ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE 2005 NOBEL
PRIZES
Brain Mind & Life, International Society of Neuroscience, received from Nobel Foundation the following note about announcements of the 2005 Nobel Prizes and The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel.
The Nobel Foundation wishes to inform you
that the Prize-Awarding Institutions have set the following dates for their
announcement of the respective Nobel Prize winners for 2005:
Monday, October 3 |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
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Tuesday, October 4 |
The Nobel Prize in Physics |
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Wednesday, October 5 |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
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Monday, October 10 |
The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel |
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Friday, October 14 |
The Nobel Peace Prize |
In keeping with tradition, the Swedish
Academy will set the date for its announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature
later.
Each 2005 Nobel Prize will amount to 10.0
million Swedish kronor (2004: MSEK 10.0). In other words the sum of the Nobel
Prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace) will
be MSEK 50.0. In addition, The Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank) Prize in
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will amount to MSEK 10.0.
Nobel Prize is the most important
international award known, given yearly since 1901 for achievements in
physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and for peace.
In 1968 The Bank of Sweden instituted the
prize in economic sciences in memory of the founder of the Nobel Prize, Alfred
Nobel. World Media System regards it as a one more Nobel Prize.