Academic Partners

The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings interact closely with a global network of Academic Partners to identify highly-talented young scientists and to nominate them for participation at Lake Constance. Partners include national academies of science, ministries, research institutions, top-ranking universities, foundations and international scientific organisations. Additionally, the Central Banks of over 50 countries are involved as Academic Partners with the Meetings in the Economic Sciences thanks to the efforts of the Bank for International Settlements.

Coordinating with the Council and Foundation, these institutions organise the first stage of the selection process for young researchers. Best talents can submit applications for attendance at the Nobel Laureate Meetings to these Partners. Based on the selection criteria laid down by the Council for each Meeting, the committees of the Academic Partners initially decide whether applicants are to be permitted to register in the Web-based database and thus – as the second stage of the selection process – be put forward to the Council's review panel. The final decision is taken by this panel.

The international network of partners is in continual expansion. Renowned institutions in the fields of science and research conclude co-operation agreements with the Nobel Laureate Meetings. In the past few years, a series of Memoranda of Understanding have been signed with institutions from countries including Austria, Japan, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Siwtzerland and Thailand. For the Nobel Laureate Meeting held in 2008, the Council and Foundation worked together with almost 200 institutions, including CERN, EMBO, the European Commission, the Human Frontier Science Program and the International Council for Science.

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Get to know the Academic Institutions that the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are cooperating with for the meetings in natural sciences.

Read the 2010 Annual Reports to get an overview of the meetings last year. They give an comrehensive overview and contains statments from Nobel Laureates and young researchers.

Get to know the institutions that make the Lindau Dialogue possible: Patrons, Donors and Benefactors of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.