The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Annual Report summarizes the events of 2025 – a year filled with activities and seminars covering topics ranging from mammoths to artificial intelligence in science, and how to increase interest in science subjects in schools.
The Academy awards a number of prizes, and in 2025 two entirely new awards were introduced: the Nagel Prize and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Award for Nature Conservation. The Nagel Prize recognizes early-career researchers in chemistry or physics, while the Nature Conservation Award is presented to an individual who, through research or other activities, has made significant contributions to nature conservation. Another new development in 2025 was that all researchers at Swedish universities became eligible to nominate candidates for most of the Academy’s national prizes. Previously, only Academy members could submit nominations.
Scolarships and grants
The Academy also awards a range of scholarships and research grants each year. In 2025, approximately 50 million Swedish kronor was distributed in scholarship funding, nearly double the amount awarded the previous year.
After several years’ absence, the Academy returned to Almedalen (a major meeting place for politicians, researchers, businesses, and civil society) in 2025 with two seminars focusing on research and the global security situation, and on research in healthcare. Two new issues were also published in the Academy’s series of popular science publications Science Speaks, covering science itself and the Anthropocene.
Many videos to watch
The large number of events held during the year also resulted in more material being available for audiences to view afterwards. In 2025, viewers watched a total of 20,795 hours of the Academy’s videos.
