The Japan Prize Foundation announced the winners of the 2025 Japan Prize at 1 PM on 22 January, 2025. Prof. Russell Dean Dupuis (USA) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the fields of Materials Science and Production, and Prof. Carlos M. Duarte (Spain) has been awarded the Japan Prize in the fields of Biological Production, Ecology/Environment.

For this year’s Japan Prize, Prof. Dupuis is being recognised for his distinguished contributions to the development of metalorganic chemical vapour deposition technology for compound semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices and pioneering contributions to its large-scale commercialisation, and Prof. Duarte is being recognised for his contribution to our understanding of marine ecosystems in a changing Earth, especially through pioneering research on Blue Carbon.

For the 2025 Japan Prize, the Foundation asked approximately 15,500 prominent scientists and engineers from around the world to nominate researchers working in this year’s fields. We received 149 nominations for the fields of Materials Science and Production and 72 nominations for the fields of Biological Production and Ecology/Environment. This year’s winners were selected from a total of 221 nominees.