Scientific prizes and awards / General

Rolf Schock Prizes

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Description

In his will, Dr. Rolf Schock, who died in 1986, specified that half of his estate should be used to fund four prizes in the fields of logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and music. It was his wish that the prizes in logic and philosophy and in mathematics should be awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and those in the visual arts and music by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music respectively.

Recipients

2011 Laureates in Mathematics : Michael Aschbacher (USA)