New Awards for Outstanding Work in Nanoscience

15 April 2008

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has introduced the new Kavli Prize for outstanding achievement in the area of nanosciene and it will be announced next month. Kavli prize will also be given for outstanding achievements in the areas of neuroscience and astrophysics and the announcement will be made on 28 May 2008 at the opening of World Science Week at Columbia University, New York, USA.

Kavli Prize will be awarded every two years by Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian ministries for education and research and foreign affairs. There is a cash prize of $ 1 million, which is comparable to the cash prize given to the Nobel Prize winners.

Kavli Prize in Nanoscience area will be awarded for outstanding achievement in the areas of nanoscience or its applications including nanobiotechnology, nanomaterials, molecular self-assembly, nanoscale instrumentation, molecular mechanics and other similar applications.

The Academy has already appointed three prize committees for selecting finalists in the areas of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics. The committee members are experts in their field and at least one member in each committee is a Nobel Prize winner. The members are meeting in Berlin, New York and Washington to decide the winner and Norwegian Crown Prince Haaken will handover the Prize to the winners in September later this year.

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