The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million

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, to be spent on new research given by the

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(NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the

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. It is named after the philosopher

Baruch de Spinoza Baruch (de) Spinoza (born Bento de Espinosa; later as an author and a correspondent ''Benedictus de Spinoza'', anglicized to ''Benedict de Spinoza''; 24 November 1632 – 21 February 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin, b ...

. 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 the Spinoza Prize:

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/spinoza+prize, name = Spinoza Prize Awards established in 1995 Dutch science and technology awards 1995 establishments in the Netherlands Baruch Spinoza