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Every two years, the Heineken Prizes are awarded to five internationally leading scientists and a talented visual artist in the Netherlands.
The Academy is no longer involved in nominating and selecting laureates of the Heineken Prizes. The Heineken Foundations will continue to award the prizes independently in a modified form. More information is available on the Heineken Prizes website: www.heinekenprizes.org.
The Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation and Dr A.H. Heineken Foundation for Art (the Foundations) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) have worked together since 1964 on these international prizes, in which the Academy handled the nomination process and selected the laureates. The Foundations and the Academy have jointly decided that the nomination and selection process of the Heineken Prizes 2024 will not be supervised by the Academy. The Foundations are keen to continue honouring science and art within the current form. For more information see: www.heinekenprizes.org
Heineken Prizes for Arts and Sciences
The five Heineken Prizes for Sciences are awarded to individuals who have distinguished themselves in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics, history, medicine, environmental sciences and cognitive science. The sixth Heineken Prize, the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art, is awarded every two years to a Dutch visual artist.
The laureates receive the Heineken Prizes for their great contributions to science, society and Dutch art.
The science prizes consist of a monetary award of USD 200,000. The art prize includes a monetary award of EUR 50,000 and EUR 50,000 for a publication or exhibition. The Heineken Prizes for Sciences are funded by the Alfred Heineken Fondsen Foundation; the Heineken Prize for Art is funded by the Dr A.H. Heineken Foundation for Art.