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

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 .

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.uniforum.uio.no/notert/2020/anne-sverdrup-thygeson-fikk-forskningsradets-formi.html Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson fikk Forskningsrådets formidlingspris
2. Web site: Forskningsrådets formidlingspris til verdenskjent naturfotograf. www.forskningsdagene.no. no. 18 September 2019.
3. http://www.forskningsradet.no/no/Nyheter/Forskningsrdet_deler_ut_tre_priser_i_dag/1254001581512 Forskningsrådet deler ut priser 2014
4. forskningsradet.no Forskningsrådets priser 2013
5. http://www.forskningsradet.no/no/Nyheter/Forskningsradets_priser_2012/1253980306200 Forskningsrådets priser 2012 til Bjørn Jamtveit og Nils Christian Stenseth
6. http://www.forskningsradet.no/no/Nyheter/Forskningsradets_formidlingspris_til_Kalle_Moene/1253969035697&p= Forskningsrådets formidlingspris til Kalle Moene
7. http://www.forskningsradet.no/no/Nyheter/Formidlingsprisen_til_forskningno/1253962051572 Formidlingsprisen til forskning.no
8. Web site: Forskingsrådets priser 2009. NTB. https://archive.today/20120526224809/http://www.ntbinfo.no/pressrelease/detail.do?pressId=14233&type=thisweek&searchKey=1&languageId=NO&pageIndex=1. 14 October 2009. 26 May 2012.
9. Web site: Noregs forskingsråds prisar: prisvinnarar. Forskningsrådet. 9 July 2009.
10. Web site: Noregs forskingsråds prisar: prisvinnarar. Forskningsrådet. 9 July 2009.
11. http://www.forskning.no/Artikler/2006/september/1159440184.19 Forskning.nos omtale av Wenche Blomberg 2006