The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week. What to know about the prestigious awards
To be announced next week in Stockholm, the Nobel Prize winners are highly esteemed honors recognizing achievements in various fields such as medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, economics, and peace. The laureates join a prestigious group that includes luminaries like Albert Einstein and Mother Teresa.
One notable nominee for the peace prize is U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been nominated multiple times for his efforts in brokering the Abraham Accords between Israel and some Arab states. The Nobel Prizes were established by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish businessman and chemist known for inventing dynamite. The first prizes were awarded in 1901, with a later addition of an economics prize.
Nominations for the prizes are kept confidential, and the committees have strict rules about discussing their deliberations. The peace prize is unique in that it rewards achievements from the previous year and is awarded in Oslo, Norway. The other prizes are presented in Stockholm, and recipients may have to wait years for their work to be recognized.
The 2025 Nobel Prize announcements begin with the medicine prize, followed by physics, chemistry, literature, and peace. The awards will be presented on December 10th, with each recipient receiving a cash prize, gold medal, and diploma. The coverage of the Nobel Prizes can be found on the AP website.
