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Academy Professor Prize

Aim:	The Academy awards the Academy Professor Prize to researchers between 54 and 59 years of age for exceptional achievement throughout the course of their careers. The Prize is intended as a lifetime achievement award.
Amount of funding:	The Academy confers two separate prizes a year, each worth € 1 million. The money must be used to fund scientific or scholarly research.
Target group:	One prize is awarded to a researcher in the social sciences or humanities, and the other to a researcher in the natural, technical or life sciences.
More information:	KNAW homepage for the Academy Professor Prize

Aim:	The Lorentz programme aims to promote interdisciplinary research to address socially relevant research questions. The Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship is part of the Lorentz programme.
Amount of funding:	A scholar-in-residence fellowship at NIAS for up to 10 months including on-campus study and accommodation and a replacement of up to € 5,000 per month .The fellowship also funds an interdisciplinary workshop at the Lorentz Center with a budget of € 25,000 and a personal prize of € 10,000.
Target group:	Nominees can be put forward by leading figures from within the academic community
More information:	KNAW homepage for the Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship