The 2024 Nobel Prize announcements begin Monday. Track the winners here.

When will they announce the prize? Monday, Oct. 7, around 5:30 a.m. Eastern time.

Who won last year? Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine last year for their studies of messenger RNA, which enabled the development of coronavirus vaccines. Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is a key component of our cells. It's a molecule that carries instructions from the DNA to make proteins, which are essential for building and repairing our bodies. The Nobel Laureates figured out how to alter mRNA so that, when delivered through a vaccine, it triggers the immune system to develop protective antibodies against a disease.

When will they announce the prize? Tuesday, Oct. 8, around 5:45 a.m. Eastern time.

Who won last year? Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier won the Nobel Prize in physics last year for developing super short laser pulses that can be used to study how electrons move. Electrons are part of the building blocks of our universe, so understanding how they behave is important to many fields. Knowing how electrons carry and exchange energy can enable the development of new electronics and help us study other tiny things, such as molecules, advancing diagnostic capabilities in medicine.

When will they announce the prize? Wednesday, Oct. 9, around 5:45 a.m. Eastern time.

Who won last year? Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry last year for creating quantum dots. Quantum dots are incredibly small objects — think a million times smaller than a pinhead — that, depending on their size, can produce various colors of light. Today, quantum dots can be found in everyday items, such as TV screens and LED lamps.

When will they announce the prize? Thursday, Oct. 10, around 7 a.m. Eastern time.

Who won last year? Jon Fosse , the genre-spanning Norwegian writer best known for his plays and fiction contemplating the divine, won last year's literature prize. In its announcement, the Swedish academy singled out "Septology," Fosse's multivolume novel in which a painter meditates on dying, memory, alcoholism and art. Widely regarded as Fosse's masterwork, "Septology" is published in the United States by the nonprofit Transit Books, run by a husband-and-wife team out of their home in Richmond, Calif.

When will they announce the prize? Friday, Oct. 11, at 5 a.m. Eastern time.

Who won last year? Narges Mohammadi , an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023. The Norwegian Nobel Committee commended "her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all." The prize cast an international spotlight on the struggle for women's rights in the Middle Eastern nation, where women took to the streets in protest after the death of a young woman in custody in September 2022. Mohammadi was the fifth person to receive the prize while incarcerated.

When will they announce the prize? Monday, Oct. 14, 5:45 a.m. Eastern time

Who won last year? Professor Claudia Goldin , a trailblazing economist at Harvard University, won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for her work exploring the role of women in the labor market. Goldin's analysis of more than 200 years of U.S. labor force data shows how employment rates and the gender wage gap depend not just on the economy but also on evolving social norms related to women's education and roles in the home and family. Goldin was only the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in economics, which has been awarded to 90 men.