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: Vladimir Arnold and Louis Nirenberg
- 1983 Geoscience: Edward Lorenz
- 1984 Bioscience: Daniel Janzen
- 1985 Astronomy: Lyman Spitzer, Jr.
- 1986 Geoscience: Claude J. Allègre and Gerald Wasserburg
- 1987 Bioscience: Eugene P. Odum and Howard T. Odum
- 1988 Mathematics: Pierre Deligne (the prize was offered jointly with Alexander Grothendieck, who declined it)
- 1989 Geoscience: James A. Van Allen
- 1990 Bioscience: Paul R. Ehrlich and Edward O. Wilson
- 1991 Astronomy: Allan R. Sandage
- 1992 Geoscience: Adolf Seilacher
- 1993 Bioscience: William D. Hamilton and Seymour Benzer
- 1994 Mathematics: Simon Donaldson and Shing-Tung Yau
- 1995 Geoscience: Willi Dansgaard and Nicholas John Shackleton
- 1996 Bioscience: Robert May
- 1997 Astronomy: Fred Hoyle and Edwin E. Salpeter
- 1998 Geoscience: Don L. Anderson and Adam M. Dziewonski
- 1999 Bioscience: Ernst Mayr, John Maynard Smith, and George C. Williams
- 2000 Polyarthritis: Marc Feldmann and Ravinder N. Maini
- 2001 Mathematics: Alain Connes
- 2002 Geoscience: Dan McKenzie
- 2003 Bioscience: Carl Woese
- 2004 Polyarthritis: Eugene Butcher and Timothy Springer
- 2005 Astronomy: James E. Gunn, James Peebles, and Martin Rees
- 2006 Geoscience: Wallace S. Broecker
- 2007 Bioscience: Robert L. Trivers
