Norwegian researchers receive Fridtjof Nansen Award for pioneering work in memory research

The Fridtjof Nansen Award for excellence in science and medicine has been awarded to Norwegian University of Science and Technology Professors Edvard I. Moser and  May-Britt Moser for pioneering work in memory research.

Edvard and May-Britt Moser are director and co-director respectively at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience / Centre for Neuronal Computation at NTNU.

The Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence is awarded to Norwegian researchers, or researchers resident in Norway, who has shown scientific contributions of international significance on a very high level. Prize winners receive a medal, a diploma and 150 000 Norwegian kroner (20 000 Euro).