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Gruber Prizes

The International Prize Program honors individuals in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience, whose groundbreaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture.

Each prize carries a gold medal and unrestricted cash prize of $500,000.

With the exception of the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, which specifically supports women researchers, all awards are presented without respect to gender, nationality, race, ethnicity, or religious creed.

The Cosmology Prize honors a leading cosmologist, astronomer, astrophysicist or scientific philosopher for theoretical, analytical, conceptual or observational discoveries leading to fundamental advances in our understanding of the universe.

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The Genetics Prize is presented to a leading scientist, or up to three, in recognition of groundbreaking contributions to any realm of genetics research.

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The Neuroscience Prize honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system.

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