title: Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science
text: # Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science
  
  The Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science (Norwegian: Norges forskningsråds formidlingspris) is awarded annually by the Research Council of Norway, a Norwegian government body. According to its bylaws, the prize is to be given in order to "reward and stimulate the dissemination of research to a broad audience. The dissemination must be of high quality in both form and content." The price is worth 500000 kr.
  
  ## Award winners
  
  * 2020 Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
  * 2019 Audun Rikardsen University of Tromsø
  * 2018 Bjørn H. Samset, Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research
  * 2017 Henrik H. Svensen, University of Oslo
  * 2016 Ingun Grimstad Klepp, Oslo Metropolitan University
  * 2015 Anine Kierulf, University of Oslo
  * 2014: Frank Aarebrot, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
  * 2013: Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen, Sports Medicine Section, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
  * 2012: Nils Christian Stenseth, Department of Biology and the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo
  * 2011: Kalle Moene, Head of the Centre of Equality, Social Organization and Performance (ESOP), University of Oslo
  * 2010: The website, Forskning.no
  * 2009: Jørn H. Hurum, Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo
  * 2008: Ole Didrik Lærum, Gades Institute, University of Bergen.
  * 2007: Egil Lillestøl, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen
  * 2006: Wenche Blomberg, Institute of Criminology and Legal Sociology, University of Oslo
  * 2005: Terje Tvedt, Head of Research at the Center for Development Studies, University of Bergen
  * 2004: Odd Aksel Bergstad, MAR-ECO Project
  * 2003: Bente Træen, Department of Psychology, University of Tromsø
  * 2002: Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
  * 2001: Michael Baziljevich, Department of Physics, University of Oslo
  * 2000: NRK P2s pop-science radio program Verdt å vite
  * 1999: Henry Valen, Norwegian Institute of Social Research
  * 1998: Dag O. Hessen, University of Oslo
  * 1997: Asgeir Brekke, University of Tromsø, and Professor Alv Egeland, University of Oslo
  * 1996: Lisbet Holtedahl, University of Tromsø
  