Live broadcasts, digital publishing and events will place the spotlight on the 2019 Nobel Prize announcements from 7-14 October. The ambitious digital publishing activities and numerous physical events will highlight the incredible achievements and discoveries behind this year’s prizes, each awarded for the greatest benefit to humankind.
Time and dates for all announcements (local time in Sweden and Norway):
Physiology or Medicine – Monday 7 October, 11:30 a.m. at the earliest
Physics – Tuesday 8 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
Chemistry – Wednesday 9 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
Literature – Thursday 10 October, 1:00 p.m. at the earliest
The Swedish Academy will announce the Nobel Prize in Literature for both 2018 and 2019.
Peace – Friday 11 October, 11:00 a.m.
Economic Sciences – Monday 14 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest
The official Nobel Prize digital channels will provide the following media on the announcements.
Live video, in-depth information, interviews and behind-the-scenes
On the official website, nobelprize.org, and social media channels you can follow all the action as the news breaks about the new laureates. Press releases and in depth-information will be published on nobelprize.org at the time of the announcement for each prize. Live video of the announcements is streamed on nobelprize.org and on the official Nobel Prize channels on YouTube (embed links available) and Facebook. Also join in on Instagram for a behind-the-scenes look at the awarding of the prizes.
Video interviews with members of the Nobel Committees, further explaining the prize, and telephone interviews with the new Nobel Laureates are published after the announcements.
Join the social media discussion
Everybody is welcome to join the conversation as news about the newly awarded Nobel Laureates is posted continuously. Official hashtag for the Nobel Prize announcements: #NobelPrize
Nobel Prize lessons
Lessons on the new Nobel Prizes will be published per category just one day after they are first announced, providing a powerful tool for teachers to download and use for free. https://www.nobelprize.org/education-network-nobel-prize-lessons/
Open data & API
The popular open data & APIs on the Nobel Laureates will be updated with each announcement.
Activities in Stockholm
In connection to the Nobel Prize announcements, a series of October events, collectively labelled Nobel Calling Stockholm, is being organised by Nobel Prize Museum. The museum will live-stream each announcement, and experts will be on hand to help put the contributions being honoured into perspective. Several seminars, crash courses and panel discussions will also take place around Stockholm. The 2019 Nobel Prize Teacher Summit will welcome 350 teachers from all over the world on 11 October. Its theme is ‘Climate Change Changes Everything’.
A new exhibition will be inaugurated at the Nobel Prize Museum. ‘For the Greatest Benefit to Humankind’is an exhibition that showcases Nobel Prize-awarded achievements that have saved lives, fed humanity, protected the planet and brought people together.
Four Nobel Laureates will take part in the programme in Stockholm:
Hiroshi Amano, awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for his role in developing the LED lamp.
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of ICAN – which received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work towards abolishing nuclear weapons.
Mario J. Molina, awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, helped discover how freons damage the ozone layer of the atmosphere.
Frank Wilczek, awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the fundamental equations behind the force that holds atomic nuclei together.
The official Nobel Prize digital channels
nobelprize.org
youtube.com/nobelprize
facebook.com/nobelprize
twitter.com/nobelprize
instagram.com/nobelprize