News about Awards

BARC at NCPC 2026

BARC was represented both at the keyboards and on the jury at this year's Nordic Collegiate Programming Contest (NCPC).

Best paper and presentation winner

Emil Lundedal Hammar won the best paper+presentation prize at “The Gam(bl)ing Conference: Thinking Outsides of the Loot Box”

BARC core researcher Research Prize

BARC core researcher receives 2026 IT University of Copenhagen Research Prize

Awards for Internationally Recognised Research on Obesity and Hormonal Disorders

Two researchers from the University of Copenhagen have been honoured with the Erhoff Prize 2026 and the Erhoff Foundation Talent Award 2026.

Ruth Loos wins the Erhoff Prize 2026 for her research into the genetics of obesity

Professor Ruth Loos of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR) at the University of Copenhagen receives the Erhoff Prize 2026 and DKK 300,000.

Professor Kei Sakamoto receives EASD-NNF Diabetes Prize for Excellence

Professor Kei Sakamoto will deliver his prize lecture on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at 16:30 CEST during the 62nd EASD Annual Meeting.

Record-breaking SMBE 2026 conference brings more than 1,700 evolutionary biologists to Copenhagen

The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) 2026 conference concluded after a week of inspiring science, lively discussions, and record-breaking participation, with more than 1,700 researchers gathering in…

Professor Tom Gilbert elected to the EMBO Membership

The Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics is proud to announce that our Director, Professor Tom Gilbert, has been elected to the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Membership - one of the highest…

Global Neutrino Network Dissertation Prize goes to Tetiana Kozynets, former Ph.D. at NBI.

Tetiana Kozynets, former PhD student at the Niels Bohr Institute, awarded the 2025 Global Neutrino Network (GNN) Dissertation Prize for her Ph.D. thesis from NBI

Graphic novel Safar wins an award

The book was developed as part of the research project The European Qur’an (EuQu), in which Professor Jan Loop from the Department of Biblical Exegesis was one of the Principal Investigators. The prize is awarded to…

Professor Ruth Loos wins Kirsten and Freddy Johansen Foundation Award

Professor Ruth Loos has helped transform our understanding of how genetic factors interact with lifestyle to influence the risk of overweight and related diseases.

Awards for pioneering preclinical and clinical research

For the 20th time, the Kirsten and Freddy Johansen Foundation is awarding prizes to researchers at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. This year’s recipients are Professor Ruth Loos and Clinical Professor…

BARC PhD receives Best Student Paper Award at STOC'26

Jack Stade receives Best Student Paper award at STOC this year.

Zach Gerhart-Hines receives 61st EASD Minkowski Prize

EASD awards Zach Europe's most prestigious diabetes prize in recognition of research that is transforming how we understand fat, metabolism, and obesity treatment

Center for Translational Neuroscience receives the bronze LEAF certificate

In May 2026 the Center for Translational Neuroscience has been awarded the LEAF certificate in bronze.

CEBI PhD student Malthe Hauschildt Veje has been awarded a Fulbright Grant

Malthe will spend a full year at Princeton University hosted by professor Henrik Kleven.

Frontiers of Science: Søren Fournais and Jan Philip Solovej

Søren Fournais and Jan Philip Solovej receive the 2026 Frontiers of Science Award at the International Congress of Basic Science in August in recognition of the results published in their joint article “The energy of…

SMiD’s honorary prize

Klaus Bruhn Jensen, professor at the Center for Tracking and Society, has been awarded SMiD’s prize for 2026.

Congratulations to Matthias Mann with the 2026 Canada Gairdner Award

with this year's Gairdner International Prize together with Ruedi Abersold and John Yates.

Professor Kei Sakamoto elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

The honour recognises Professor Sakamoto's distinguished contributions to metabolic research and his enduring connection to Scotland, where his independent research career began.

BIO team receives Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize

Birthe B. Kragelund, Karen Skriver, and Kresten Lindorff-Larsen has worked to strengthen the natural science teaching for years. They're now being awarded The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Natural Science Teachers…

“The signaling role of adipose tissue is central to understanding cardiometabolic health”

From chance encounters to breakthrough discoveries in brown fat biology, Camilla Schéele's research journey exemplifies how scientific careers can pivot on unexpected opportunities.

Jacobæus Prize awarded to Anja Groth

The Bad Teacher Was A Good Inspiration

Responsiveness and a two-metre-long spirit level are essential tools for the Faculty of Science’s Lecturer of the Year.