9-member National Prize Commission membership approved by presidential order

By order of Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili, a 9-member National Prize Awarding Commission membership has been approved.

The Commission held its first meeting, which was opened by the Georgian Presidential Administration Head Luka Ekhvaia.

According to the Presidential Administration, Deputy Minister of Education, Science and Youth, Professor Zviad Gabisonia, chairs the commission, which is staffed by representatives from various branches of science.

sakartvelos erovnuli p’remia enich’eba p’irs sabunebismet’q’velo, humanit’aruli, sotsialuri, p’olit’ik’uri, ek’onomik’uri, iuridiuli, sameditsino, sitsotskhlis shemsts’avleli, an sainzhinro metsnierebebis dargshi maghal metsnierul doneze shesrulebuli nashromis, an nashromta tsik’listvis.

The National Prize of Georgia is awarded to an individual for a work, or a cycle of works, carried out at a high scientific level in the fields of natural, humanitarian, social, political, economic, legal, medical, life, or engineering sciences.

The prize will be awarded annually. Laureates whose work has made a significant contribution to Georgian science, as well as to the spiritual, social, or economic development of the world, will receive a corresponding diploma, a badge, and a monetary award.

The applications and works which will contend for the National Prize will be received from October 16 to November 6, 2026.