Crafoord Prize
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The Crafoord Prize was established in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, the inventor of the artificial kidney, and his wife Anna-Greta Crafoord. Administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the aim of the prize is to reward and promote basic research in scientific disciplines that fall outside the categories of the Nobel Prize. These fields include mathematics, geoscience, bioscience (particularly in relation to ecology and evolution), and astronomy.
Only one award is given each year. The prize is currently US$500,000 and is intended to fund further research by the prize winner.
[edit] List of the Crafoord Prize winners:
- 1982 Mathematics: V. I. Arnold and L. Nirenberg
- 1983 Geoscience: E. N. Lorenz
- 1984 Bioscience: Daniel H. Janzen
- 1985 Astronomy: L. Spitzer, Jr.
- 1986 Geoscience: C. J. Allegre and G. J. Wasserburg
- 1987 Bioscience: E. P. and H. T. Odum
- 1988 Mathematics: P. Deligne (the prize was offered jointly with A. Grothendieck, who declined it)
- 1989 Astronomy: J. Van Allen
- 1990 Bioscience: P. R. Ehrlich and E. O. Wilson
- 1991 Astronomy: A. R. Sandage
- 1992 Bioscience: A. Seilacher
- 1993 Bioscience: W. D. Hamilton and Seymour Benzer
- 1994 Mathematics: S. Donaldson and S-T. Yau
- 1995 Geoscience: Willi Dansgaard and N. Shackleton
- 1996 Bioscience: Robert May
- 1997 Astronomy: F. Hoyle and E. E. Salpeter
- 1998 Geoscience: Don Anderson and A. M. Dziewonski
- 1999 Bioscience: E. Mayr, J. Maynard Smith, and G. C. Williams
- 2000 Bioscience: M. Feldmann and R. N. Maini
- 2001 Mathematics: Alain Connes
- 2002 Geoscience: D. P. McKenzie
- 2003 Bioscience: C. R. Woese
- 2004 Polyarthritis: Eugene Butcher and Timothy Springer
- 2005 Astronomy: James Gunn, James Peebles, and Martin Rees
