Spinoza Prize
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The Spinoza Prize (Dutch: Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.[1] The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher Baruch de Spinoza.
Spinoza Prize winners 2006: Jan Zaanen, Ben Scheres, Jozien Bensing and Carl Figdor. On the right is NWO-director Peter Nijkamp
The prize is awarded to researchers in the Netherlands who belong to the best in their field.[2] Academics can nominate each other and an international commission evaluates the submissions. It is sometimes referred to as the Dutch Nobel Prize.[2]
List of winnersEdit
The following persons have received the Spinoza Prize:[3]
- 1995 – Frank Grosveld, Ed van den Heuvel, Gerard 't Hooft, Frits van Oostrom
- 1996 – Johan van Benthem, Peter Nijkamp, George Sawatzky
- 1997 – Frits Kortlandt, Bob Pinedo, Rutger van Santen
- 1998 – Jan Hoeijmakers, Hendrik Lenstra, Pieter Muysken
- 1999 – Carlo Beenakker, René de Borst, Anne Cutler, Ronald Plasterk
- 2000 – Ewine van Dishoeck, Daan Frenkel, Dirkje Postma
- 2001 – Dorret Boomsma, Hans Clevers, Bert Meijer, Hans Oerlemans
- 2002 – Henk Barendregt, Els Goulmy, Ad Lagendijk, Frits Rosendaal
- 2003 – Lans Bovenberg, Cees Dekker, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Jan Luiten van Zanden
- 2004 – Jaap Sinninghe Damsté, Ben Feringa, Marinus van IJzendoorn, Michiel van der Klis
- 2005 – René Bernards, Peter Hagoort, Detlef Lohse, Lex Schrijver
- 2006 – Jozien Bensing, Carl Figdor, Ben Scheres, Jan Zaanen
- 2007 – Deirdre Curtin, Marcel Dicke, Leo Kouwenhoven, Wil Roebroeks
- 2008 – Marjo van der Knaap, Joep Leerssen, Theo Rasing, Willem de Vos
- 2009 – Albert van den Berg, Michel Ferrari, Marten Scheffer
- 2010 – Naomi Ellemers, Marijn Franx, Piet Gros, Ineke Sluiter
- 2011 – Heino Falcke, Patti Valkenburg, Erik Verlinde
- 2012 – Mike Jetten, Ieke Moerdijk, Annemarie Mol, Alexander Tielens
- 2013 – Mikhail Katsnelson, Piek Vossen, Bert Weckhuysen
- 2014 – Dirk Bouwmeester, Corinne Hofman, Mark van Loosdrecht, Theunis Piersma
- 2015 – René Janssen, Birgit Meyer, Aad van der Vaart, Cisca Wijmenga
- 2016 – Wilhelm Huck, Lodi Nauta, Mihai Netea, Bart van Wees[4]
- 2017 – Eveline Crone, Albert Heck, Michel Orrit, Alexander van Oudenaarden
- 2018 – Anna Akhmanova, Carsten de Dreu, Marileen Dogterom, John van der Oost
- 2019 – Bas van Bavel, Ronald Hanson, Amina Helmi, Yvette van Kooyk
- 2020 - Nynke Dekker, Jan van Hest, Pauline Kleingeld, Sjaak Neefjes
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Spinoza prize". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ a b "Spinozaprijs voor statisticus en chemicus" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "Spinoza Laureates". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ^ "NWO awards Spinoza Prizes to Wilhelm Huck, Lodi Nauta, Mihai Netea and Bart van Wees". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 10 June 2016.