IV Bulbul International Singing Competition - the youngest 1st prize laureate in 4 years (Baku, Azerbaijan).

The orchestra is associated with the triennial Gustav Mahler Conducting Prize, established during Nott's tenure, and the first prize laureate in 2004 was Gustavo Dudamel.

Wangari Mathai, Kenya's 2004 Nobel peace prize laureate, launches a scheme to plant a billion trees over the next year to help highlight the need to tackle global warming.

Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958), poet and writer, Nobel prize laureate.

Vicente Aleixandre (1898-1984), poet, Nobel prize laureate.

Over 1,300 lecturers work at the university, including three full members of the Russian Academy of Science, over 40 members and associate members of other Russian academies, prize laureates and honoured scientists.

As of 2009, the prize laureate receives 50 000 NOK (about € 5000) and is invited to the award ceremony during the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT).

The system to choose Nobel medical prize laureates is costly.

The noble prize laureate, Günter Grass, had surprisingly revealed his membership in the Waffen-SS, after many years.

Just one year ago this week, Mr. Kim was being toasted by the Nobel Committee in Sweden as its latest peace prize laureate.