The Rigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research is one of Denmark's oldest and most prestigious science prizes. It was established in 1956, on the birthday of Carl Holst-Knudsen, who was at that time the Chairman of the Board at

Aarhus University Aarhus University ( da, Aarhus Universitet, abbreviated AU) is a public research university with its main campus located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Gr ...

. Originally worth 10 thousand Danish krones (DKK), it has grown to 100 thousand DKK in monetary value, and is awarded on 28 May annually. It is given without application "as a mark of respect", to a researcher who has produced one or more significant results which show promise in future research.

Award Recipients since 2000

*2012 : Professor Oluf Pedersen Borbye from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic

Metabolic Metabolism (, from el, μεταβολή ''metabolē'', "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms. The three main functions of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cell ...

Research, University of Copenhagen; Professor Timo Teräsvirta from CREATES, Department of Economics at Aarhus University *2011: Professor Lise Hannestad, Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics; Professor Flemming Besenbacher,

Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), is an interdisciplinary research and teaching center for nanoscience at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark. The center was founded in 2002 and has been headquartered in The iNano House since 2012. ...

( INANO) *2010: Professor Bjarne Stroustrup, Texas A & M University, College of Engineering Chair, Professor in Computer Science; Professor Poul Nissen, Department of Molecular Biology *2009: Professor Jens F. Rehfeld,THIS YEAR'S WINNERS OF RIGMOR AND CARL HOLST-KNUDSEN SCIENCE PRIZE 2009
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and Department of

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*2008: Professor

Lene Hau Lene Vestergaard Hau (; born November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist and educator. She is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a Bose–E ...

, Harvard University Physics and Applied Physics; Associate Professor Andreas Roepstorff, Department of Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics; Professor Tim Bollerslev,

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, Economics *2007: Professor Dorthe Berntsen, Department of Psychology *2006: Associate Professor Maria Fabricius Hansen, Department of Art History *2005: Associate Professor Lars Albinus, Department of Systematic Theology *2004: Professor Klaus Mølmer, Department of Physics and Astronomy *2003: No award due to the distribution of 5 anniversary fund prices *2002: Professor Jens Christian Djuurhus, Department of Experimental Clinical Research *2001: Professor Niels Haldrup, Department of Economics *2000: Associate Professor Peter Bugge,PRESS RELEASE 26.5.2000
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References

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