Selection Criteria for the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

There are currently two ways (for three different situations) to participate in the official evaluation and selection process:

• Young scientists studying or performing research in a country where the meetings have one or more official academic partners have to be nominated by one of these partners. They may request from an academic partner to be nominated, however, no academic partner is obliged to respond to such a request, and it is the sole decision of an academic partner how to proceed with such a request.
• Young scientists studying or performing research in a country where the meetings have one or more official academic partners and who cannot get nominated because of their nationality (so-called ex-pats) may apply via “Open Application”.
• Young scientists studying or performing research in a country where the meetings have no official academic partners may also apply via “Open Application”.

The application and nomination phase has ended and the evaluation phase is currently in process.

The full nomination, application and review process of  is conducted online.

Every year in September/October, the meeting’s academic partners nominate their candidates for participation. Young scientists who wish to be nominated should therefore contact the respective academic partner before October. Some academic partners also perform complex and/or nation-wide pre-selection processes, which require an even earlier application.

Open application is usually open at the same time, i.e. from September to October. The official dates are announced on the meeting section of our website and on application.lindau-nobel.org.

Once a participant has been nominated, he or she has about four weeks time to fill in the online database profile. The data provided here is used for the evaluation.

A scientific review panel appointed by the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is responsible for selecting the participants of each meeting. The reviewers closely examine all submitted applications. The applicants’ academic and research achievements, their motivation and dedication, their recommendations as well as extracurricular activities are some of the decisive details.

Every year in mid-February to March, the results of the application process for young scientists are published. All applicants are informed individually whether they have passed the selection process and will be invited to attend the up-coming Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

Once accepted as participants of a Lindau Meeting, young scientists are supported in all organisational matters by the executive secretariat of the Council.

Accepted applicants will find a comprehensive FAQ on many details regarding the participation in the “Info/Help”-section of their online profile.

The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Its founder, the Swedish scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author and pacifist Alfred Nobel, had laid down in his will that much of his wealth should be used to establish the prize. It consists of a medal, a personal diploma, and a cash award.

Every year since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to those men and women who have “conferred the greatest benefit to mankind” (from the will of Alfred Nobel) through ground-breaking discoveries, inventions or improvements in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, through outstanding literature and through their commitment for peace.

In 1968, Sweden’s national bank Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel which is often referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

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