The Sjöberg Prize is an award aimed at individuals or research groups that have made significant contributions to cancer research. The Sjöberg Prize is awarded as a partnership between the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Sjöberg Foundation. The Sjöberg Foundation also finances the prize. The Foundation was founded in 2016, and the first prize was announced in February 2017.
The foundation was founded by businessman Bengt Sjöberg, who donated two billion Swedish kronor to promote scientific research, with the main focus on cancer, health and the environment. The prize, which is international, is planned to be awarded annually. It consists of a 100,000 US dollars of free disposal and 900,000 dollars to fund future research making up a total of one million US dollars. The prize money increases to counteract inflation.
Laureates Year Image Laureate Nationality Work 2017 James P. Allison American “Pioneering studies of cellular processes which led to the development of new effective cancer drugs” Tony Hunter British-American2018 Zhu ChenChinese“for the clarification of molecular mechanisms and the development of a revolutionary treatment for acute promyelocytic leukaemia”Anne DejeanFrenchHugues de ThéFrench 2019 Dennis Slamon American “for their groundbreaking contributions to the clinical development of targeted therapy directed against genetic aberrations in cancer.” Brian Druker American 2020 Michael N. Hall American “for their discovery of mTOR and its role in the control of cell metabolism and growth.”Laureates 2020 David M. Sabatini American2021Benjamin L. EbertAmerican“for his discovery of the mode of action of lenalidomide in the treatment of haematological disorders”2022Arul Chinnaiyan American"for the discovery of recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer"2023Kevan ShokatAmerican“for discoveries that enable the inhibition of mutated K-Ras in cancer treatment”2024Catherine J. WuAmerican“for discoveries concerning tumour neoantigens and the immune response to tumour cells as a basis for cancer vaccine development”2025Miriam Merad“for discoveries identifying the origin of myeloid cell subtypes and elucidating how they modulate antitumour immunity”2026Charles SwantonBritish"who has provided fundamental knowledge about evolution in tumours."
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External links The Sjöberg Foundation The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences