The Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine is an annual prize, first presented in 2025. It is awarded for exceptional research contributions to veterinary medicine conducted in the Nordic countries. Veterinary medical research refers to basic and applied research in the veterinary sciences including preclinical, paraclinical and clinical scientific subjects, particularly those related to animal health and welfare that have had a positive impact in the field.

These efforts involve forward-thinking scientific research that has contributed to improving the welfare of companion animals, horses or livestock in the Nordic countries. They may involve research breakthroughs or lifetime achievements that have had a major impact on animal health or welfare and benefitted many animals. Research on disease prevention is particularly welcome. Upon request, the nominee must be able to certify that no unnecessary research on live animals was performed in their research efforts. Any necessary animal studies must have complied with the relevant regulations and legislation.

The winner of the Award for Outstanding Research in Veterinary Medicine may be an individual or a group of up to three people. The winner will be chosen by the vice-chancellor of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) following proposals from the award committee, comprising representatives appointed by the veterinary science universities in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.

The prize is SEK 1 million in total.

SLU will arrange an international award symposium each year in connection with the awarding of the prize.

The award is funded by Försäkringsbolaget Agria.

Please note that the application must be made on this form - Nomination Form

 

The nomination process

  1. Anybody can nominate candidates for the award. However, each nomination must be endorsed by a head of department or equivalent. Please note that you cannot nominate yourself.
  2. The candidates must have been informed of their nomination and given their consent. They must be prepared to accept the award in person on 25 November 2026 in Uppsala, Sweden.
  3. You can nominate a group of up to three individuals for one collective research effort, although you will need to submit the details of each nominee individually. A group nomination may also comprise of two to three individuals from different or previous research groups whose complementary contributions has led to groundbreaking research within the same research field. In the case of a group nomination, it must be clearly described how each nominated individual has made a significant and distinct contribution to the research breakthrough or achievement.
  4. You may also submit multiple nominations. More information about submitting nominations is available below.
  5. The person who is being nominated are required to maintain active research engagement in their professional field, which includes continued involvement in research activities to a reasonable extent.
  6. An international award committee will oversee the decision-making process. The committee will enlist subject specialists to review the nominations.
  7. The award committee will present their recommendation to SLU’s vice-chancellor in August 2026 for approval.

Submitting the nomination

  1. Unfortunately, it is only possible to submit one nomination through ReachMee. If you wish to nominate more than one person, you will need to download and complete the form for each candidate and email each nomination as a PDF to vetmedaward@slu.se.
  2. The deadline for submissions is 26 February 2026.
  3. The form must be filled in electronically and in full. Please write in English, use the default font and font size, and save as a PDF. Edited versions of the official form will not be accepted.
  4. Save the form electronically (do not print out and scan) and submit as instructed.
  5. Do not password protect any documents.
  6. The form can be signed either digitally or manually. If you prefer to manually sign please add page 2 through scanning it and add as an appendix.

Limitations

  1. The award is intended for individuals, not institutions.
  2. The award will not be given to research on fish, insects, arachnids, amphibians and wild animal hybrids.

 

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