Spinoza Prize
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The Spinoza Prize is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, granted to outstanding researchers for groundbreaking and influential contributions to their fields.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spinoza Prize canonical | 6 |
| NWO Spinoza Award | 1 |
| NWO Spinoza Prize | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1253317 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spinoza Prize Context triple: [Detlef Lohse, awardReceived, Spinoza Prize]
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A.
Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture
The Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture is a major international award that honors thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and contemporary society.
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B.
Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
The Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to logic and philosophical thought.
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C.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is Germany’s most prestigious research award, granted by the German Research Foundation to outstanding scientists and scholars across all disciplines.
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D.
Gregori Aminoff Prize
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of crystallography.
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E.
Rolf Schock Prizes
The Rolf Schock Prizes are prestigious international awards recognizing outstanding contributions in the fields of logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts, and music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spinoza Prize Target entity description: The Spinoza Prize is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, granted to outstanding researchers for groundbreaking and influential contributions to their fields.
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A.
Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture
The Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture is a major international award that honors thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and contemporary society.
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B.
Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
The Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding contributions to logic and philosophical thought.
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C.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is Germany’s most prestigious research award, granted by the German Research Foundation to outstanding scientists and scholars across all disciplines.
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D.
Gregori Aminoff Prize
The Gregori Aminoff Prize is a prestigious Swedish scientific award recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of crystallography.
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E.
Rolf Schock Prizes
The Rolf Schock Prizes are prestigious international awards recognizing outstanding contributions in the fields of logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts, and music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
research prize
ⓘ
scientific award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Spinozapremie ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Spinoza Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
NWO Spinoza Prize
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| associatedWith |
Dutch research system
ⓘ
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ⓘ
surface form:
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research awards
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| awardedFor |
groundbreaking scientific research
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influential contributions to science ⓘ outstanding research achievements ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | national research council ⓘ |
| benefit |
prestige in the scientific community
ⓘ
research funding ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| currency | euro ⓘ |
| describedAs | highest scientific award in the Netherlands ⓘ |
| eligibility |
researchers working in the Netherlands
ⓘ
top-level scientists ⓘ |
| field |
engineering
ⓘ
humanities ⓘ life sciences ⓘ medical sciences ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ science ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeNameLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Dutch science and technology awards
ⓘ
academic awards ⓘ research awards ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.nwo.nl ⓘ |
| inception | 1995 ⓘ |
| location | Netherlands ⓘ |
| maximumNumberOfLaureatesPerYear | 4 ⓘ |
| monetaryValue | 1500000 euro ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| namedAfterOccupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| namedFor | Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
NWO
ⓘ
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
peer review
ⓘ
scientific committee recommendation ⓘ |
| sponsor | Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ⓘ |
| typicalAwardCeremonyLocation | The Hague ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Spinoza Prize Description of subject: The Spinoza Prize is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands, granted to outstanding researchers for groundbreaking and influential contributions to their fields.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NWO Spinoza Prize
this entity surface form:
NWO Spinoza Award