Heineken Prizes
Honouring the best in Arts and Sciences

A tribute to internationally leading scientists, renowned visual artists and the next generation of talented researchers.

Over the last six decades, the Heineken Prizes have grown to become Netherlands’ most prestigious international awards for arts and sciences. In 2024, we will celebrate our 60th anniversary. That is why, this edition, we will focus on the prize with which it all began: the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics. Alfred Heineken established the award in 1964 in honour of his father, Henry Pierre Heineken, a trained biochemist. Laureates of the prize include some of the world’s leading scientists and future Nobel laureates.

This year, we will also celebrate the future generations. We will reward four young researchers employed at a Dutch research institute whose work holds great promise and who will be presented with the Heineken Young Scientists Awards. All laureates are selected by an independent jury.