Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science

The Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science (Norwegian: Norges forskningsråds formidlingspris) is awarded annually by the Research Council of Norway, a Norwegian government body. According to its bylaws, the prize is to be given in order to "reward and stimulate the dissemination of research to a broad audience. The dissemination must be of high quality in both form and content." The price is worth 500000 kr.

Award winners

• 2020 Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson[1]
• 2019 Audun Rikardsen University of Tromsø[2]
• 2018 Bjørn H. Samset, Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research
• 2017 Henrik H. Svensen, University of Oslo
• 2016 Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Oslo Metropolitan University
• 2015 Anine Kierulf, University of Oslo
• 2014: Frank Aarebrot, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen[3]
• 2013: Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Sports Medicine Section, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences[4]
• 2012: Nils Christian Stenseth, Department of Biology and the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo[5]
• 2011: Kalle Moene, Head of the Centre of Equality, Social Organization and Performance (ESOP), University of Oslo[6]
• 2010: The website, Forskning.no[7]
• 2009: Jørn H. Hurum, Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo[8]
• 2008: Ole Didrik Lærum, Gades Institute, University of Bergen.[9]
• 2007: Egil Lillestøl, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen [10]
• 2006: Wenche Blomberg, Institute of Criminology and Legal Sociology, University of Oslo[11]
• 2005: Terje Tvedt, Head of Research at the Center for Development Studies, University of Bergen
• 2004: Odd Aksel Bergstad, MAR-ECO Project
• 2003: Bente Træen, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø
• 2002: Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
• 2001: Michael Baziljevich, Department of Physics, University of Oslo
• 2000: NRK P2s pop-science radio program Verdt å vite
• 1999: Henry Valen, Norwegian Institute of Social Research
• 1998: Dag O. Hessen, University of Oslo
• 1997: Asgeir Brekke, University of Tromsø, and Professor Alv Egeland, University of Oslo
• 1996: Lisbet Holtedahl, University of Tromsø

References

1. Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson fikk Forskningsrådets formidlingspris
2. "Forskningsrådets formidlingspris til verdenskjent naturfotograf". www.forskningsdagene.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
3. Forskningsrådet deler ut priser 2014
4. forskningsradet.no Forskningsrådets priser 2013 Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
5. Forskningsrådets priser 2012 til Bjørn Jamtveit og Nils Christian Stenseth
6. Forskningsrådets formidlingspris til Kalle Moene 23.09.2011
7. Formidlingsprisen til forskning.no 24.09.2010
8. "Forskingsrådets priser 2009". NTB. 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
9. "Noregs forskingsråds prisar: prisvinnarar". Forskningsrådet. 9 July 2009.
10. "Noregs forskingsråds prisar: prisvinnarar". Forskningsrådet. 9 July 2009.
11. Forskning.nos omtale av Wenche Blomberg 2006