The2003Nobel Prizes were awarded by theNobel Foundation, based inSweden. Six categories were awarded:Physics,Chemistry,Physiology or Medicine,Literature,Peace, andEconomic Sciences.[1]
Nobel Week took place from December 6 to 12, including programming such as lectures, dialogues, and discussions. The award ceremony and banquet for the Peace Prize were scheduled inOslo on December 10, while the award ceremony and banquet for all other categories were scheduled for the same day inStockholm.[2][3]
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (1928–2017) |  Russian
| "for pioneering contributions to the theory ofsuperconductors andsuperfluids" | [4] |
 | Vitaly Ginzburg (1916–2009) | Russian | ||
.jpg) | Anthony James Leggett (b. 1938) |  British
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| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Peter Agre (b. 1949) |  American | "for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes [...] for the discovery ofwater channels" | [5] |
.jpg) | Roderick MacKinnon (b. 1956) | "for discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes [...] for structural and mechanisticstudies of ion channels" | ||
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Paul Lauterbur (1929–2007) | United States | "for their discoveries concerningmagnetic resonance imaging" | [6] |
 | SirPeter Mansfield (1933–2017) | United Kingdom | ||
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.JPG) | John Maxwell Coetzee (b. 1940) |  South Africa | "who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider" | [7] |
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Shirin Ebadi (born 1947) |  Iran | "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on therights of women andchildren." | [8] |
| Awardee(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Robert F. Engle (b. 1942) | United States | "for methods of analyzing economictime series with time-varyingvolatility (ARCH)" | [9] |
.jpg) | Clive Granger (1934–2009) | United Kingdom | "for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends (cointegration)" | |
Lauterbur and Mansfield's awarding formagnetic resonance imaging development was criticized due to theNobel Foundation's lack of acknowledgement forRaymond Damadian, a scientist who similarly contributed to the invention of the technology in the seventies alongside Lauterbur and Mansfield.[10]