The Nansen Medal for Outstanding Research is a Norwegian medal awarded by the Nansen Fund.

The medal is awarded to scientists who have produced research of international significance of a very high level.

The medal has been awarded to recipients of the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research since 2003 and was approved as an official Norwegian medal by Royal Resolution on 25 April 2007.

Since 2003 the prize and the medal have been awarded in the same ceremony.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This science awards article is a stub.