News about Awards

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…

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.

International collaboration honored with prestigious Into Change Award for uncovering the cosmic origin of heavy elements

Professor Darach Watson of the Cosmic Dawn Center at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, is among six leading European scientists recognized with the inaugural Into Change Award, one of Europe’s largest…

Green Neighbourhood Communities receives the Royal Couple’s Community Award and the Nordic Council Environment Prize

Green Neighbourhood Communities (Grønne Nabofællesskaber) mobilises through activities such as communal dining, swap economy, wild gardens and Climate Action Day. This year, the Nordic Council Environment Prize focused…

Manon Blanc honoured with two major awards

Manon Blanc, Postdoctoral Researcher at the IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) and affiliated with BARC, has been recognised with two distinguished awards.

Award of the Christian von Bar prize to postdoc Nine Riis

On 12 November 2025, Postdoc Nine Riis received the Christian von Bar Prize 2025 from the European Legal Studies Institute, Universität Osnabrück.

Professor Remko Boom receives the 2025 Nils Foss Excellence Prize

The Nils Foss Excellence Prize is given to internationally acclaimed scientists and honors excellent, innovative research leading to remarkable improvements in sustainability, quality and safety in the food supply chain…

Zach Gerhart-Hines Awarded First Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research

The Danish Association for the Study of Obesity (DASO) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have awarded the first Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research to Zach Gerhart-Hines, Associate Professor at the…

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

Ida is recognised as Teacher of the Year 2025.