Every year, the small island of Lindau on Lake Constance in Bavaria, Germany becomes the home of the world’s largest gathering for Nobel Laureates. The annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Series has been taking place since 1951 when two local physicists convinced Count Lennart Bernadotte af Wisborg, who was a member of the Swedish Royal Family, to start the initiative.
The meetings have since evolved to host about 600 young scientists from across the globe (despite the 60,000 who apply every year). The meeting topics cycle through the topics of physiology and medicine, physics, and chemistry together with an interdisciplinary theme every five years and economic sciences every three years.
The University of Malta (UM) has a long history in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Series with representatives taking part almost every year.
Participants bring back important experiences and knowledge that filter into the local research scene and also form part of a life-long alumni network of researchers that spans the globe. Some alumni have also secured visits by Nobel Laureates to Malta as well as having achieved other important outcomes.
The year 2025 will see two Meetings:
- The 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry, which will be held from 29 June to 4 July 2025, and
- The 8th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences which will be held from 26 August to 30 August 2025.
These two week-long events will include numerous opportunities for attendees to interact with Nobel Laureates in their field through the series of talks, panel discussions, outside activities as well as master classes. This is an exceptional opportunity for future leaders in research or industry.
At UM, the Selection Committee for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings is responsible for nominating participants from the University’s selection process and boosting our engagement with the Lindau Meetings initiative. Information about these positive outcomes and all relevant details related to the Lindau meetings are available on the Committee's website.
The Committee is inviting applications for the nomination of the two participants for the 2025 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings:
- Download the application form for the Meeting dedicated to Chemistry
- Download the application form for the Meeting dedicated to Economic Sciences
The application deadline is 18 October 2024.
All eligible applications are welcome, and any queries can be addressed to the Lindau Committee via email.