List of female nominators for the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset) is a set of five different prizes that, according to its benefactor Alfred Nobel in his 1895 will, must be awarded "to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind". The five prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.

Since 1901, numerous nominators have forwarded their nominations of distinguished individuals or organizations for the prize, and most of these nominators were women. The following is a list of the female nominators for the prestigious Nobel Prize:

Physics
The Nobel Committee for Physics sends confidential forms to persons who are competent and qualified to nominate. According to the nomination process, the individuals are considered the qualified nominators for the physics prize: 1. Swedish and foreign members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences;

2. Members of the Nobel Committee for Physics;

3. Nobel Prize laureates in physics;

4. Tenured professors in the Physical sciences at the universities and institutes of technology of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;

5. Holders of corresponding chairs in at least six universities or university colleges (normally, hundreds of universities) selected by the Academy of Sciences with a view to ensuring the appropriate distribution over the different countries and their seats of learning; and

6. Other scientists from whom the Academy may see fit to invite proposals.

Chemistry
For the chemistry prize, the following individuals are considered as qualified nominators: 1. Swedish and foreign members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences;

2. Members of the Nobel Committees for Chemistry and Physics;

3. Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry and physics;

4. Permanent professors in the sciences of Chemistry at the universities and institutes of technology of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;

5. Holders of corresponding chairs in at least six universities or university colleges selected by the Academy of Sciences with a view to ensuring the appropriate distribution over the different countries and their centers of learning; and

6. Other scientists from whom the Academy may see fit to invite proposals.

Physiology or Medicine
For the physiology or medicine prize, the following individuals are entitled to nominate: 1. Members of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;

2. Swedish and foreign members of the Medicine and Biology classes of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences;

3. Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine and chemistry;

4. Members of the Nobel Committee not qualified in the first paragraph;

5. Holders of established posts as full professors at the faculties of medicine in Sweden and holders of similar posts at the faculties of medicine or similar institutions in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway;

6. Holders of similar posts at no fewer than six other faculties of medicine at universities around the world, selected by the Nobel Assembly, with a view to ensuring the appropriate distribution of the task among various countries.

7. Scientists whom the Nobel Assembly may otherwise see fit to approach.

Literature
The Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy sends invitation letters to persons who are qualified to nominate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The following individuals are eligible forwarding nominations: 1. Members of the Swedish Academy and of other academies, institutions and societies which are similar to it in construction and purpose;

2. Professors of literature and of linguistics at universities and university colleges;

3. Previous Nobel Prize laureates in literature;

4. Presidents of those societies of authors that are representative of the literary production in their respective countries.

Peace
According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person or a group of people who falls within one of the following categories: 1. Members of national assemblies and national governments (cabinet members/ministers) of sovereign states as well as current heads of states;

2. Members of The International Court of Justice and The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague;

3. Members of Institut de Droit International;

4. Members of the international board of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom;

5. University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents);

6. Directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes;

6. Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;

7. Members of the main board of directors or its equivalent of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;

8. Current and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (proposals by current members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after 1 February);

9. Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.