Award is endowed with fifty thousand Euro, a sculpture created and specially donated for the Awards by Joan Miró, a diploma and an insignia.

The Jury, which will convene at the Hotel de la Reconquista, is made up of the following people:
. José Luis Álvarez Margaride
. Juan Luis Arsuaga
. Pedro Miguel Echenique
. Antonio Fernández-Rañada
. Luis Fernández-Vega Sanz
. María del Carmen Maroto Vela
. Amparo Moraleda
. Enrique Moreno
. Rafael Nájera Morrondo
. César Nombela
. Fernando Ortíz Maslloréns
. Ana Pastor
. Miguel Ángel Pesquera
. Eduardo Punset
. Julio Rodríguez Villanueva
. Rafael Sariego García
. Guillermo Suárez Fernández
. Guillermo Ulacia
. José Antonio Martínez-Álvarez (secretary)

Members of the juries will hold an initial meeting with the media at about 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 19th in the "Salón de Consejos" of the hotel (on the first floor), immediately prior to being formally convened and starting their deliberations. The jury will then elect a president from amongst them. The Jury secretary will be appointed by the Foundation.

Their decision will be made public at 12.00 a.m. on Wednesday 20th in the Salón Covadonga of the hotel (on the ground floor), and jury members will then be available for interviews.