The Heineken Prizes for Arts and Sciences consist of 11 awards biannually bestowed by
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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. The prizes are named in honor of Henry Pierre Heineken, son of founder Gerard Adriaan Heineken, Alfred Heineken, former chairman of Heineken Holdings, and Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, current chair of the Heineken Prizes Foundations, which fund all Heineken Prizes for Arts and Sciences. Thirteen winners of the Dr H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics or the Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine subsequently were awarded a Nobel Prize.
Organization
The five science prizes ($200,000 each) are:
1. Dr H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
2–4. Dr A. H. Heineken Prizes for History, Medicine and Environmental Sciences
5. C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences
In 1988, the Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Art was established to be awarded to an outstanding artist working in the Netherlands. The prize is €100,000, half of which is to be spent on a publication and/or exhibit.
Since 2010,
Heineken Young Scientists Awards
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History
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are given to young talent in similar research fields as the Dr H. P. Heineken, Dr A. H. Heineken and C. L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prizes.
Selection
The selection system of the Heineken Prizes can be compared to that of the Nobel Prizes. Scientists from all over the world are invited to nominate fellow scientists for the Heineken Prizes. The Royal Netherlands Academy appoints special committees consisting of eminent scientists and chaired by a member of the board of one of the academy's two divisions. Both members and nonmembers of the academy are eligible for membership of these committees. An independent jury of members of the academy, acting in a personal capacity, chooses the winners of the Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Art.
The Heineken Prizes are awarded in a special session of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, which takes place every even year at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. In 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 the Prizes were presented by the Prince of Orange.
List of laureates
Dr H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
Xiaowei Zhuang
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Titia de Lange
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Alec J. Jeffreys
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Roger Y. Tsien
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Anthony J. Pawson
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Michael J. Berridge
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Aaron Klug
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Peter Carmeliet
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Kari Alitalo
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Elizabeth H. Blackburn
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*2002
Dennis Selkoe
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*2000
Eric R. Kandel
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*1998
Barry J. Marshall
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Luc Montagnier
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Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences
*2022
Carl Folke
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*2020
Corinne Le Quéré
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*2018
Paul D. N. Hebert
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Bert Brunekreef
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Simon A. Levin
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*2002
Lonnie G. Thompson
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*2000
Poul Harremoës
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Herman Daly
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*1994
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Colin J. Bibby
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*1992
Marko Branica
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From 1952 to ...
Sunil Amrith
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J. R. McNeill
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Joel Mokyr
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Peter R.L. Brown
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Peter Gay
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C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences (before 2014: Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences)
*2022
Kia Nobre
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Stanislas Dehaene
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Ansuya Blom
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*2018
Erik van Lieshout
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*2016
Yvonne Dröge Wendel
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*2014
Wendelien van Oldenborgh
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*2010
Mark Manders
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Job Koelewijn
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Jan van de Pavert
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*1994 Matthijs Röling
*1992 Carel Visser
*1990 Marrie Bot
*1988
Toon Verhoef
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Nobel Prizes
The following winners of the Heineken Prizes for Medicine and Biochemistry and Biophysics have since won a Nobel Prize:
* Christian de Duve
** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 1973
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974
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Aaron Klug
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** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 1979
** Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982
* Thomas Cech
** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 1988
** Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989
* Paul C. Lauterbur
** Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 1989
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003
* Paul Nurse
** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 1996
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001
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Barry J. Marshall
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** Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 1998
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
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Eric R. Kandel
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** Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine in 2000
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000
* Andrew Z. Fire
** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2004
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2006
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Roger Y. Tsien
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** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2002
** Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008
* Jack W. Szostak
** Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2008
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
* Elizabeth Blackburn
** Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 2004
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
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Ralph M. Steinman
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** Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 2010
** Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011
* Carolyn Bertozzi
** Dr H. P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics 2022
** Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022