Heineken Prizes

Heineken Prizes
The Heineken Prizes for Arts and Sciences consist of 11 awards biannually bestowed by Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 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 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
2022 Carolyn Bertozzi
2020 Bruce Stillman
2018 Xiaowei Zhuang
2016 Jennifer Doudna
2014 Christopher Dobson
2012 Titia de Lange
2010 Franz-Ulrich Hartl
2008 Jack W. Szostak
2006 Alec J. Jeffreys
2004 Andrew Z. Fire
2002 Roger Y. Tsien
2000 James Rothman
1998 Anthony J. Pawson
1996 Paul M. Nurse
1994 Michael J. Berridge
1992 Piet Borst
1990 Philip Leder
1988 Thomas R. Cech
1985 Bela Julesz and Werner E. Reichardt
1982 Charles Weissmann
1979 Aaron Klug
1976 Laurens L. M. van Deenen
1973 Christian de Duve
1970 Britton Chance
1967 Jean L. A. Brachet
1964 Erwin Chargaff
Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine
2022 Vishva M. Dixit
2020 Karl Deisseroth
2018 Peter Carmeliet
2016 Stephen Jackson
2014 Kari Alitalo
2012 Hans Clevers
2010 Ralph Steinman
2008 Sir Richard Peto
2006 Mary-Claire King
2004 Elizabeth H. Blackburn
2002 Dennis Selkoe
2000 Eric R. Kandel
1998 Barry J. Marshall
1996 David de Wied
1994 Luc Montagnier
1992 Salvador Moncada
1990 Johannes J. van Rood
1989 Paul C. Lauterbur
Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences
2022 Carl Folke
2020 Corinne Le Quéré
2018 Paul D. N. Hebert
2016 Georgina Mace
2014 Jaap Sinninghe Damsté
2012 William Laurance
2010 David Tilman
2008 Bert Brunekreef
2006 Stuart L. Pimm
2004 Simon A. Levin
2002 Lonnie G. Thompson
2000 Poul Harremoës
1998 Paul R. Ehrlich
1996 Herman Daly
1994 BirdLife International (Colin J. Bibby)
1992 Marko Branica
1990 James E. Lovelock
Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for History
2022 Sunil Amrith
2020 Lorraine Daston
2018 J. R. McNeill
2016 Judith Herrin
2014 Aleida Assmann
2012 Geoffrey Parker
2010 Rosamond McKitterick
2008 Jonathan Israel
2006 Joel Mokyr
2004 Jacques Le Goff
2002 Heinz Schilling
2000 Jan de Vries
1998 Mona Ozouf
1996 Heiko A. Oberman
1994 Peter R.L. Brown
1992 Herman Van der Wee
1990 Peter Gay
C.L. de Carvalho-Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences (before 2014: Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Cognitive Sciences)
2022 Kia Nobre
2020 Robert Zatorre
2018 Nancy Kanwisher
2016 Elizabeth Spelke
2014 James McClelland
2012 John Duncan
2010 Michael Tomasello
2008 Stanislas Dehaene
2006 John R. Anderson
Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Art
2022 Remy Jungerman
2020 Ansuya Blom
2018 Erik van Lieshout
2016 Yvonne Dröge Wendel
2014 Wendelien van Oldenborgh
2012 Peter Struycken
2010 Mark Manders
2008 Barbara Visser
2006 Job Koelewijn
2004 Daan van Golden
2002 Aernout Mik
2000 Guido Geelen
1998 Jan van de Pavert
1996 Karel Martens
1994 Matthijs Röling
1992 Carel Visser
1990 Marrie Bot
1988 Toon Verhoef
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
Aaron Klug
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
Barry J. Marshall
Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine 1998
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2005
Eric R. Kandel
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
Roger Y. Tsien
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
Ralph M. Steinman
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
See also
List of European art awards
References
Dutch art awards
Dutch honorary society awards
Awards of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences