The Crafoord Prize was established by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1982 to promote basic research in mathematics, geoscience, bioscience (particularly in relation to ecology and evolution), and astronomy, Only one award is given each year. The prize is currently $500,000 US and is intended to fund further research by the prize winner. The prize is named after Holger Crafoord (1908-1982), a Swedish industrialist who donated the initial funds for the prize.
Here is list of the Crafoord Prize winners:
1982 Mathematics: V. I. Arnold and L. Nirenberg
1983 Geoscience: E. N. Lorenz
1984 Bioscience: D. H. Janzen
1985 Astronomy: L. Spitzer, Jr.
1986 Geoscience: C. J. Allegre and G. J. Wasserburg
1987 Bioscience: E. P. and H. T. Odum
1988 Mathematics: P. Deligne and A. Grothendieck
1989 Astronomy: J. Van Allen
1990 Bioscience: P. R. Ehrlich and E. O. Wilson
1991 Astronomy: A. R. Sandage
1992 Bioscience: A. Seilacher
1993 Bioscience: W. D. Hamilton
1994 Mathematics: S. Donaldson and S-T. Yau
1995 Geoscience: W. Dansgaard and N. Shackleton
1996 Bioscience: R. May
1997 Astronomy: F. Hoyle and E. E. Salpeter
1998 Geoscience: D. L. Anderson and A. M. Dziewonski
1999 Bioscience: E. Mayr, J. M. Smith, and G. C. Wiliams
