Spinoza Prize

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File:Spinoza Prize winners 2006.jpg, Ben Scheres, Jozien Bensing and Carl Figdor. On the far right is NWO director Peter Nijkamp.]]

The Spinoza Prize ({{langx|nl|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.{{cite web |url=https://www.nwo.nl/en/spinoza-prize |title=Spinoza prize |publisher=Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research |access-date=1 February 2023}}

The prize is awarded to researchers in the Netherlands who belong to the best in their field.{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/4067607/spinozaprijs-statisticus-en-chemicus.html |title=Spinozaprijs voor statisticus en chemicus |language=nl |publisher=NU.nl |date=12 June 2015 |access-date=12 June 2015}} 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:{{cite web |title=Spinoza Laureates |url=http://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/spinoza+prize/spinoza+laureates |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818134047/https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/programmes/spinoza+prize/spinoza+laureates/overview+by+year |archive-date=2020-08-18 |access-date=11 March 2014 |website=nwo.nl |publisher=Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research}}

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