Conservation
Rolex Rewards Maverick Projects in Conservation, Sustainability, and Medicine
For the first time, the public weighed in on nominees for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise. The five winners cover a broad swath of research and technological advancement.
The Rolex Laureates for 2019, from left: Grégoire Courtine, Krithi Karanth, João Campos-Silva, Miranda Wang, and Brian Gitta.
Photographer: Bart Michiels/RolexHans Wilsdorf would have loved the change of venue.
Rolex SA, the watch company Wilsdorf founded in 1908, presented its annual Awards for Enterprise on June 14 in Washington for the first time. Ten pioneering doctors and scientists walked away with awards of 200,000 Swiss francs roughly $200,000), in-kind support, and chronometers at a marquee event closing out the National Geographic Explorers Festival.