Country Israel Ceremony date June 2017 Reward 100,000 USD | Official website www.wolffund.org.il Presented by Wolf Foundation First awarded 1978 | |
Awarded for Outstanding achievement in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, and Arts Winners Charles Fefferman, Charles Fefferman, Mathematics Prize, Mathematics Prize, Richard Schoen, Richard Schoen, Mathematics Prize, Mathematics Prize, Michel Mayor, Michel Mayor, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, Didier Queloz, Didier Queloz, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, Robert Bergman, Robert Bergman, Chemistry Prize, Chemistry Prize, James P Allison, James P Allison, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Laurie Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Lawrence Weiner, Lawrence Weiner, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Yoseph Imry, Yoseph Imry, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, K C Nicolaou, K C Nicolaou, Chemistry Prize, Chemistry Prize, Stuart Schreiber, Stuart Schreiber, Chemistry Prize, Chemistry Prize, C Ronald Kahn, C Ronald Kahn, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Lewis C Cantley, Lewis C Cantley, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Phyllis Lambert, Phyllis Lambert, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Trudy Mackay, Trudy Mackay, Agriculture Prize, Agriculture Prize, James Arthur, James Arthur, Mathematics Prize, Mathematics Prize, Robert Kirshner, Robert Kirshner, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, James Bjorken, James Bjorken, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, Philippa Marrack, Philippa Marrack, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, John Kappler, John Kappler, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Jeffrey V Ravetch, Jeffrey V Ravetch, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Murray Perahia, Murray Perahia, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Jessye Norman, Jessye Norman, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Linda J Saif, Linda J Saif, Agriculture Prize, Agriculture Prize, Peter Sarnak, Peter Sarnak, Mathematics Prize, Mathematics Prize, Chi-Huey Wong, Chi-Huey Wong, Chemistry Prize, Chemistry Prize, Nahum Sonenberg, Nahum Sonenberg, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Victor Ambros, Victor Ambros, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Gary Ruvkun, Gary Ruvkun, Medicine Prize, Medicine Prize, Olafur Eliasson, Olafur Eliasson, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Jorge Dubcovsky, Jorge Dubcovsky, Agriculture Prize, Agriculture Prize, Leif Andersson, Leif Andersson, Agriculture Prize, Agriculture Prize, George Mostow, George Mostow, Mathematics Prize, Mathematics Prize, Michael Artin, Michael Artin, Mathematics Prize, Mathematics Prize, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, Peter Zoller, Peter Zoller, Physics Prize, Physics Prize, Robert S Langer, Robert S Langer, Chemistry Prize, Chemistry Prize, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Arts Prize, Arts Prize, Jared Diamond, Jared Diamond, Agriculture Prize, Agriculture Prize, Joachim Messing, Joachim Messing, Agriculture Prize, Agriculture Prize | ||
Wolf prize
The Wolf Prize is an international award granted in Israel, that has been presented most years since 1978 to living scientists and artists for "achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people ... irrespective of nationality, race, colour, religion, sex or political views."
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The prize is awarded in Israel by the Wolf Foundation, founded by Dr Ricardo Wolf, a German-born inventor and former Cuban ambassador to Israel. It is awarded in six fields: Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, and an Arts prize that rotates between architecture, music, painting, and sculpture. Each prize consists of a diploma and US$100,000. The prize is described by the Foundation as being "awarded annually", but is not in fact awarded every year: only six prizes were awarded between 2000–2010 in most fields, and four in Physics only.
The Wolf Prizes in Physics and Chemistry are often considered the most prestigious awards in those fields after the Nobel Prize. The prize in physics has gained a reputation for identifying future winners of the Nobel Prize – from the 26 prizes awarded between 1978 and 2010, fourteen winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, five of those in the following year.
In medicine, the prize is probably the third most prestigious, after the Nobel Prize and the Lasker Award. Until the establishment of the Abel Prize, the Wolf Prize was probably the closest equivalent of a "Nobel Prize in Mathematics", since the more prestigious Fields Medal was only awarded every four years to mathematicians under forty years old. The Prize in Agriculture has likewise been equated to a "Nobel Prize in Agriculture".