The Artois-Baillet Latour Foundation is a Belgian non-profit organization which was founded on 1 March 1974.

History

The foundation was born by the initiative of Count

Alfred de Baillet Latour Alfred, Count de Baillet Latour (1901 – 28 September 1980) was a Belgian count. End of the House of Baillet Alfred was the last grandson of Ferdinand de Baillet-Latour, Governor of Antwerp and a nephew of Henri II, Count de Baillet-Latou ...

, who was the Director of the Artois Breweries in

Leuven Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...

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. He was the last male heir of the old

House of Baillet The Baillet family or de Baillet or Baillet von Latour is a former Belgian noble family. The house is divided into different branches, the most known were the Counts of Baillet-Latour. History The title of Count of Baillet was created by imperi ...

, and was through his mother related to the

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, who own the Artois Company. In 1995 the name was changed to ''Interbrew-Baillet Latour Foundation'' and again in 2005 to ''InBev-Baillet Latour Fund''. The Foundation wants to encourage and reward achievements of outstanding human value in the Arts and Sciences. It can do this by means of Prizes, or by any other means that the Foundation might deem appropriate.

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize

The Artois-Baillet Latour Health Prize was established in 1977 to be awarded periodically to recognize the merits of a person whose work has contributed prominently to the improvement of human health in the fields of metabolic disorders, infectious diseases, neurological diseases, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Since 2000 the prize has been awarded annually. Worth 250,000 euros, it is Belgium's major scientific prize. Since 2005, it has been known as the InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize.

Health Prize Laureates

Source: Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS (Belgium)
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InBev-Baillet Latour
Medicine awards Foundations based in Belgium Organizations established in 1974 Awards established in 1979 Belgian awards

History

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize

Health Prize Laureates

See also

References

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