About the Crafoord Prize
The Crafoord Prize is awarded in partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Crafoord Foundation in Lund, Sweden. The Academy is responsible for selecting the Crafoord Laureates.
The prize disciplines have been chosen so as to complement those for which the Nobel Prizes are awarded. The prize is awarded in one discipline each year in accordance with a set scheme:
- Year 1 – Mathematics and Astronomy
- Year 2 – Geosciences
- Year 3 -Biosciences
- (repeat)
The prize in polyarthritis is awarded only when a special committee has shown that scientific progress in this field has been such that an award is justified.
Nominating and awarding
The Academy invites scientists from all over the world to nominate candidates for the prize. Nominations are submitted to the Academy during the spring prior to the year in which the decision is to be made. The nominations received are then rewieved and assessed by a Prize Committee consisting of members from the appropriate Academy classes.
The prize should be awarded to one recipient, but may, if necessary, be divided among up to three recipients. At the same time, grant allocations are announced, and may be applied for both by individuals and by institutions. Grant applications can be made for scientific equipment and research, publication of scientific works, scientific conferences and symposia, studies outside of Sweden for Swedish researchers, and activities to further research within the field of research covered by the prize.
On the basis of reports from the Prize Committee and the appropriate Academy Class, decisions concerning Laureate(s) and grant recipients are made by the Academy in the spring of the year in which the prize is to be awarded.