Astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience

Kavli Prize: winners and how it is awarded

The Kavli Prize recognises research in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. It was established in 2005 as a partnership of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, The Kavli Foundation and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and is awarded every other year.³

Winners

1. 2026Vasily Belokurov, Amina Helmi, Rodrigo Ibata¹Astrophysics. For finding fossil evidence of past mergers showing that the Milky Way was assembled through hierarchical accretion
2. 2026Eva Y. Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Allan H. MacDonald¹Nanoscience. For foundational work that established the field of twistronics
3. 2026Christine Holt, Kelsey Martin, Erin Schuman, Oswald Steward¹Neuroscience. For discovering local protein translation in neurons and showing its importance for brain development and plasticity
4. 2024Sara Seager, David Charbonneau²Astrophysics
5. 2024Robert S. Langer, Armand Paul Alivisatos, Chad A. Mirkin²Nanoscience
6. 2024Nancy Kanwisher, Winrich Freiwald, Doris Ying Tsao²Neuroscience
7. 2022Roger Ulrich, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Conny Aerts²Astrophysics
8. 2022Jacob Sagiv, Ralph G. Nuzzo, David L. Allara, George M. Whitesides²Nanoscience
9. 2022Jean-Louis Mandel, Harry T. Orr, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Christopher A. Walsh²Neuroscience
10. 2020Andrew Fabian²Astrophysics
11. 2020Harald Rose, Maximilian Haider, Knut Urban, Ondrej L. Krivanek²Nanoscience
12. 2020David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian²Neuroscience
13. 2018Ewine van Dishoeck²Astrophysics
14. 2018Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna, Virginijus Šikšnys²Nanoscience
15. 2018A. James Hudspeth, Robert Fettiplace, Christine Petit²Neuroscience

Sources

1. The Kavli Foundation, The Kavli Prize 2026 (10 June 2026)
2. The Kavli Prize, Laureates (28 October 2026)
3. Norwegian Government (regjeringen.no), The Kavli Prize (28 October 2026)