The M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize (''M.W. Beijerinck Virologie Prijs'') is a prize in
virology
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awarded every two years by the
''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' (KNAW). The prize consists of a medal and a monetary award of
€
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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
Martinus Willem Beijerinck (, 16 March 1851 – 1 January 1931) was a Dutch microbiologist and botanist who was one of the founders of virology and environmental microbiology. He is credited with the discovery of viruses, which he called "''c ...
. 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, Netherlands
*1983 B.A.M. van der Zeijst, Netherlands
*1986 Walter Fiers
Walter Fiers (31 January 1931 in Ypres, West Flanders – 28 July 2019 in Destelbergen) was a Belgian molecular biologist.
He obtained a degree of Engineer for Chemistry and Agricultural Industries at the University of Ghent in 1954, and started ...
, 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
Eckard Wimmer (born 22 May 1936) is a German American virologist, organic chemist and distinguished professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Stony Brook University. He is best known for his seminal work on the molecular biology of p ...
, United StatesPeter Palese
Peter Palese is a United States microbiologist and professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and an expert in the field of RNA viruses.
Palese built "the first genetic ...
, United States
*2017 Raul Andino
Raul Andino is a virologist and professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is noted for leading a team of researchers that developed the first new oral polio vaccine in 50 years ...
, United States
*2019 Eva Harris
Eva Harris (born August 6, 1965) is a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, and the founder and president of the Sustainable Sciences Institute. She focuses her research efforts on combating diseases ...
, United States
*2021 Ralf Bartenschlager
Ralf F. W. Bartenschlager (born 29 May 1958) is a German virologist who has been researching hepatitis C since 1989. He is a professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Heidelberg University.
Early life
Bartenschlager grew up in M ...
, Germany
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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