8 August 2008 - On the occasion of the birthday of P.A.M. Dirac, ICTP takes pleasure in announcing that the 2008 Dirac Medal and Prize will be awarded to:

Professor J.M. Maldacena
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
 
Professor J. Polchinski
(KITP, UC Santa Barbara)
 
Professor C. Vafa
(Harvard University)

for their fundamental contributions to superstring theory.
For further information, see http://prizes.ictp.it/Dirac/dirac-medallists-2008