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Vautrin Lud Prize
Michael Batty being awarded the 2013 Vautrin Lud Prize
Awarded for	Awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of geography
Presented by	An independent, five person jury
First awarded	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
No. of laureates	33 Prizes to 35 Laureates as of 2024

The Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, known in English as the Vautrin Lud Prize, is the highest award in the field of geography. Established in 1991, the award is named after the 16th Century French scholar Vautrin Lud [fr]. The award is given in the autumn of each year at the International Geography Festival in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France (the home town of Vautrin Lud) and decided upon by a five-person international jury.

Recipients

See also

• List of geography awards
• International Geographical Union
• Victoria Medal
• Murchison Award
• Hubbard Medal

References

1. ^ "U. T. Dallas' Brian Berry to Receive World's Top Honor for Geographers". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
2. "CASA's Prof Michael Batty awarded the "Nobel prize" of geography". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2015-07-19.

External links

• Official website
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981001/ai_n14191789
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071216151242/http://www.geog.ucla.edu/news.php
• http://www.ia.ucsb.edu/pa/display.aspx?pkey=1683
• http://www.csiss.org/SPACE/about/news.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20080706145855/http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2000/492.html
• http://www.utdallas.edu/news/archive/2005/berry-lud.html Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.fig.saint-die-des-vosges.fr/en Archived 2013-06-23 at the Wayback Machine

• Geography awards
• Recipients of the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize
• Awards established in 1991
• 1991 establishments in France