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This year's research awards

This year’s winners of the Olav Thon Foundation 2022

For the eighth consecutive year, the Olav Thon Foundation announce awards for research and teaching internationally and nationally, for 2022.

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This year's research awards

This year’s winners of the Olav Thon Foundation 2021

For the seventh consecutive year, the Olav Thon Foundation announce awards for research and teaching internationally and nationally, as well as financial support for Nordic research in medicine and national student active research 2021.

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This year's research awards

This year’s winners of the Olav Thon Foundation 2020

For the sixth consecutive year, the Olav Thon Foundation announce awards for research and teaching internationally and nationally, as well as financial support for Nordic research in medicine and national student active research 2020.

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The International Research Award

2019 award-winner

Professor Lene Vesteraard Hau is the winner of the international research award 2019 of NOK 5 million for her research about light.

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The International Research Award

2018 award-winner

The Finish Professor Riitta Hari was the Winner of the international research award 2018 of NOK 5 million for her research on the brain.

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Article as seen in Nature 2017

Olav Thon Foundation

An old viking rewards excellent science.

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