Vetlesen Prize
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The Vetlesen Prize is a prestigious geoscience award often likened to the Nobel Prize in Earth sciences, recognizing outstanding scientific achievement in the study of the Earth, its history, and its environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vetlesen Prize canonical | 5 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor | work of special significance to the Earth sciences ⓘ |
| awardFor |
advancing understanding of the Earth, its history, and its environment
ⓘ
outstanding achievement in the Earth sciences ⓘ |
| awardingInstitution | Columbia University in the City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardingInstitutionType | university ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| discipline | natural sciences ⓘ |
| eligibility |
individual scientists
ⓘ
living persons ⓘ |
| field |
Earth sciences
ⓘ
climate science ⓘ geochemistry ⓘ geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1960 ⓘ |
| frequency |
approximately every two years
ⓘ
irregular ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/vetlesen-prize ⓘ |
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| includes | medal ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialCommunication | English ⓘ |
| monetaryValue | substantial cash prize ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Georg Unger Vetlesen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Anny Cazenave
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ Dan McKenzie NERFINISHED ⓘ J. Tuzo Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurt Lambeck NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ W. Maurice Ewing NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace S. Broecker NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Munk NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenDescribedAs | Nobel Prize of the Earth sciences ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Columbia University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bowie Medal
NERFINISHED
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Crafoord Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| selectionBy | international committee of scientists ⓘ |
| sponsor | G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.