News about Awards

For the first time ever: A joint team of students from two universities win DM in AI

For the first time ever, a team of students from both the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has been crowned the winner of the Danish National Championship in AI for students…

Personable and passionate social scientist named teacher of the Year

Known for her ability to cultivate open and inclusive learning environments at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Associate Professor Rebecca Leigh Rutt’s engagement and personal style have won students over…

Sara Green receives the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters’ Silver Medal

Sara Green's "exceptional talent, intelligence, and energy" have made her deserving of the Silver Medal, according to the nomination statement.

Kris Harper honored in Washington: Appointed as AAAS Fellow

Professor Kristine C. Harper received prestigious recognition over the weekend for her contributions to the history of science and geoengineering.

Helle Bundgaard is Teacher of the Year at the Department of Anthropology

At the Department Day on 13 September, Associate Professor Helle Bundgaard was honoured as Teacher of the Year 2024.

Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun Assesses Recipients of Carlsberg Foundation’s Research Prizes 2024

Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun was the Chair of the Carlsberg Foundation Prize Committee which selected the two candidates for this year’s Carlsberg Foundation Research Prizes. The year the Carlsberg Foundation’s…

“We should all train like athletes”

Professor Juleen Zierath has demonstrated the profound therapeutic potential of exercise, receiving the NNF EASD 2024 Diabetes Prize for Excellence.

Associate Professor Jordi Merino awarded EFSD/NNF Future Leaders Award

The award will support Associate Professor Jordi Merino’s research into developing personalized strategies for diagnosing and treating type 2 diabetes.

Congratulations to Jesper Svejstrup

with the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize 2024.

Professor Juleen Zierath awarded prize for trailblazing work on physical activity and diabetes

Professor Juleen R. Zierath has demonstrated the profound therapeutic potential of exercise through 30 years of research. The scientist from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and the University of Copenhagen is the…

Two SUND-researchers receive the Jahre Award for Young Researchers

The annual Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers is this year awarded to two SUND researchers, with research areas within cardiometabolic diseases, bacteria and proteins.

Esteemed colleagues from reNEW elected members of EMBO

CEO and Executive Director of reNEW, Professor Melissa H. Little and Principal Investigator at reNEW’s Copenhagen node, Professor Joshua Brickman, have this year been elected members of the prestigious European Molecula…

Clinical professor left school to read a book on the immune system

Cancer patients who undergo immune therapy experience a host of adverse effects. One of this year’s KFJ Award winners, Inge Marie Svane, wants to change that.

Patients infected with new virus sparked professor’s interest in virology

Today, Professor Jens Bukh receives the preclinical KFJ Award for his ground-breaking research into i.a. hepatitis C.

Eske Willerslev receives international award

Professor Eske Willerslev from Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, wins the Albert Einstein World Award of Science 2024.

Søren Frank Jensen receives the prestigious Carlsberg Internationalization Fellowship

Our Postdoctoral Researcher, Søren Frank Jensen, will start his project MINES, OCEANS, COMETS. NATURAL HAZARDS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY IN RELIGIOUS TEXTS (1550–1650) in November 2024.

Peter Haahr secures a DKK 10M Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship

For the project: 'The cellular stress response and mRNA translation in health and disease'.

Stig Hjarvard is awarded the SMID Prize 2024

At the biannual meeting of the Association of Media Researchers in Denmark on May 2, 2024, Professor Stig Hjarvard from Section of Media Studies at COMM was awarded the SMID Prize 2024.

John Urry Article Prizewinner 2023

Brian L. Due has been awarded the John Urry Memorial Article Prize 2023.

Tagea Brandt's travel grant to Susanne Ditlevsen

Susanne Ditlevsen has received the Tagea Brandt Travel Grant 2024, awarded annually since 1924 to female researchers, writers, artists, musicians or actors.

Kristine C. Harper named 2023 AAAS Fellow 

Professor Kristine C. Harper receives lifetime honor for contributions to the history of science and geoengineering.

Award-winning researcher dreams of stellar explosions and strives for equity and inclusion in academia

She studies the giant explosions of dying stars and dreams of experiencing and extracting data from a supernova close to Earth. Professor Irene Tamborra from the Niels Bohr Institute also tirelessly promotes equity and…

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen wins the EliteForsk Award

H. M. Queen Mary and Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund will today present the prestigious EliteForsk awards to Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, one of five young researchers who have distinguished…

Tune H Pers receives award for outstanding research on obesity and diabetes

Tune H Pers receives the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research in 2024 for his research.