Spinoza Prize Explained

The Spinoza Prize (Dutch; Flemish: 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spinoza prize . Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research . 1 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Spinozaprijs voor statisticus en chemicus . nl . . 12 June 2015 . 12 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Spinoza Laureates . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200818134047/https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/spinoza+prize/spinoza+laureates/overview+by+year . 2020-08-18 . 11 March 2014 . nwo.nl . Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

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