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Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science

Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

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Reference excerpt

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

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science

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In the classroom: Research Council of Norway's Award for Excellence in Communication of Science is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1996 establishments in Norway, 1996 in science, Awards established in 1996, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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