Spinoza Prize

The Spinoza Prize (Dutch: Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 1.5 million euro prize money, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher Baruch de Spinoza.^[1]

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]

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

2021 – José van Dijck, Marc Koper, Lieven Vandersypen and Maria Yazdanbakhsh

2022 – Thea Hilhorst, Klaas Landsman, Corné Pieterse, Ignas Snellen

2023 - Joyeeta Gupta, Toby Kiers

2024 - Bernet Elzinga, Detlef van Vuuren

^ "Spinoza prize". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

^ ^a ^b "Spinozaprijs voor statisticus en chemicus" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.

^ "Spinoza Laureates". nwo.nl. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2014.

^ "NWO Spinoza prize 2016". NWO. Retrieved 1 February 2023.

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