Fyssen Foundation
The Fyssen Foundation (French: Fondation Fyssen) is a French charitable organization that was established and endowed in 1979 by Héraclios Fyssen. The aim of the foundation is to stimulate research into the processes underlying and leading to cognition, including work in  such disciplines as ethology, paleontology, archaeology, anthropology, psychology, logic, and neuroscience. To this end, the foundation offers postdoctoral stipends to French scientists wanting to do research abroad and foreign scientists wishing to work in a French laboratory. Reports on this research are published in the foundation's journal, the Annales de la Fondation Fyssen (). It also offers research grants. In addition, the foundation regularly organizes symposia and supports the publication of the proceedings thereof. Finally, the foundation yearly awards an International Scientific Prize. The topics of this prize rotate among the different fields of interest to the foundation. List of International Scientific Prize awardees
The following persons have received the International Scientific Prize:

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Charities based in France
Foundations based in France
Scientific research foundations
Organizations established in 1979
1979 establishments in France
French science and technology awards