Nobel Prizes
By the terms of Alfred Nobel’s will the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry have been awarded by the Academy since 1901. The awarding ceremony takes place on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. Each prize can be shared by three laureates at the most. The Laureates are announced here and at Nobelprize.org every year in mid-October immediately after they have been chosen. Since 1969, the Academy also awards the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel, which is presented at the menu Prize in Economic Sciences.
Dates for the announcements of the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Prize in Economic Sciences
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 – Physics for climate and other complex phenomena
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi are awarded the The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems”.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 – An ingenious tool for building molecules
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 is awarded to Benjamin and David W.C. MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”.
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