King Felipe VI will preside over the 2025 Rei Jaume I Prizes ceremony on 25 November
08 | 10 | 2025Next Tuesday, 25 November, at 12 noon, the traditional Awards Ceremony for the 37th edition of the 2025 Rei Jaume I Prizes will take place; this year, it is expected to be presided over by the King of Spain, Felipe VI.
The awards ceremony is one of the most significant social events in the Comunitat Valenciana and is held in the city before a broad cross-section of Valencian civil and political society. This ceremony will form part of an extensive programme of events in which the award winners will take part to help revitalise these awards, which are unique in Spain due, amongst other distinctive features, to their juries comprising more than twenty Nobel Laureates.
The winners of the 37th edition are:
> José Luis Mascareñas Cid, in the Basic Research category
> Jan Eeckhout, in Economics
> Nuria López-Bigas, in Biomedical Research
> Victoria Reyes García, in Environmental Protection
> María Jesús Vicent Docón, in New Technologies
> Damià Tormo Carulla, in the ‘Entrepreneurial Revelation’ category
> Silvia de Sanjosé Llongueras, in Clinical Research and Public Health
The Rei Jaume I Prizes Awards Ceremony provides yet another opportunity to raise the profile of and reinforce support for science, research and entrepreneurship in Spain.
These awards are sponsored by the Iberdrola Spain Foundation in the Environmental Protection category, the Provincial Council of Valencia for the Economy, Valencia City Council for New Technologies, the “La Caixa” Foundation and CaixaBank for Biomedical Research, Mercadona, Edem and AVE for the Entrepreneurial Revelation Prize, and Air Liquide Healthcare for Clinical Research and Public Health. In addition, organisations such as the Port Authority of Valencia, Boluda Corporación Marítima, the Council of Chambers of the Comunidad Valenciana, the Banco Santander Foundation, Pavasal, RNB, SPB, the Vectalia Group, CEV, Logifruit, the Torrecid Foundation, BP, Empresas del Sol, the Martínez Family, the IVO Foundation, the Segura Group, as well as institutional support from the Generalitat Valenciana.
