After the fall of communism in Europe in the late 1980s and the subsequent turmoil which led to the breakup of Yugoslavia, the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, scholars from all the succeeding countries remained eligible for the prize.
After the fall of communism in Europe during the late 1980s, the subsequent political turmoil that led to the break-up of Yugoslavia, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the breakup of Czechoslovakia, scholars from every nation impacted were still eligible for the prize.