The EliteForsk Prize (Elite Research Prize) is the most prestigious award given by the Danish Council for Independent Research, of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. The award of 1.2 million Danish krone honors outstanding researchers of international acclaim, who are under 45 years of age, and is currently awarded to five individuals annually. [1]
| Year | EliteForsk Prize Recipients [2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Claus Hviid Christensen | Dan Zahavi | Klaus Mølmer | Rasmus Nielsen | Søren Nielsen | ||
| 2008 | Morten Bennedsen | Vincent F. Hendricks | Jens Hjorth | Poul Nissen | Ole Sigmund | Bo Thamdrup | Leif Østergaard |
| 2009 | Bjørk Hammer | Marie-Louise Bech Nosch | Ole Nørregaard Jensen | Frank Møller Aarestrup | |||
| 2010 | Lars Arge | Adrian Favell | Kurt Vesterager Gothelf | Carsten Rahbek | Francesco Sannino | ||
| 2011 | Lene Hansen | Bo Brummerstedt Iversen | Søren Riis Paludan | Jesper Ryberg | Eske Willerslev | ||
| 2012 | Anja Boisen | Hans Bräuner-Osborne | Frederik C. Krebs | Matthias Kriesell | Peter Norman Sørensen | ||
| 2013 | Claudia Welz | Morten Nielsen | Ove Christiansen | Steen Hannestad | Ulrik Lund Andersen | ||
| 2014 | Daniel Otzen | Martin Røssel Larsen | Jens-Christian Svenning | Morten Petersen Broberg | Mads Brandbyge | ||
| 2015 | Lars Birkedal | Lasse Heje Pedersen | Lene Broeng Oddershede | Niels Mailand | Rubina Raja | ||
| 2016 | David Dreyer Lassen | Peter Lodahl | Liv Hornekær | Petar Popovski | Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen | ||
| 2017 | Thomas Lars Andresen | Hanne Christine Bertram | Søren Galatius | Klaus Høyer | Mikael Rask Madsen | ||
| 2018 | Robert A. Fenton | Søren Fournais | Anja Groth | Stig Helveg | N. Asger Mortensen | ||
| 2019 | Rebecca Adler-Nissen | Chunaram Choudhary | Niels Jessen | Peter Teglberg Madsen | Kristian Sommer Thygesen | ||
| 2020 | Sine Reker Hadrup | Mads Meier Jæger | Anders Møller | Tobias Richter | Riikka Rinnan | ||
| 2021 | Eva Boxenbaum | Anders Engberg-Pedersen | Emil Loldrup Fosbøl | Gemma Clare Solomon Larsen | Signe Normand | ||
| 2022 | Anne Ladegaard Skov | Anton Pottegård | Felix Riede | Naja Hulvej Rod | Sune Lehmann | ||
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