Prix solennel Aguirre-Basualdo de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris

The Chancellerie des Universités de Paris awards 50 annual Prix solennels (solemn prizes) to the best PhD dissertations defended in the previous year in one of the Parisian Universités or Grands établissements (where most PhDs in France are defended), in all disciplines, including sciences, social sciences and humanities. Committees are composed of various French University professors. Usually, between 0 and 2 PhDs in philosophy get an award each year. Each prize comes with 10.000€.