The award Ceremony for 2016 was held on 26 September 2016 at the University of Athens. The prize was split to the following two papers: “Do seasonal-to-decadal climate predictions underestimate the predictability of the real world?” by Rosie Eade, Doug Smith, Adam Scaife, Emily Wallace, Nick Dunstone, Leon Hermanson, and Niall Robinson published in Geophysical Research Letters, and… Read More »
The Award Ceremony for 2014 “WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award” was held on 10 June 2014 during the opening ceremony of the International Conference “Adaptation Strategies to Global Environmental Change in the Mediterranean City and the Role of Global Earth Observations”. The prize was awarded to the following paper: “A process oriented characterization of tropical oceanic clouds… Read More »
On October 7th 2013, the proclaimed award to the memory of Late Professor Elias G. Mariolopoulos was awarded to Haroulis Anastasios student at the Dental School of the University of Athens for his exceptional performance and for fulfilling all criteria set at the announcement of the award.
The Award Ceremony for 2012 was held on 29 October 2012 in Athens. The prize was awarded to the following papers : “An Arctic CCN-limited cloud-aerosol regime” by T. Mauritsen, J. Sedlar, M. Tjernström, C. Leck, M. Martin, M. Shupe, S. Sjogren, B. Sierau, P.O.G. Persson, I.M. Brooks and E. Swietlicki, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (VOL.… Read More »
For the third year the MK Foundation co-organised the Festival “Les Rencontres de la Terre” with the Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Athens. The Festival activities took place between January and June 2012. The scientific director for the events was Dr Sylvie Grutzow. The central theme of the Festival was : “Our city tomorrow…the city where… Read More »
The Board of Directors of Mariolopoulos – Kanaginis Foundation awarded the Primary School of the Center for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind, with a 2.000,00 € award for their efforts in Environmental Education.
Dr Deon Terblanche, representing the Secretary General of WMO made a brief introduction to the award and the young awardees. The ceremony was attended by H. E. the Commissioner for Education and Culture of EU, Mrs Androula Vassiliou, the former President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr G. Vassiliou, the former Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. I. Grivas,… Read More »
The Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences in collaboration with the Ministry of Education announced awards to high school students from the Prefecture of the historic Nafpactos which is located in the mainland of South-Western Greece where the heroic family of Botsaris greatly contributed to the liberation of Greece in the early 19th century. The competition was dedicated… Read More »
The Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental Sciences in collaboration with the Ministry of Education announced awards to students of schools operating in the affected by the summer 2007 fires areas in Greece for the best papers with the title : “The restoration and the protection of the forest after the destructive fires as the single hope for a… Read More »
The Secretary of the World Metorological Organization announced on January the international “WMO Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award”, 2008, for the best paper concerning atmospheric sciences of young scientists during the last two years. The Awards were presented by the representative of the General Secretary of WMO, Dr Elena Manaenkova, Director of Cabinet and External Relations Department, and… Read More »