Deadline: 1 October 2023
Nominations are now open for the Kavli Prize to recognize outstanding scientific research, honor highly creative scientists, promote public understanding of scientists and their work, and foster international cooperation among scientists.
They recognize and value that diverse perspectives enable breakthroughs, and they are committed to acknowledging breakthrough science from diverse scholars worldwide with regards to gender, race, ethnicity, geographical region and institutional diversity.
Fields
- The Kavli Prizes are awarded in three areas: astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience – the largest, the smallest, and the most complex.
Prize Information
- The prize consists of $1 million awards in each of the three fields.
Nominations and Selection
- The Kavli Prize conducts an open call for nominations in the fall of each odd year. Up to five individuals can be nominated for their work on the same breakthrough, and multiple nominations recognizing different breakthroughs are permitted. Anyone can nominate, but self-nominations are not considered.
- Three independent selection committees, one for each scientific field, review nominations and put forward a unanimous recommendation to The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. In cases where a committee selects more than one laureate, the committee also determines the distribution of the financial award among the laureates based on scientifically equivalent contributions.
- Nominations are confidential and a nomination should not be made known to the nominee.
- The prize can be awarded to a single person or shared for closely related fundamental contributions.
- Deceased persons cannot be nominated.
- If a Kavli Laureate passes away before receiving the prize, then the prize will be awarded post mortem.
For more information, visit Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
