Beijerinck Virology Prize

The M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize (M.W. Beijerinck Virologie Prijs) is a prize in virology awarded every two years by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW). The prize consists of a medal and a monetary award of €35,000. KNAW's two conditions for the prize nomination are that the nominee must be an internationally recognized researcher who has "made a groundbreaking contribution to research in the field of virology in the broadest sense" and must have an appointment at a university or research institute.^[1]

The prize is named in honor of the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Willem Beijerinck. KNAW appoints an advisory committee which gives advice to KNAW concerning the prize nominees. KNAW has regulations for who may submit nominations.^[1] Before 2014 the prize was awarded every three years.

Prize winners

1966 Egbertus van Slogteren, Netherlands
1969 R.L. Sinsheimer [de], United States
1972 W. Berends, Netherlands
1975 E.M.J. Jaspars and A. van Kammen, Netherlands
1978 Lex van der Eb, Netherlands
1983 B.A.M. van der Zeijst, Netherlands
1986 Walter Fiers, Belgium
1989 Jan van der Noordaa [nl], Netherlands
1992 H. zur Hausen, Germany
1996 Marian Horzinek [de], Netherlands/Germany
1998 A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, Netherlands
2001 R.A. Weiss, United Kingdom
2004 D.C. Baulcombe, United Kingdom
2007 Charles M. Rice, United States
2010 Eckard Wimmer, United States^[2]
2013 Félix Augusto Rey, France
2015 Peter Palese, United States
2017 Raul Andino, United States
2019 Eva Harris, United States
2021 Ralf Bartenschlager, Germany

References

^ ^a ^b "Regulations M.W. Beijerinck Virology Prize" (PDF). Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.
^ "World-Renowned Scientist and SBU Professor Receives Top International Award in Virology". Stony Brook University News. 25 July 2011.