 The award is named after Arthur Holmes (1890–1965), a British geologist renown for his contributions in the development of radiometric dating of rocks and minerals and works on mantle convection, which eventually led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics.Noémi Lefebvre

Noémi Lefebvre (born 1964) is a French writer.She studied music and politics, eventually becoming a political scientist at the Instituts d'études politiques of Grenoble II.