The NOBEL SYMPOSIA present an opportunity for Swedish researchers to organise international conferences at the highest scientific level, bringing them in direct contact with the international research frontier. Since the start in 1965, more than 190 NOBEL SYMPOSIA have been held.
The Programme Committee of the Nobel Foundation is the body that formally approves applications to arrange NOBEL SYMPOSIA. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences receives and coordinates the evaluation of proposals for NOBEL SYMPOSIA in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economic Sciences. Through major grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation it is now possible to arrange one symposium per year in each of these five fields. Proposals for NOBEL SYMPOSIA in the field of Peace are administered by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Contact at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Lotta Eberstein, nobelsymposia@kva.se
The Academy invites the Swedish academic community to propose topics for the NOBEL SYMPOSIA 2027 in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economic Sciences.
Applications should be made on the application forms below, and be submitted by email to nobelsymposia@kva.se no later than 30 September, 2025.
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Per Delsing, Chalmers University of Technology
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Field: Literature
Organiser(s): Bo G. Ekelund, Stockholm University
Field: Economic sciences
Organiser(s): Kurt Mitman, Stockholm University
Field: Physiology or medicine
Organiser(s): Stephan Wenkel, Umeå University
Field: Chemistry
Organiser(s): Barbara Noziere, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Field: Physics
Organiser(s): Nicolò Maccaferri, Umeå University
