Nomination and Selection of Nobel Laureates Who Can Nominate for a Nobel Prize? Each year, thousands of members of academies, university professors, scientists, previous Nobel Laureates and members of parliamentary assemblies and others, are asked to submit candidates for the Nobel Prizes for the coming year. These nominators are chosen in such a way that as many countries and universities as possible are represented over time. Nomination and Selection of Medicine Laureates Nomination to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is by invitation only.

The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations and selection process cannot be revealed until 50 years later. Nominations for the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine For the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet received 361 nominations. The deadline for…