Gruber Foundation: Nominations for Myriad Science Prizes

Neuroscience Prize: nominations may be made for individuals from anywhere in the world who have conducted highly distinguished research in the field of the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nervous system. The prize is an unrestricted cash award of $500,000, a gold medal inscribed with the recipient's name, and a citation describing the achievement for which the recipient is being honored.

Genetics Prize: nominations may be submitted for individuals who have made original discoveries in the fields of genetic function, regulation, transmission, or variation or in genomic organization. Beginning in 2001, the Prize – a gold medal and unrestricted $500,000 cash award – has been awarded for fundamental insights in the field of genetics. These may include original discoveries in genetic function, regulation, transmission, and variation, as well as in genomic organization.

Cosmology Prize: nominations may be made for individuals whose achievements have produced fundamental, advances in our understanding of the structure and evolution of the universe.The prize is a gold medal and unrestricted $500,000 cash.

http://gruber.yale.edu/neuroscience

http://gruber.yale.edu/genetics

http://gruber.yale.edu/cosmology