Prize Committees

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters appoints three Kavli Prize Selection Committees on the basis of nominations received by leading international academies and other equivalent scientific organizations. Nominations for the committees are provided by:

The three prize committees are tasked with reviewing and discussing the nominations received through an open, international call and putting forth a unanimous recommendation for the laureates to The Norwegian Academy. Each committee works independently of one another.

Each prize committee consists of five members who serve two terms (two prize cycles), except the chairs who serve three terms (three prize cycles). The committee members are a mix of gender and ethnicity, and The Norwegian Academy prioritizes for the five-member committees to have balance between male and female scientists internationally.

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The 2026 Kavli Prize Committees

The 2026 Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics

Per Barth Lilje (chair), University of Oslo, Norway
Beatriz Barbuy, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
Martha Haynes, Cornell University, USA
Thomas Henning, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
Didier Queloz, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

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The 2026 Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience

Mari-Ann Einarsrud (chair), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Lifeng Chi, Soochow University, China
Daniel Esteve, The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, France
Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University, USA
Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

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The 2026 Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience

Edvard Moser (chair), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Peter Dayan, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany
Mary E. Hatten, Rockefeller University, USA
Christine Petit, Institut Pasteur, France
Carla Shatz, Stanford University, USA

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