Spinoza Prize

2017 Prize Ceremony

Spinoza Prize winners 2006: Jan Zaanen, , Jozien Bensing and . On the right is NWO-director Peter Nijkamp

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.

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 winners[]

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, ,
1998 – , 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,
2003 – Lans Bovenberg, Cees Dekker, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Jan Luiten van Zanden
2004 – , Ben Feringa, Marinus van IJzendoorn, Michiel van der Klis
2005 – René Bernards, , Detlef Lohse, Lex Schrijver
2006 – Jozien Bensing, , , Jan Zaanen
2007 – Deirdre Curtin, , 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 – , , Mihai Netea, ^[4]
2017 – Eveline Crone, Albert Heck, , Alexander van Oudenaarden
2018 – Anna Akhmanova, Carsten de Dreu, Marileen Dogterom,
2019 – Bas van Bavel, Ronald Hanson, Amina Helmi,
2020 - , Jan van Hest, , Sjaak Neefjes
2021 - José van Dijck, , and

References[]

^ "Spinoza prize". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
^ Jump up to: ^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.

External links[]

Spinoza Prize

[1] "Spinoza prize". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.

[nu-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Spinozaprijs voor statisticus en chemicus" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

[3] "Spinoza Laureates". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.

[4] "NWO awards Spinoza Prizes to Wilhelm Huck, Lodi Nauta, Mihai Netea and Bart van Wees". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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