The EliteForsk Prize (Elite Research Prize) is the most prestigious award given by the Danish Council for Independent Research, of the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. The award of 1.2 million Danish krone honors outstanding researchers of international acclaim, who are under 45 years of age, and is currently awarded to five individuals annually.[1]

Eske Willerslev, one of the awardees.

Recipients

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Year EliteForsk Prize Recipients[2]
2007 Claus Hviid Christensen Dan Zahavi Klaus Mølmer Rasmus Nielsen Søren Nielsen
2008 Morten Bennedsen Vincent F. Hendricks Jens Hjorth Poul Nissen Ole Sigmund Bo Thamdrup Leif Østergaard
2009 Bjørk Hammer Marie-Louise Bech Nosch Ole Nørregaard Jensen Frank Møller Aarestrup
2010 Lars Arge Adrian Favell Kurt Vesterager Gothelf Carsten Rahbek Francesco Sannino
2011 Lene Hansen Bo Brummerstedt Iversen Søren Riis Paludan Jesper Ryberg Eske Willerslev
2012 Anja Boisen Hans Bräuner-Osborne Frederik C. Krebs Matthias Kriesell Peter Norman Sørensen
2013 Claudia Welz Morten Nielsen Ove Christiansen Steen Hannestad Ulrik Lund Andersen
2014 Daniel Otzen Martin Røssel Larsen Jens-Christian Svenning Morten Petersen Broberg Mads Brandbyge
2015 Lars Birkedal Lasse Heje Pedersen Lene Broeng Oddershede Niels Mailand Rubina Raja
2016 David Dreyer Lassen Peter Lodahl Liv Hornekær Petar Popovski Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
2017 Thomas Lars Andresen Hanne Christine Bertram Søren Galatius Klaus Høyer Mikael Rask Madsen
2018 Robert A. Fenton Søren Fournais Anja Groth Stig Helveg N. Asger Mortensen
2019 Rebecca Adler-Nissen Chunaram Choudhary Niels Jessen Peter Teglberg Madsen Kristian Sommer Thygesen
2020 Sine Reker Hadrup Mads Meier Jæger Anders Møller Tobias Richter Riikka Rinnan
2021 Eva Boxenbaum Anders Engberg-Pedersen Emil Loldrup Fosbøl Gemma Clare Solomon Larsen Signe Normand
2022 Anne Ladegaard Skov Anton Pottegård Felix Riede Naja Hulvej Rod Sune Lehmann
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References

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  1. ^ Danish Council for Independent Research - Annual Report 2015. Danish Council for Independent Research. 2016. ISBN 978-87-93151-91-8.
  2. ^ "Prismodtagere: EliteForsk-priser og EliteForsk-rejsestipendier". Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet.