The director of CIBION, Fernando Stefani, received a Konex Merit Award for being one of the 100 most outstanding scientific personalities of the last decade (2013-2022) in Argentina.
This award has been given by the Konex Foundation since 1980, on differente categories. This year, the award was for those who excelled in Science and Technology.
Categories of the Konex Awards:
- Sports: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2020
- Entertainment: 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011, 2021
- Visual Arts: 1982, 1992, 2002, 2012, 2022
- Science and Technology: 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013, 2023
- Literature: 1984, 1994, 2004, 2014, 2024
- Popular Music: 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, 2025
- Humanities: 1986, 1996, 2006, 2016, 2026
- Communication and Journalism: 1987, 1997, 2007, 2017, 2027
- Institutions-Community-Enterprises: 1988, 1998, 2008, 2018, 2028
- Classical Music: 1989, 1999, 2009, 2019, 2029
