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Transatlantic Kavli Prize announcement
The names of the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience will be announced by Nils Christian Stenseth, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, on May 31. The announcement starts at 3 pm Oslo time/9 am New York time and will be transmitted live from Oslo to New York where it will be part of the opening of the World Science Festival. Adam Rutherford, Nature-editor and BBC-presenter, will be the moderator for the event in Oslo. Elisabeth Vargas, reporter for ABC television news, will be the moderator for the Kavli Prize announcement program in the Grand Hall at the Kimmel Center, New York University.
(27.04.2012) Read moreBerlin meeting for astrophysics committee
The count down for the Kavli Prize announcement has started. Oddbjørn Engvold, the chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics, invited his fellow committee members to a final meeting in Berlin on the 28th and 29th of March to select the 2012 Kavli Prize Laureate(s) in Astrophysics. On the 31st of May the committee's recommendation will be presented to the board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for approval before the announcement.
(02.04.2012) Read moreScience journalists win travel grants
Vesa Niinikangas, President of the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) announced the winners of eight travel awards to discover science in Norway and attend the 2012 Kavli Prize Ceremony in Oslo, Norway, at the AAAS annual meeting in Vancouver. The eight winners come from as many different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. They were selected by a committee of WFSJ Board members.
(22.02.2012) Read moreScholarships for science reporters
The World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) has established seven scholarships for journalists to travel to Oslo, Norway for the Kavli Prize events in September 2012. WFSJ has set up an international competition to select the winners. Applications should be emailed to WFSJ info@wfsj.org by Jan. 15, 2012. - The names of the winners will be announced at AAAS in Vancouver, Canada on the 17th of February, says Jean-Marc Fleury, executive director of WFSJ.
(15.12.2011) Read moreKavli Lecture by Donald Eigler at Carnegie
Kavli Prize Laureate Donald Eigler presented his lecture titled "Atom Manipulation: New Perspectives in Nanoscience" at the Carnegie Institution in Washington DC on 30 November. Dr. Eigler was the first person ever to move and control a single atom.
(15.12.2011) Read moreNews Archive
Autobiographies of The Kavli Prize Laureates
Who lived at an observatory on the savanna in the fifties, watching out for leopards as well as stars?
The Kavli Prize Week 2010
The Award Ceremony
The Kavli Prize Science Forum
Broadcast from the Award Ceremony
Watch the broadcast from the 2010 Award Ceremony in Oslo here
The Award Ceremony from Oslo Concert Hall was broadcasted live September 7, 2010.
The Kavli Prize 2010 announcement
The webcast from the Kavli Prize 2010 announcement and the following debate can be viewed below.
Watch the broadcast from Oslo
The Kavli Prize 2010 announcement from The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo was broadcasted live 2.50pm CEST / 8:50 EDT, June 3.
Watch the broadcast from World Science Festival
The Kavli Prize 2010 program from the World Science Festival in New York was broadcasted live 2.30pm CEST / 8:30pm EDT, June 3.
The moderators Elizabeth Vargas and Jim Al-Khalili
