Conrad Wessel Award
The Conrad Wessel Award, or FCW Prize, is an annual prize by Fundação Conrado Wessel established in 2002 for personalities and entities in the topics of science, culture, medicine, literature and photography[1]. It is one of the awards that gives the largest monetary value for those topics in Brazil. [2]
Awards
Photography
It is deemed as the most traditional award of its kind for Brazil, and it has been offered continuously since 2002. It is the only FCW Prize category that features multiple winners across editions. [3]
Winners
| Year | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Érico Hiller | Fernando Madeira | Raoni Maddalena |
| 2024 | Luciana Whitaker | Ana Sabiá | Ana Carolina Fernandes |
| 2023 | Fabiano Carvalho | Lucas Lenci | Gui Mazzoni |
| 2022 | Paula Machado Pedrosa | Lalo de Almeida | Raphael Alves |
| 2016 | Rodrigo Zeferino | Wagner Almeida | Lalo de Almeida |
| 2015 | Luiz Baltar | Tiago Coelho | Inês Bonduki |
| 2014 | Gabriel Monteiro | André Hauck | João Castilho |
| 2013 | Gilvan Barreto | Lalo de Almeida | Roberta Sant'Anna |
| 2012 | Pedro David | Mauro Restiffe | Bob Wolfenson |
| 2011 | Gustavo Rodrigues de Lacerda | Lucio Adeodato | Cássio Vasconcellos |
| 2010 | Luis Tadeu Vilani | Guilherme Mohallem | Denis Kenji Arimura |
| 2009 | Marco Antonio Rodrigues e Marco Antonio Mendes de Oliveira | João Antonio Roberto Ripper | Ricardo Barcellos |
| 2008 | Julio Bittencourt | André François | Francilins Castilho Leal |
| 2007 | João Castilho | Lalo de Almeida | n/a |
| 2006 | Tiago Santana | Julio Bittencourt | n/a |
Science
These awards were awarded from 2002 to 2009 on several categories, and unified into a single one in 2010. [4]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Mercedes Bustamante |
| 2024 | Marco Antônio Zago |
| 2023 | Virgilio Almeida |
| 2022 | Carlos Alfredo Joly |
| 2016 | Jacob Palis |
| 2014 | José Goldemberg |
| 2013 | Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva |
| 2012 | Sérgio Machado Rezende |
| 2011 | Jorge Kalil Filho |
| 2010 | Jairton Dupont |
General Sciences
These were awarded from 2002 to 2009. [5]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Jerson Lima Silva |
| 2008 | Leopoldo de Meis |
| 2007 | Ivan Antonio Izquierdo |
| 2006 | Sérgio Mascarenhas de Oliveira |
| 2005 | Wanderley de Souza |
| 2004 | Isaias Raw |
| 2003 | Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz |
| 2002 | Escolas da rede pública vencedoras do concurso de projeto de ciências |
Applied Sciences
These were awarded from 2007 to 2009. [5]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2009 | João Gomes de Oliveira |
| 2008 | Ernesto Paterniani |
| 2007 | Hisako Gondo Higashi |
Applied Sciences (Water)
These were awarded from 2003 to 2006. [5]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Aldo Rebouças |
| 2005 | José Galizia Tundisi |
| 2004 | Almirante Alberto dos Santos Franco |
| 2003 | Dieter Carl Ernst Heino Muehe |
Applied Sciences (Agronomical)
These were awarded from 2003 to 2006. [5]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Magno Patto Ramalho |
| 2005 | Luiz Carlos Fazuoli |
| 2004 | Instituto Agronômico de Campinas |
| 2003 | Jairo Vidal Vieira |
Applied Sciences (Environmental)
These were awarded from 2003 to 2006. [5]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Carlos Nobre |
| 2005 | Aziz Ab'Saber |
| 2004 | Museu Paraense |
| 2003 | Philip Martin Fearnside |
Culture and Literature
Culture
These were awarded from 2007 to 2015, and since 2024[6]:
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Marcelo Rubens Paiva[6] |
| 2024 | Ugo Giorgetti[6] |
| 2015 | Edu Lobo[6] |
| 2014 | Lygia Fadunes Telles[6] |
| 2013 | Niède Guidon[6] |
| 2012 | João Carlos Martins[6] |
| 2011 | Paulo Emílio Vanzolini[6] |
| 2010 | Nelson Pereira dos Santos[6] |
| 2009 | Antonio Nóbrega[6] |
| 2008 | Ariano Suassuna[6] |
| 2007 | Affonso Celso Ávila[6] |
Literature
These were awarded from 2002 to 2006.[7]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Ruth Rocha[7] |
| 2005 | Fábio Lucas[7] |
| 2004 | Ferreira Gullar[7] |
| 2003 | Lya Luft[7] |
| 2002 | Maria FIlomena Bouissou Lepecki, Santiago Nazarian, Noêmia Sartori Ponzeto[7] |
Medicine
These were awarded from 2003 to 2015.[8]
| Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Rubens Belfort Mattos Junior[8] |
| 2014 | Protássio Lemos da Luz[8] |
| 2013 | José Rodrigues Coura[8] |
| 2012 | Marcos Moraes[8] |
| 2011 | Miguel Srougi[8] |
| 2010 | Angelita Habr-Gama[8] |
| 2009 | Ricardo Pasquini[8] |
| 2008 | Fulvio Pileggi[8] |
| 2007 | Ivo Pitanguy[8] |
| 2006 | Ricardo Renzo Brentani[8] |
| 2005 | Adib Jatene[8] |
| 2004 | César Gomes Victora[8] |
| 2003 | Maria Inês Schmidt[8] |
References
- ↑ "Prêmio FCW". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2025-12-16.
- ↑ "Prêmio para ciência e cultura" (in português). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ↑ "Fotografia". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ "Ciência". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Ciência". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 "Cultura". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Literatura". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 "Medicina". Fund. Conrado Wessel (in português). Retrieved 2026-04-13.
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