The Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize, established in 2000 by the organizers of the International Conference on the Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity (M2S) and sponsored by Elsevier, Publisher of Physica C – Superconductivity and its Applications, is awarded for outstanding experiments which illuminate the nature of superconductivity other than materials. The Prize consists of € 7,000 and a special framed certificate designed by Elsevier.
The next Heike Kamerlingh Onnes prize will be awarded on the occasion of M2S2026, that will be held July 19 – 25, 2026, in Stuttgart.
Nominations for the 2026 Kamerlingh-Onnes Prize will open in August 2025.