Heineken Prizes 2016 – Call for nominations: deadline 15.10.2015

The Royal Netherlands Academy for Arts and Sciences is now accepting nominations for the Heineken Prizes 2016. The deadline for the nominations is 15 October 2015.

These international prizes, worth $ 200,000 each, reward outstanding achievement in the fields of:

  • Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Environmental Sciences
  • History
  • Medicine

They are intended explicitly for scientists and scholars who are currently active in their field and whose research still holds considerable promise for future innovative discoveries. International juries will select the winners.

Both institutes and individual researchers may nominate suitable candidates for these prizes.

Digital version of the nomination form and background information on the Heineken Prizes