Spinoza Prize
Spinoza Prize winners 2006: Jan Zaanen, Ben Scheres, Jozien Benzing en Carl Figdor. To 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.
List of winners
The following persons have received this award:[2]
- 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, Rien 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
References
- ↑ "Spinoza prize". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
- ↑ "Spinoza Laureates". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2014-03-11.