SCS Faculty:The Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science of
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

--Established in 2005, the prize rewards outstanding scientific achievements in the field of cognitive research. It consists of a permanent token and a cash prize of $150,000 to be spent at the discretion of the recipient. Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Cognitive Science is awarded to an individual person, whose transdisciplinary contribution to the knowledge and insight concerning the mechanisms and processes underlying the intelligent functioning of humans and animals, is judged of such exceptional importance or value by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences that this person is deemed a worthy recipient of the prize.

• John R. Anderson, 2006 (Inaugural Year)
  --for his ground-breaking theory of human cognition.