Spinoza Prize
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. The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher Baruch de Spinoza.
The prize is awarded to researchers in the Netherlands who belong to the best in their field. Academics can nominate each other and an international commission evaluates the submissions. It is sometimes referred to as the Dutch Nobel Prize.
List of winners
The following persons have received this award:
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
