The M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize (''M.W. Beijerinck Virologie Prijs'') is a prize in
virology awarded every two years by the
''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' (KNAW). The prize consists of a medal and a monetary award of
€35,000. KNAW's two conditions for the prize nomination are that the nominee must be an internationally recognized researcher who has "made a groundbreaking contribution to research in the field of virology in the broadest sense" and must have an appointment at a university or research institute.
The prize is named in honor of the Dutch microbiologist
Martinus Willem Beijerinck. KNAW appoints an advisory committee which gives advice to KNAW concerning the prize nominees. KNAW has regulations for who may submit nominations.
[ Before 2014 the prize was awarded every three years.
]
Prize winners
*1966 Egbertus van Slogteren, Netherlands
*1969 , United States
*1972 W. Berends, Netherlands
*1975 E.M.J. Jaspars and A. van Kammen, Netherlands
*1978 Lex van der Eb
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, Netherlands
*1983 B.A.M. van der Zeijst, Netherlands
*1986 Walter Fiers, Belgium
*1989 , Netherlands
*1992 H. zur Hausen, Germany
*1996 , Netherlands/Germany
*1998 A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, Netherlands
*2001 R.A. Weiss, United Kingdom
*2004 D.C. Baulcombe, United Kingdom
*2007 Charles M. Rice
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, United States
*2010 Eckard Wimmer
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, United States
References
Awards established in 1966
Dutch honorary society awards
Awards of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
1966 establishments in the Netherlands
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