Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Stockholm Prize in Criminology Foundation
Annual international prize for outstanding criminological research and its application to policy, covering the causes of crime, effective and humane criminal justice policy, alternative prevention, victim support practices and reducing abuse of power within justice systems.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (total award)The foundation's The Prize page (stockholmprizeincriminology.org/the-prize/) states a prize amount of at least SEK 1 million; the jury decides the amount each year. Left null because the figure is not in US dollars.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · MayNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Nominations for the 2027 prize closed 15 May 2026; the jury meets the day before the June Stockholm Criminology Symposium, where the prize is presented.
- Who can apply
- Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- By nomination only, from any three criminologists, a criminology society or organisation, or jury-selected nominators; the nominee must be a living individual able to accept in person in Stockholm and lecture at the Symposium.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- criminology · crime prevention · victim support · criminal justice policy · research prize
- Apply at
- https://stockholmprizeincriminology.org/the-prize/jury-and-nominations/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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