The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is an award for women scientists in biology given annually by the Rockefeller University.Pearl Meister Greengard Prize website , The Rockefeller University.
The Prize was founded by Nobel laureate Paul Greengard and his wife Ursula von Rydingsvard in honor of Greengard's mother, Pearl Meister Greengard, who died giving birth to him. Greengard began funding the award in 1998. Greengard donated the full share of his 2000 Nobel Prize to the fund, and was able to use his new publicity to attract additional funding for the award, which was launched in 2004.Dreifus, Claudia, "He Turned His Nobel Into a Prize for Women," New York Times. Retrieved on September 26, 2006. The award is meant to shine a spotlight on exceptional female scientists, since, as Greengard observed, "[women] are not yet receiving awards and honors at a level commensurate with their achievements."
The award includes a $100,000 honorarium (previously $50,000).
Three recipients of the Prize, Carol Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn and Katalin Karikó, have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. One recipient, Jennifer Doudna, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Winners
Source: Rockefeller University Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (2004) Philippa Marrack (2005) Mary Frances Lyon (2006) Gail R. Martin, Beatrice Mintz, Elizabeth Robertson (2007) Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, Vicki Lundblad (2008) Suzanne Cory (2009)Rockefeller University, 2009 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize goes to pioneering geneticist , October 26, 2009. Janet Rowley and Mary-Claire King (2010) Brenda Milner (2011) Joan Steitz (2012)Rockefeller University, Pearl Meister Greengard Prize to be awarded to pioneering RNA researcher Joan Steitz , September 11, 2012 Huda Y. Zoghbi (2013)Wall Street Journal, Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Winner Followed a Gut Feeling for 16 Years, December 6, 2013 Lucy Shapiro (2014)Medicine's Scope blog, Stanford scientist Lucy Shapiro: “It never occurred to me to question the things I wanted to do” , November 11, 2014 Helen Hobbs (2015) Bonnie Bassler (2016) JoAnne Stubbe (2017) Jennifer Doudna (2018) Xiaowei Zhuang (2019) Joanne Chory (2020) Pamela Björkman (2021) Katalin Karikó (2022) Lily Jan, Eve Marder (2023) Svetlana Mojsov (2024) Maria Jasin (2025)
See also List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science List of biology awards
References
External links Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Website, The Rockefeller University The Man Who Loves Women Who Love Science, The Huffington Post, November 3, 2011 Three Share Nobel Prize in Medicine for Studies of the Brain, The New York Times, October 10, 2000 Spending the Nobel Prize , The Scientist, September 29, 2006 How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money, Time Magazine, October 10, 2008 How One Nobel Laureate Gave Another A Hand, CBS Evening News, December 6, 2009