"outstanding research contributing to a beneficial impact on human health and to the advancement of scientific knowledge in related fields such as medicine, fermentations, agriculture and food."
The UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal is a biennial international science prize created jointly by
UNESCO and the
Pasteur Institute in 1995 "to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research contributing to a beneficial impact on human health and to the advancement of scientific knowledge in related fields such as medicine, fermentations, agriculture and food." Its creation marked the
centenary of the death of
Louis Pasteur.[1] The future of the prize is under review.[citation needed]