The first ever Kavli Prizes were awarded by Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon on Tuesday September 9, 2008. The founder of the prizes, Norwegian-born businessman and philanthropist Fred Kavli, was present during the ceremony.
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon (at right) awarded the prize for nanoscience to Louis E. Brus and Sumio Iijima. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
“We are here today to honor and celebrate our scientists – our prize winners – for their work and their contribution to humanity’s splendid journey. Let these prizes be a token of our thanks and gratitude for moving us along the path of greater understanding of the human being, nature, and the universe,” Fred Kavli said in his speech to those present in the Concert Hall.
Fred Kavli set up the Kavli Foundation with a view to advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work.
Mr. Kavli is fascinated by the vast world of astrophysics on the one hand and the microscopic world of nanoscience on the other. He is also fascinated by what you need to grasp them both – namely, the human brain, as explored in neuroscience.
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon (at right) awarded the prize for nanoscience to Louis E. Brus and Sumio Iijima. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
“We are here today to honor and celebrate our scientists – our prize winners – for their work and their contribution to humanity’s splendid journey. Let these prizes be a token of our thanks and gratitude for moving us along the path of greater understanding of the human being, nature, and the universe,” Fred Kavli said in his speech to those present in the Concert Hall.
Fred Kavli set up the Kavli Foundation with a view to advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work.
Mr. Kavli is fascinated by the vast world of astrophysics on the one hand and the microscopic world of nanoscience on the other. He is also fascinated by what you need to grasp them both – namely, the human brain, as explored in neuroscience.
Fred Kavli spoke to those gathered for the Kavli Prize award ceremony in Oslo Concert Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
Seven prize winners
Crown Prince Haakon presented the prizes, which each consisted of USD 1 million, a gold medal and a scroll, to the following professors:
Astrophysics: Maarten Schmidt, California Institute of Technology (US), and Donald Lynden-Bell, University of Cambridge (UK).
Nanoscience: Louis E. Brus, Columbia University (US), and Sumio Iijima, Meijo University (Japan).
Neuroscience: Pasko Rakic, Yale University (US), Thomas Jessell, Columbia University (US), and Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden).
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon (at right) awarded the prize for nanoscience to Louis E. Brus and Sumio Iijima. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
“We are here today to honor and celebrate our scientists – our prize winners – for their work and their contribution to humanity’s splendid journey. Let these prizes be a token of our thanks and gratitude for moving us along the path of greater understanding of the human being, nature, and the universe,” Fred Kavli said in his speech to those present in the Concert Hall.
Fred Kavli set up the Kavli Foundation with a view to advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work.
Mr. Kavli is fascinated by the vast world of astrophysics on the one hand and the microscopic world of nanoscience on the other. He is also fascinated by what you need to grasp them both – namely, the human brain, as explored in neuroscience.
Fred Kavli spoke to those gathered for the Kavli Prize award ceremony in Oslo Concert Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
Seven prize winners
Crown Prince Haakon presented the prizes, which each consisted of USD 1 million, a gold medal and a scroll, to the following professors:
Astrophysics: Maarten Schmidt, California Institute of Technology (US), and Donald Lynden-Bell, University of Cambridge (UK).
Nanoscience: Louis E. Brus, Columbia University (US), and Sumio Iijima, Meijo University (Japan).
Neuroscience: Pasko Rakic, Yale University (US), Thomas Jessell, Columbia University (US), and Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden).
The winners of the prize for neuroscience, Sten Grillner (left), Pasko Rakic and Thomas Jessell, with prize founder Fred Kavli (second from left). Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
Fred Kavli – a new Alfred Nobel?
Fred Kavli has been called the Alfred Nobel of our time. Mr Kavli himself says that these prizes are so specific that he hopes they will not be perceived as competitors to the Nobel Prizes, but rather as supplements to them.
The Kavli Prizes are to be awarded every other year by the Kavli Foundation in cooperation with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon (at right) awarded the prize for nanoscience to Louis E. Brus and Sumio Iijima. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
“We are here today to honor and celebrate our scientists – our prize winners – for their work and their contribution to humanity’s splendid journey. Let these prizes be a token of our thanks and gratitude for moving us along the path of greater understanding of the human being, nature, and the universe,” Fred Kavli said in his speech to those present in the Concert Hall.
Fred Kavli set up the Kavli Foundation with a view to advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work.
Mr. Kavli is fascinated by the vast world of astrophysics on the one hand and the microscopic world of nanoscience on the other. He is also fascinated by what you need to grasp them both – namely, the human brain, as explored in neuroscience.
Fred Kavli spoke to those gathered for the Kavli Prize award ceremony in Oslo Concert Hall on Tuesday afternoon. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
Seven prize winners
Crown Prince Haakon presented the prizes, which each consisted of USD 1 million, a gold medal and a scroll, to the following professors:
Astrophysics: Maarten Schmidt, California Institute of Technology (US), and Donald Lynden-Bell, University of Cambridge (UK).
Nanoscience: Louis E. Brus, Columbia University (US), and Sumio Iijima, Meijo University (Japan).
Neuroscience: Pasko Rakic, Yale University (US), Thomas Jessell, Columbia University (US), and Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden).
The winners of the prize for neuroscience, Sten Grillner (left), Pasko Rakic and Thomas Jessell, with prize founder Fred Kavli (second from left). Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX
Fred Kavli – a new Alfred Nobel?
Fred Kavli has been called the Alfred Nobel of our time. Mr Kavli himself says that these prizes are so specific that he hopes they will not be perceived as competitors to the Nobel Prizes, but rather as supplements to them.
The Kavli Prizes are to be awarded every other year by the Kavli Foundation in cooperation with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.
The winners of the prize for astrophysics, Maarten Schmidt (left) and Donald Lynden-Bell (right), with Fred Kavli. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen/SCANPIX