THE KAVLI PRIZE LAUREATES THE KAVLI PRIZE 2 0 0 8 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2010 The Call for Nominations for the 2010 Kavli Prize will open September 1, 2009. Deadline: December 15, 2009. Nominations for the Kavli Prize should be submitted to The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters using a nomination form obtained from the Kavli Prize website (http://www.kavliprize.no). The Kavli Prize will be awarded at a Ceremony in Oslo, Norway in September 2010. The Kavli Prize Week includes the Kavli Prize The seven Kavli Prize Laureates. Lectures, a symposium in each field, a Banquet hosted by the Norwegian Government and other activities. The Laureates in Astrophysics: • Maarten Schmidt, California Institute of Technology, US • Donald Lynden-Bell, Cambridge University, UK for their seminal contributions to understanding the nature of quasars. The Laureates in Nanoscience: • Louis Brus, Columbia University, US • Sumio Iijima, Meijo University, Japan for their large impact in the development of the nanoscience field of the zero and one dimensional nanostructures in physics, chemistry and biology. The Laureates in Neuroscience: • Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institute, Sweden • Thomas M. Jessell, Columbia University, US • Pasko Rakic, Yale University, US for discoveries on the developmental and functional The first Kavli Prize was presented by H.R.H. Crown logic of neuronal circuits. Prince Haakon in September 2008. THE KAVLI PRIZE THE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS S E L E C T I O N O F THE KAVLI PRIZE THE KAVLI LAUREATES COMMITTEES Each Kavli Prize consists of USD 1,000,000, a scroll The Kavli Prize emphasise the science of the greatest The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics and a gold medal for each scientific field. physical dimensions of space and time, the science appoints the three Prize Committees after receiving Professor Oddbjørn Engvold, of the smallest dimensions of systems of atoms and recommendations from the following international University of Oslo, Norway (Chairman) The Prize was established to: molecules, and the science of the most complex academies and equivalent scientific organizations: Professor Andrew Fabian, • Recognise outstanding scientific research systems, especially living organisms. Cambridge University, UK • Honour highly creative scientists • The Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor Reinhard Genzel, • Promote public understanding of scientists and The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics • The French Academy of Sciences Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany their work awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing • The Max Planck Society (Germany) Professor Joseph Silk, • Foster international cooperation among scientists our knowledge and understanding of the origin, • The National Academy of Sciences (US) Oxford University, UK evolution and properties of the universe, including the • The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Professor Scott Tremaine, The Kavli Prize is a partnership between The Nor- fields of cosmology, astrophysics, astronomy, planetary • The Royal Society (UK) Princeton University, US wegian Academy of Science and Letters, The Kavli science, solar physics, space science, astrobiology, Foundation (US) and The Norwegian Ministry of astronomical and astrophysical instrumentation, and The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience Education and Research. particle astrophysics. administers the selection process and announces the Professor Arne Skjeltorp, prize winners. University of Oslo, Norway (Chairman) The Kavli Prize is awarded every second year by The The Kavli Prize in Nanoscience Professor Paul Alivisatos, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters at a awarded for outstanding achievement in the science The Kavli Prize Committees review and recommend Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US Ceremony in Oslo, Norway. and application of the unique physical, chemical and the prize winners on basis of the nomination process. Professor Mostafa A. El-Sayed, biological properties of atomic, molecular, macromo- Georgia Institute of Technology, US lecular and cellular structures and systems that are Professor Jianguo Hou, manifest in the nanometre scale, including molecular Hefei National Laboratory for the Physical Sciences, China self-assembly, nanomaterials, nanoscale instrumenta- Professor Klaus von Klitzing, tion, nanobiotechnology, macromolecular synthesis, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany molecular mechanics and related topics. The Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen, awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing University of Oslo, Norway (Chairman) our knowledge and understanding of the brain and Professor Tobias Bonhoeffer, nervous system, including molecular neuroscience, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany cellular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neu- Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux, rogenetics, developmental neuroscience, cognitive Institute Pasteur, France neuroscience, computational neuroscience and related Professor Eric Kandel, facets of the brain and nervous system. Columbia University, US Professor Charles F. 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