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	Schock Prize
		The Schock Prizes were instituted by the will of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933-1986).
		The Prizes were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, 1993 and have been awarded every two years since.
		The Prizes are given in four categories and decided by committees of three of the Swedish Royal Academies:
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/schock_prize (176 words)

	Feferman awarded Rolf Schock Prize in logic and philosophy
		The Schock prizes are awarded every two years in the fields of logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and music.
		Solomon Feferman is the recipient of the Rolf Schock Prize for his accomplishments in logic and philosophy.
		"Though the Schock Prize is of relatively recent vintage, it is a major honor; indeed, perhaps the highest prize currently awarded for philosophy," said Kenneth A. Taylor, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2003/june4/feferman-64.html (597 words)

	Polar Music Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Polar Music Prize is an "international music prize and awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music".
		The prize was founded in 1989 following a donation from Stig Anderson and is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
		The award ceremonies are held in Stockholm during May, and laureates are given their prizes by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polar_Music_Prize (161 words)

	Millennium Technology Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The prize is awarded bythe Finnish Technology Award Foundation, established in 2002 by eight Finnish organisations supporting technological development and innovation.
		The prize sum ofone million euros is to be awarded every second year, which claims it to be the world'sbiggest technology award.
		He is to receivethe prize at a ceremony in Helsinki on June15.
	www.therfcc.org /millennium-technology-prize-81666.html (121 words)

	abel prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to outstanding mathematicians (who need not be Norwegians).
		The reason for this prize is that the Nobel Prize excludes mathematics.
		Norway gave the prize an initial funding of NOK 200,000,000 in 2001.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /abel_prize.html (306 words)

	Millennium Technology Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Millennium Technology Prize is an award for outstanding technological achievements that "directly promote people's quality of life, are based on humane values, and encourage sustainable economic development".
		The prize is awarded by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation, established in 2002 by eight Finnish organisations supporting technological development and innovation.
		The prize sum of one million euros is to be awarded every second year, which claims it to be the world's biggest technology award.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millennium_Technology_Prize (158 words)

	Encyclopedia: Nevanlinna Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Nevanlinna Prize is a prize for major contributions to mathematical aspects of computer science.
		The prize was established in 1981 by the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union IMU and named to honour the Finnish mathematician Rolf Nevanlinna who had died a year earlier.
		The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to outstanding mathematicians.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nevanlinna-Prize (498 words)

	List of prizes, medals, and awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dirac Prize – there are two prizes with the same name.
		Prizes for Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, and Arabic Literature were established in 1977 and first awarded in 1979.
		Lenin Prize - formerly awarded to Soviet citizens for achievements in arts and letters, cinema, mathematics, sciences and other disciplines.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/List_of_prizes,_medals,_and_awards (941 words)

	Encyclopedia: Schock Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Rolf Schock (1933-1986), philosopher and artist, was born in France by German parents.
		The prize was founded in 1989 following a donation from Stig Anderson and is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of...
		The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians (not over forty years of age) at each International Congress of International Mathematical Union, since 1936 and regularly since 1948 at the initiative of the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Schock-Prize (1691 words)

	List of prizes, medals, and awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King Faisal Foundation Prize -- King Faisal Foundation was established in 1976 by the eight sons of the late King Faisal ibn Abd Al Aziz, a son of Saudi Arabia's founder and the Kingdom's third monarch.
		Lenin Prize -- formerly awarded to Soviet citizens for achievements in arts and letters, cinema, mathematics, sciences and other disciplines.
		Prize money, monetary prize that is given to someone after they have won a competition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_books_by_award_or_notoriety (1255 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences "for his fundamental contributions to combinatorics and its relationship to algebra and geometry, in particular for his important contributions to the theory of convex polytopes and his innovative work on enumerative combinatorics."
		The versatile philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933-1986) describes in his will a prize to be awarded in such widely differing subjects as logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and music.
		In years when awards are made, the prize winners are chosen at plenary sessions of the academies in the spring, and the prizes are awarded at a joint ceremony in the autumn.
	www.combinatorics.net /news/Stanley/stanley-Schock2.htm (378 words)

	Princeton - News - Mathematician Elias Stein Wins Wolf Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Wolf Foundation, an Israeli group that awards several prizes in the arts and sciences, also applauded Stein for his "exceptional impact on a new generation of analysts through his eloquent teaching and writing." Many of Steinís students, including Princeton mathematics professor Charles Fefferman, have gone on to become leaders in mathematical analysis.
		The prize was not given in mathematics in 1998.
		The prize, which includes a gift of $100,000, is awarded to outstanding scientists and artists "for achievement in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people." Each year it is awarded in four out of five scientific fields, in rotation: agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine and physics.
	www.princeton.edu /pr/news/99/q1/0120-stein.htm (448 words)

	Right Livelihood Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		An international jury decides the award in such fields as environmental protection, human rights, sustainable development, health, education, peace, etc. The prize money is shared among the winners, usually four, and is equivalent to US$230,000.
		It also sometimes known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, although it is not related to the Nobel Prize.
		On their web page, they make various comparisons with the Nobel Prize, and they also provide a number of diagrams detailing how much more fair distribution of the RLA prizes is than Nobel.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Right_Livelihood_Award (250 words)

