Jury of the Heineken Prizes and Heineken Young Scientists Awards
The selection of the laureates of the Heineken Prizes and the Heineken Young Scientists Awards is entrusted to an independent jury. All jury members are leading experts in their field of science.
We are proud to present the jury chair of the 2026 edition of the Heineken Young Scientists Awards:
Heineken Young Scientists Awards
Hester den Ruijter (Chair)
We are currently working on the composition of the jury for the 2027 edition of the Heineken Prizes.
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), which has been involved from the start of the prizes in 1964, no longer has a guiding role in the jury process. The Foundations are keen to continue honouring science and art within the current structure, using independent juries.