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Jack W. Szostak answers phone calls after the announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. © Harvard Gazette 2009, photo: Justin Ide.
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Coming Soon: 2019 Nobel Prizes
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The selection of Nobel Laureates
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In less than a month, the Nobel Laureates of 2019 will be revealed. Beginning on 7 October, scientists, authors and promoters of peace will be announced, capturing the world's attention. The candidates for the Nobel Prizes are nominated by thousands of members of academies, university professors, scientists, previous Nobel Laureates, members of parliamentary assemblies and others. After a long selection process, the four Nobel Prize awarding institutions finally make their choice. |
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There is often speculation about the Nobel Prizes, and names of candidates appear in the media. However, the Nobel Committees do not announce the names of nominees, neither to the media nor to the candidates themselves. Access to information about a given year’s candidates and/or nominators is not released until 50 years have passed, according to the 50-year secrecy rule. Available nominations are collected in an online archive at nobelprize.org. Explore the nomination archive |
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"Wow. This is amazing. I am shaking. What an honour!"
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Olav Njølstad, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. Photo: J. Granseth/Nobel Peace Center. Beatrice Fihn. Photo: A. Mahmoud.
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On 6 October 2017, Executive Director of ICAN Beatrice Fihn received the news that International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons had been awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on promoting nuclear disarmament. Watch the very moment Beatrice Fihn received the call |
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On the day of each Nobel Prize announcement, a member of the Nobel Committee calls the new laureates to inform them that they have been awarded the prize. These calls can come at unexpected times and reach the laureates in unexpected places. Richard Ernst was on a flight from Moscow to New York when he learned that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Watch Richard Ernst tell his story |
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"I've just been in a shock for the last hour"
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Medicine Laureate Linda Buck woke up to the early morning call from Stockholm. She was interviewed immediately after she had received the message and managed to both relate what the prize meant to her and give advice to young students. Listen to Linda Buck |
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"Immediately the whole country was electrified"
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Peter Higgs made himself unavailable on the day of the announcement of the 2013 Physics Prize. Watch Peter Higgs |
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The first Nobel Peace Prize
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In 1901, the first Peace Prize was awarded jointly to French parliamentarian and peace activist Frédéric Passy and Henry Dunant, founder of a well-known humanitarian institution. Do you know which one? Make a guess and click to submit your answer!
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International Labour Organization
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