Nobel Prizes

European Research Council reflects on its formula for backing Nobel prize winners

In 15 years, twelve scientists funded by the EU’s frontier research programme have won Nobel prizes. ERC presidents past and current give their views on the recipe for success – and why it should be defended

13 Oct 2022

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UK unveils fast-track visa for Nobel prize and Field medal winners

New route opens for science heavyweights, who will now be able to bypass normal immigration rules.

06 May 2021

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Nanomachine pioneers claim chemistry Nobel Prize

European trio share award for making the world’s smallest machines

06 Oct 2016

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China receives its first Nobel prize - for malaria drug based on traditional medicine

The chemistry prize is awarded for research that uncovered how cells fix DNA damage; physics for demonstrating neutrinos have mass, and the medicine prize for the discovery of drugs against parasitic diseases

08 Oct 2015

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Karolinska: 2012 Nobel Prize goes to stem cell research

08 Oct 2012

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ERC starting grant holder wins Nobel physics prize

A recipient of one of the European Research Council’s first grants, Konstantin Novoselov, has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his research on graphene.

06 Oct 2010

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Europe’s Nobel week

Despite the Nobel-induced champagne now flowing in Berlin, Jülich, Paris and Cardiff, the fact remains that Europe has a fundamental problem in the quality of its science.

11 Oct 2007

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Nobel Prizes

European Research Council reflects on its formula for backing Nobel prize winners

UK unveils fast-track visa for Nobel prize and Field medal winners

Nanomachine pioneers claim chemistry Nobel Prize

China receives its first Nobel prize - for malaria drug based on traditional medicine

Karolinska: 2012 Nobel Prize goes to stem cell research

ERC starting grant holder wins Nobel physics prize

Europe’s Nobel week

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