MG 13 · 2012

AlbaNova

AlbaNova was recognized as a joint Stockholm center supporting cosmology and astrophysics.

Founded

2001, Stockholm, Sweden

Location at the Time of the Award

Stockholm, Sweden

Presented To

Professor Kare Bremer, Rector of Stockholm University

Prize Motivation

“For its innovative status as a joint institute established by Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology and for fostering contributions to cosmology and astrophysics in the tradition established by Oskar Klein.”

Meeting

MG XIII, Stockholm, Sweden

Work

Institutional Marcel Grossmann Awards recognize the infrastructures, collaborations, and research cultures that make major advances in relativistic astrophysics and cosmology possible.

AlbaNova was recognized as a joint Stockholm center supporting cosmology and astrophysics.

The award highlights how sustained institutional work can create instruments, archives, scientific communities, and missions that become foundations for later discoveries.