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]

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, 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

References

^ "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.