Nobel Prize Lookup in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Pull laureate records by the row. Returns winners, years and motivations — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

nobelprizes.xlsxsample data

A2fx=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "count")

Count

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Turn IDs into detail

Fill =VERVE("nobelprizes") down a column of identifiers and expand each into full, structured detail — no manual lookups.

Enrich a table in place

Add Nobel Prize Lookup beside your existing rows to append the fields you were missing, right where the data lives.

Keep it current

Let auto-refresh re-resolve the column on a schedule so the enriched data never goes stale.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("nobelprizes")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("nobelprizes")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

firstname
The first name of the Nobel Prize winner to get information about
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "firstname", "Albert")
lastname
The last name of the Nobel Prize winner to get information about
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "lastname", "Einstein")
category
The category of the Nobel Prize to get information about
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "category", "Physics")
yearPremium
The year of the Nobel Prize to get information about
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "year", "1921")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Count
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "count")
Filtered On
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "filteredOn")
Nobel Prizes
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes")
Nobel Prizes › First Name
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.firstName")
Nobel Prizes › Last Name
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.lastName")
Nobel Prizes › BornPremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.born")
Nobel Prizes › DiedPremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.died")
Nobel Prizes › CountrybornPremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.countryborn")
Nobel Prizes › Countryborn CodePremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.countrybornCode")
Nobel Prizes › Born cityPremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.born city")
Nobel Prizes › Died CountryPremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.diedCountry")
Nobel Prizes › Died Country CodePremium
=VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "nobelPrizes.0.diedCountryCode")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Nobel Prize Lookup, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Nobel Prize Lookup into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("nobelprizes", "field", "count") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Nobel Prize Lookup?

Nobel Prize Lookup returns count, filteredOn, nobelPrizes, nobelPrizes.0.firstName and nobelPrizes.0.lastName — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Nobel Prize Lookup returns?

Yes — Nobel Prize Lookup takes "firstname", "lastname", "category" and "year" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("nobelprizes", "firstname", "Albert") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Which Nobel Prize Lookup fields need a paid plan?

nobelPrizes.0.born, nobelPrizes.0.died, nobelPrizes.0.countryborn and nobelPrizes.0.countrybornCode, plus 3 more are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.

Can I fill a whole column of Nobel Prize Lookup at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell and one call returns a value for every row, or drag =VERVE("nobelprizes") down like any spreadsheet function.

How many credits does each Nobel Prize Lookup cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Nobel Prize Lookup work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Nobel Prize Lookup

Turn IDs into detail

Enrich a table in place

Keep it current

Nobel Prize Lookup, answered

Put Nobel Prize Lookup in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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