Office of the Provost

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics by Swedish and Norwegian institutions in recognition of academic, cultural, and/or scientific advances.

Award/Prize amount: $1,000,000
Application/Nomination information: With the exception of the Nobel Peace Prize, nominations for the Nobel Prize are by invitation only. There is no restriction on who may nominate for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Internal/Campus deadline: N/A
Illinois campus contact: January
Additional information: Nobel Prize Website Learn more about Illinois recipients on the Campus home page.

Illinois Recipients

*denotes alumni