Since 1996 it is the first international multimedia competition for the communication of Science & Technology, entirely carried out on the Internet.
With an overall budget prize of 115,000 euro (about US$ 130,000), awards are granted in the following categories: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Life Sciences, innovative communication media (Next Internet Award) and an all-Italian "Premio Pirelli Italia," Junior & Senior.
The Internet, therefore, as an important vehicle for the diffusion of Scientific & Technological Culture, has in the Pirelli Internetional Award a virtual scientific community dedicated toward the promotion of innovative multimedia science communication.
Umberto Colombo (1927-2006), the first President and inspirer of the Award