	Newsroom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Shaw Prize, which consists of three annual awards of $1 million each in astronomy, in life science and medicine and in mathematical sciences, was established in 2002 by Sir Run Run Shaw, a Hong Kong film and television producer.
		In addition to the Abel Prize and the Fields Medal, the Shaw Prize, dubbed the “Nobel of the East,” is one of the major honors for achievements in mathematics.
		Wiles is the recipient of the Schock Prize in Mathematics from the Royal Swedish Academy of Science (1995); Prix Fermat from the Université Paul Sabatier (1995); and the Wolf Prize (1996), among many other honors.
	www.ias.edu /Newsroom/announcements/Uploads/view.php?cmd=view&id=281 (637 words)

	Station Information - Nevanlinna Prize
		The Nevanlinna Prize is a prize for great contributions to mathematical aspects of information science.
		The prize was established in 1981 by the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union IMU and named to honour the Finnish mathematican Rolf Nevanlinna who had died just a year earlier.
		The prize consists of a gold medal and cash prize.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/nevanlinna_prize.html (74 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Boston U. professsor receives a 2005 Rolf Schock Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Two Americans, two Japanese and a German were awarded the 2005 Rolf Schock Prizes for their work in philosophy, mathematics, art and music, Sweden's royal academies announced Tuesday.
		The prizes were created after Schock, who died in 1986, specified that half of his estate should be used to fund them.
		Born in France in 1933, Schock emigrated to the United States and studied geology, psychology and mathematics at the University of New Mexico, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and UCLA.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/boston_u_professsor_receives_a_2005_rolf_schock_prize (286 words)

	semantics etc.: Nobel Prize for Linguistics & Philosophy? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 2001, he won the Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy, which is given by the Swedish Academy of Sciences and is the equivalent in its field of a Nobel.
		In his will, Dr. Rolf Schock, who died in 1986, specified that half of his estate should be used to fund four prizes in the fields of logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and music.
		It was his wish that the prizes in logic and philosophy and in mathematics should be awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and those in the visual arts and music by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music respectively.
	semantics-online.org /blog/2003/05/nobel_prize_for_linguistics_philosophy (1162 words)

	Rafael Moneo
		He received the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1993; that same year he was awarded the Schock Prize in Visual Arts in Sweden, adding to a list of numerous other fellowships and prizes, including the Royal Institute of British Architects.
		The purpose of the Pritzker Architecture Prize is to honor annually a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.
		The prize consists of a bronze medallion and a $100,000 grant.
	www.pritzkerprize.com /secone96.htm (2469 words)

	Abel Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		According to Sir Michael Atiyah, the winner of the Abel Prize, mathematicsâ equivalent to the Nobel Prize, the lack of properly qualified teachers, and the...
		And their recent fear that their prize asset was being devalued by being called...
		The Abel Prize is awarded annually to outstanding mathematicians.
	www.wikiverse.org /abel-prize (368 words)

	SCS News Releases
		The $50,000 Schock prize and its accompanying citation were bestowed on Scott by Sweden~s Princess Christina.
		The award Scott received is one of four international prizes created in 1993 with a bequest from the estate of the late logician and philosopher Rolf Schock, who was killed in an accident at age 56.
		The prizes honor researchers in the areas of logic and philosophy, mathematics, visual arts and music--areas especially valued by Schock and which, incidentally, are not covered by the Nobel Prizes.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/copetas/www/public/pr/nov7-97.html (1914 words)

	Salvatore Moltisanti
		She came to the IBLA Grand Prize International Music Competition in Italy as an accompanist in 2003 and was awarded the Best Accompanist award with special mention for her performance of C. Franck's Sonata for Violin and Piano.
		As one of the winners of the IBLA competition, she took part in an international concert tour in early 2004 which was crowned by performances at New York University and Carnegie Recital Hall.
		She has been invited to return as the staff accompanist for the 2004 IBLA Grand Prize Competition and in the same capacity for the international competition Premio Valentino Bucchi in Rome in November 2004.
	www.ibla.org /laureates/anna/anna.php4 (415 words)

	News Release 4/2005: University of Texas at Austin professor wins prestigious international math prize
		Previous winners of the Schock prize for mathematics are Elias Stein (1993), Andrew Wiles (1995), Mikio Sato (1997), Yuri Manin (1999), Elliott Lieb (2001) and Richard Stanley (2003).
		The other winners of 2005 Schock prizes are the logician Jaakko Hintikka, architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, and composer Mauricio Kagel.
		Rolf Schock, a philosopher and artist who died in 1986, left money in his will for a prize to be awarded in such widely differing subjects as logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and music.
	www.utexas.edu /opa/news/2005/04/mathematics06.html (463 words)

	Princeton - PWB 020199 - Stein wins Wolf Prize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Andrew Wiles was a 1996 recipient and Yakov Sinai a 1997 recipent (the prize was not given in mathematics in 1998).
		A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he won the Schock Prize given by the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1993.
		The prize, which includes a gift of $100,000, is awarded to outstanding scientists and artists "for achievement in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people." Each year it is awarded in four out of five scientific fields, in rotation: agriculture, chemistry, math, medicine and physics.
	www.princeton.edu /pr/pwb/99/0201/wolf.htm (390 words)

	Archived Weblog Entry - 04/26/2005: "Fermat's last theorem - color it solved" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was awarded the Schock Prize in Mathematics from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Prix Fermat from the Université Paul Sabatier.
		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.
		The Wolf Prizes in mathematics, physics and chemistry are often considered the most prestigious awards in those fields after the Nobel Prize or Fields Medal.
	www.grand-challenge.net /archives/00000030.html (600 words)

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