The Blavatnik Awards For Young Scientists
Highlights from the 2024 Ceremony of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
Recognizing Breakthrough Research and Discovery in Science
Winning laureates for the 2024 US National Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
The Awards are the largest unrestricted prize ever created for early-career scientists.
The awards, administered by the New York Academy of Sciences, recognize exceptional scientists when they need it most – in the early years of their professional careers. It is at this critical time, during promising early stage discovery, that validation and funding will make the difference between those ideas that end in the lab and those that go on to make transformative breakthroughs in science. The awards are open to scientists age 42 and younger working in the fields of Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering or Life Sciences. Honorees are selected based on the quality, novelty, and impact of their research and their potential for further contributions to science. Learn more about the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists here.
2024 US National Winners
US National Awards
Identifying outstanding faculty-level scientists across the United States. Learn more about the Blavatnik US National Awards here.
The 2024 Blavatnik Awards laureates and finalists were celebrated in a ceremony on Oct. 1, 2024, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
2023 US Regional Winners
US Regional Awards
Honoring postdoctoral scientists in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Learn more about the Blavatnik US Regional Awards for Young Scientists here.
The 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists ceremony took place on October 1, 2024, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
2024 United Kingdom Awards
United Kingdom Awards
Celebrating faculty-level scientists working in the United Kingdom. Learn more about the UK awards here.
The 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK was held at The Orangery at Kensington Palace in London on March 4, 2025.
The following day, on March 5, the honorees presented their research with a series of short, interactive lectures at a free public symposium at the Royal Society of Medicine in London.
2024 Israel Awards
Israel Awards
Honoring faculty-level scientists based in Israel; co-administered by The New York Academy of Sciences and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Learn more about the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel here.
The 2024 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel was held at the Peres Center for Peace & Innovation in Tel Aviv-Jaffa on June 4, 2024.
To date, there are:
470
HONOREES
FROM
53
COUNTRIES
36
DISCIPLINES RECOGNIZED
Milestones
2024
By the close of 2024, the Blavatnik Awards will have honored 470 young scientists and engineers hailing from 53 countries, with prizes totaling $17.2 million. Additionally, 50 companies have been formed following their recognition by the awards.
2020
Blavatnik Scholars rally to the fight against COVID-19. From predicting and detecting disease spread to identifying an effective treatment, recipients of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists rise to the challenge as society calls on scientists to help repair the world.
2019
Three women are named Blavatnik National Awards Laureates, marking the first time in Blavatnik National Awards history that the top prize is concurrently awarded to female scientists in each of the three disciplinary categories. In 2018, three women were also awarded the top prize in each category in the Blavatnik Regional `Awards
2018
The inaugural Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the United Kingdom and in Israel receive 124 nominations from 67 institutions and 47 nominations from eight institutions, respectively. The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists are conferred for the first time in both countries. In Israel, The New York Academy of Sciences collaborates with the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in administering the awards.
2014
The Blavatnik National Awards announce its first National Laureates in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. The Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences hosts the first annual Blavatnik Science Symposium.
2012
The Blavatnik Family Foundation announces a doubling of the prize money for winners and finalists. The following year, the Awards granted three $250,000 prizes in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry to faculty scientists.
2007
The Blavatnik Regional Awards are created in the United States to celebrate the outstanding postdoctoral and faculty scientists who work in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut
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