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The Nobel Prize

On October 7, the time has come again: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced for the 106th time. The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded in 1901. Since then, 168 scientists have been awarded. The first Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jacobus H. van’t Hoff for his work on rates of reaction, chemical equilibrium, and osmotic pressure. So far, Frederick Sanger is the only person who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.

The Nobel Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements benefitting to mankind. Around 3,000 people including previous Nobel Laureates and qualified scientists from a broad range of countries and universities are asked by the Nobel Committee for Chemistry to confidentially nominate candidates. Nominations are kept secret for 50 years. The Nobel Committee screens the nominations and selects about 250–300 preliminary candidates. Among these candidates the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences selects the final candidates and prepares recommendation reports for each of them. Through a majority vote they select the Nobel Laureates. Directly after the vote, they inform the awardees and announce their names. A maximum of three laureates and two different works may be selected per award. The Award ceremony takes place in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10.

 

References

[1] All Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, nobelprize.org (accessed September 20, 2015).

 

Archive Update

	Quiz/Games: Chemistry Nobel Prize Quiz 01 October 2019 — How much do you know about the Nobel Prize Laureates?
	Quiz/Games: Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 03 September 2019 — Make your predictions for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
	Quiz/Games: Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Trivia 02 October 2018 — Test your knowledge of the highest honor in chemistry

 

Archives

Nobel Prize Quiz Test your knowledge of the Nobel Prizes with our quiz	Nobel Prize Trends Which country produced the most Nobel Laureates? How old is a typical Laureate? And is it taking longer for discoveries to be recognized?	Who’s Next? Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 Make your predictions for the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry	What, Another Nobel Prize in Chemistry to a Nonchemist? Roald Hoffmann discusses the purpose of the Nobel Prizes and why areas like biochemistry should be recognized	Nobel Laureates Call For Climate Protection 36 Nobel Laureates presented a joint declaration discussing the threat of climate change (Mainau Declaration 2015)

 

Educate – Inspire – Connect Nobel Laureates and young scientists enjoyed international research dialogue in relaxed atmosphere at the 63rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting	Avram Hershko: Curiosity and Persistence Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko discusses how curiosity, choosing the right research, and persistence work as a general principle for success	Ei-ichi Negishi on his Research and Life Nobel Laureate Ei-ichi Negishi shares some secrets of his life and research when visiting Wiley-VCH office	Dan Shechtman: Succeeding in Science Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman talks about the reason why quasicrystals weren’t discovered earlier and his unerring belief in his experiments	Nobel Laureates Celebrate 50 Years of Angewandte Chemie International Edition Chemistry Nobel Laureates share stage to mark the 50th anniversary of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

 

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