Activities and areas of research

The Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation has been created in 1989 to promote the study of living world and its evolution.

The Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation awards every two years an International Prize of $10.000 in amount. The prizes have received the patronage of the Académie Royale des Sciences de Belgique (see Rules).  

Behaviour and Communication must be understood in a broad sesne, from integrative levels (e.g.,Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, Social Psychology, Ecology...) to reductionist levels (e.g., Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology,...), including intermediate levels (Organismic Physiology, in particular Neurobiology).    

An evolutionary or historical perspective is wanted. Interdisciplinary dialogues are encouraged.  

The specific topic of the Symposium and of the Prize of the Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation will be specified at each new announcement. Symposium and Prize will have smilir topics.

The Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation organizes International Meetings in the fields of animal & human behaviour research and especially in chemical communication.

The Jean-Marie Delwart Foundation may eventually offer support to favour scientific stays or travels of pre- or post-doctoral belgian students abroad or of foreign students wishing  to specialize in Belgium.