Crafoord Prize: Winners by Year
Established in 1980 and first awarded in 1982 to cover sciences outside the original Nobel categories, rotating through astronomy, mathematics, geosciences, biosciences, and polyarthritis research. Presented annually each spring in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Carries a prize of roughly $600,000.
Categories
Award years
Recent winners
The last 30 award years. See every Crafoord Prize winner in one list, or use the Categories above.
2026
- Veerabhadran Ramanathan Geosciences
2025
- Christopher Goodnow Polyarthritis
- David Nemazee Polyarthritis
2024
- Douglas Gough Astronomy
- Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard Astronomy
- Conny Aerts Astronomy
- Claire Voisin Mathematics
2023
- Dolph Schluter Biosciences
2022
- Andrew H. Knoll Geosciences
2021
- Daniel L. Kastner Polyarthritis
2020
- Eugene Parker Astronomy
- Enrico Bombieri Mathematics
2019
- Sallie W. Chisholm Biosciences
2018
- Syukuro Manabe Geosciences
- Susan Solomon Geosciences
2017
- Shimon Sakaguchi Polyarthritis
- Frederick J. Ramsdell Polyarthritis
- Alexander Rudensky Polyarthritis
2016
- Roy Kerr Astronomy
- Roger Blandford Astronomy
- Yakov Eliashberg Mathematics
2015
- Richard Lewontin Biosciences
- Tomoko Ohta Biosciences
2014
- Peter Molnar Geosciences
2013
- Peter K. Gregersen Polyarthritis
- Lars Klareskog Polyarthritis
- Robert J. Winchester Polyarthritis
2012
- Reinhard Genzel Astronomy
- Andrea M. Ghez Astronomy
- Jean Bourgain Mathematics
- Terence Tao Mathematics
2011
- Ilkka Hanski Biosciences
2010
- Walter Munk Geosciences
2009
- Charles Dinarello Polyarthritis
- Tadamitsu Kishimoto Polyarthritis
- Toshio Hirano Polyarthritis
2008
- Rashid Sunyaev Astronomy
- Maxim Kontsevich Mathematics
- Edward Witten Mathematics
2007
- Robert Trivers Biosciences
2006
- Wallace Smith Broecker Geosciences
2005
- James E. Gunn Astronomy
- James Peebles Astronomy
- Martin Rees Astronomy
2004
- Eugene C. Butcher Polyarthritis
- Timothy A. Springer Polyarthritis
2003
- Carl Woese Biosciences
2002
- Dan McKenzie Geosciences
2001
- Alain Connes Mathematics
2000
- Marc Feldmann Polyarthritis
- Ravinder Maini Polyarthritis
1999
- Ernst Mayr Biosciences
- John Maynard Smith Biosciences
- George Christopher Williams Biosciences
1998
- Don L. Anderson Geosciences
- Adam M. Dziewonski Geosciences
1997
- Fred Hoyle Astronomy
- Edwin Ernest Salpeter Astronomy