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September 14, 2024
Indian-American Researchers Among Finalists for 2024 Blavatnik National Awards

Three Indian-American scientists are among the finalists for the 2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, which honor exceptional contributions across various scientific fields. Established in 2007 by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and independently administered by The New York Academy of Sciences, the awards celebrate exceptional young researchers addressing global challenges. Each finalist will receive $15,000 in unrestricted funds to support their research.

Blavatnik Awards
September 13, 2024
Markita Landry Announced as Laureate for Blavatnik National Award

Markita was awarded the Blavatnik prize for contributions to the development of neurochemical probes -- tiny tools -- that enable visualization of brain chemistry, and its imbalances in neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. Her lab's work in the development of tools to genetically engineer plants was also recognized for this award.

Blavatnik Awards
September 12, 2024
Cigall Kadoch Wins Blavatnik National Award

In recognition of her groundbreaking scientific discoveries that have changed the understanding of cancer biology, Cigall Kadoch, PhD, has been named as the Laureate of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in the field of life sciences.

Blavatnik Awards
September 12, 2024
Scientist Britney Schmidt Wins Blavatnik Award

Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences and of earth and atmospheric sciences in Cornell Engineering received the award for “advancing climate science and planetary habitability studies through groundbreaking research on ice-ocean interactions and innovative exploration of Earth’s polar regions and icy planetary bodies.”

Blavatnik Awards
September 12, 2024
Women Sweep The 2024 Blavatnik National Awards For Young Scientists

The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences have named three women scientists as Laureates of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. The Blavatnik National Awards are the largest unrestricted scientific prize for faculty-level researchers in the U.S. under the age of 42. This year, the Blavatnik National Awards received 331 nominations from 172 institutions in 43 states.

Blavatnik Awards
September 12, 2024
2024 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists Announced

For the second time, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences named three women scientists as Laureates of the Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. Each will receive $250,000, the largest unrestricted scientific prize offered to America’s most promising, faculty-level scientific researchers under 42. Three independent juries – one each for life sciences, chemical sciences, and physical sciences & engineering – composed of some of America’s most distinguished scientists selected the three winning Laureates. An additional 15 Finalists will each receive $15,000.

Scientific Research
September 4, 2024
Yale Ventures Opens 2024-2025 Faculty Accelerator Fund Applications

The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, The Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Yale, and The Roberts Innovation Fund Seeking Promising Faculty-Led Projects to Award more than $5M. Yale Ventures accelerator funds are open to faculty innovators and their teams working on cutting-edge translational research in the life sciences, digital health, autoimmunity and allergic disease, engineering, and physical sciences. The deadline for applications is October 31, 2024.

Scientific Research
July 17, 2024
Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

Harvard Business School (HBS) has named its 2024-25 Blavatnik Fellows and the program’s eleventh cohort. Launched in 2013, the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship is part of a gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation to Harvard University.

Scientific Research
July 15, 2024
Eight Pioneering Innovations Honored with Blavatnik Accelerator Awards at the 2024 Yale Innovation Summit

Eight early-stage life science research projects led by Yale faculty have been awarded Blavatnik Accelerator Awards, each receiving $30,000 in recognition of their potential to make significant positive impacts on human health. The awards were announced at the 2024 Yale Innovation Summit, held on May 29-30. These mid-cycle awards for the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale are made to faculty who have early-stage research to generate validating data that holds the promise of transforming lives.

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