Svante Pääbo, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, pictured with an extinct friend
(Picture: Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)The Nobel Prizes for 2022 will be announced during the first week of October, when trailblazers in science, literature, and the promotion of peace will be awarded for their work.
The Nobel Prize was first awarded in 1901, five years after the death of its founder, Alfred Nobel.
Nobel was a Swedish scientist, who left much of his wealth to establish the Nobel Prize, with the aim of awarding “prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”.
This year, winners of the Nobel Prize will win around £800,000 each. Winners often donate some or all of their prize money to foundations and charities, or to further research in their industry.
The winners of the Nobel Prize 2022 will join the 2020 and 2021 laureates at Nobel Week in December, which will take place in Stockholm, Sweden.
Find out below when the Nobel Prizes will be announced this week, as well as who the winners are.
What are the Nobel Prize categories?
The Nobel Prize categories are as follows:
- Physiology or medicine
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Literature
- Peace
- Economic Sciences
When will the Nobel Prizes be announced?
The awarding of the Nobel Prizes takes place from October 3 – October 10.
- Monday, October 3: Physiology or medicine
- Tuesday, October 4: Physics
- Wednesday, October 5: Chemistry
- Thursday, October 6: Literature
- Friday, October 7: Peace
- Monday, October 10: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize In Economic Sciences In Memory Of Alfred Nobel
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner
Svante Pääbo won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for “his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution”.
Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist who specialises in the field of evolutionary genetics, cracked the genetic code of the Neanderthals and discovered the previously unknown Denisovans.
His work has helped explore human evolutionary history and how we migrated across the planet.
