Scientific prizes and awards / General

Spinoza Prize

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

Description

The award is the biggest Dutch prize in science. Each researcher receives one-and-a-half million euros to freely devote to research of his or her choice. The researchers receive the prestigious prize for their outstanding, pioneering and inspiring scientific work.

Recipients

Laureates 2010

•Professor N. (Naomi) Ellemers, Professor of Social Psychology of Organisations at Leiden University

•Professor M. (Marijn) Franx, Professor of Astronomy at Leiden University

•Professor P. (Piet) Gros, Professor of Biomacromolecular Crystallography at Utrecht University

•Professor I. (Ineke) Sluiter, Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Leiden University