Vetlesen Prize
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The Vetlesen Prize is a prestigious geoscience award often likened to the Nobel Prize in Earth sciences, recognizing outstanding scientific achievement in the study of the Earth, its history, and its environment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vetlesen Prize canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6342784 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vetlesen Prize Context triple: [J. Tuzo Wilson, awardReceived, Vetlesen Prize]
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A.
Tegnér Prize
The Tegnér Prize is a Swedish literary award named after poet Esaias Tegnér, given in recognition of notable achievements in Swedish literature.
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Nevalinna Prize
The Nevanlinna Prize was a prestigious international award, given every four years alongside the Fields Medal, for outstanding contributions to the mathematical aspects of information science.
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C.
Francqui Prize
The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scientific award granted to outstanding researchers for exceptional contributions in their fields.
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D.
Rollo Davidson Prize
The Rollo Davidson Prize is an annual award recognizing outstanding early-career researchers in probability theory and related fields.
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E.
Otto Klung Prize
The Otto Klung Prize is a prestigious German scientific award recognizing outstanding achievements in the natural sciences, particularly physics and chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vetlesen Prize Target entity description: The Vetlesen Prize is a prestigious geoscience award often likened to the Nobel Prize in Earth sciences, recognizing outstanding scientific achievement in the study of the Earth, its history, and its environment.
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A.
Tegnér Prize
The Tegnér Prize is a Swedish literary award named after poet Esaias Tegnér, given in recognition of notable achievements in Swedish literature.
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B.
Nevalinna Prize
The Nevanlinna Prize was a prestigious international award, given every four years alongside the Fields Medal, for outstanding contributions to the mathematical aspects of information science.
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C.
Francqui Prize
The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scientific award granted to outstanding researchers for exceptional contributions in their fields.
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D.
Rollo Davidson Prize
The Rollo Davidson Prize is an annual award recognizing outstanding early-career researchers in probability theory and related fields.
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E.
Otto Klung Prize
The Otto Klung Prize is a prestigious German scientific award recognizing outstanding achievements in the natural sciences, particularly physics and chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | science award ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
ⓘ
linked to:
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory
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| awardedFor | work of special significance to the Earth sciences ⓘ |
| awardFor |
advancing understanding of the Earth, its history, and its environment
ⓘ
outstanding achievement in the Earth sciences ⓘ |
| awardingInstitution |
Columbia University in the City of New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Columbia University
|
| awardingInstitutionType | university ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| discipline | natural sciences ⓘ |
| eligibility |
individual scientists
ⓘ
living persons ⓘ |
| field |
Earth sciences
ⓘ
climate science ⓘ geochemistry ⓘ geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1960 ⓘ |
| frequency |
approximately every two years
ⓘ
irregular ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/vetlesen-prize ⓘ |
| inception | 1959 ⓘ |
| includes | medal ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialCommunication | English ⓘ |
| monetaryValue | substantial cash prize ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Georg Unger Vetlesen ⓘ |
| notableRecipient |
Anny Cazenave
ⓘ
Charles Drake ⓘ Dan McKenzie ⓘ
linked to:
Dan Peter McKenzie
J. Tuzo Wilson ⓘ Kurt Lambeck ⓘ Susan Solomon ⓘ W. Maurice Ewing ⓘ
linked to:
Maurice Ewing
Wallace S. Broecker ⓘ Walter Munk ⓘ Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma ⓘ |
| oftenDescribedAs | Nobel Prize of the Earth sciences ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bowie Medal
ⓘ
Crafoord Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| selectionBy | international committee of scientists ⓘ |
| sponsor | G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
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