ICTP and IBM have established an annual prize for outstanding young researchers working in AI for Science/Science for AI. The prize, worth €10,000, is supported by a five-year sponsorship by IBM and has been established to promote research focusing on approaches to AI and science that can benefit the society at large. This effort contributes to the ultimate goal of the AI Alliance, a global organization launched in December 2023 by IBM and Meta, which ICTP has also joined, to accelerate responsible open innovation in AI while ensuring safety, security, and trust.

The award honours the Indian mathematician and astronomer Brahmagupta, known for his significant contributions to mathematics and astronomy.

The 2026 ICTP-IBM Brahmagupta Artificial Intelligence Prize for Early Career Scientists is awarded to Professor Michael Skinnider of Princeton University, USA, "for pioneering the application of artificial intelligence to biomedical discovery, and for developing transformative AI methods that reveal previously unknown chemistry, accelerate metabolite discovery, advance neuroscience, and address major challenges in human health."

The ceremony will take place in the Budinich Lecture Hall at 14:30 on Tursday 23 July 2026. 

All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served after the ceremony.

The programme is available here

The event will be livestreamed at this link: www.ictp.it/livestream