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Gruber Foundation Seeks Nominees for 2008 Prizes in Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice, and Women's Rights

Gruber Foundation Seeks Nominees for 2008 Prizes in Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice, and Women's Rights

Published 06-07-07

Submitted by Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, The

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2007--The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation announces today that nominations will now be accepted on behalf of individuals whose achievements in Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice, or Women's Rights would make them suitable candidates for recognition through the Gruber Foundation International Prize Program. Each category prize, which includes a $500,000 unrestricted monetary award and gold medal, is designed both to honor groundbreaking work in each field and to inspire additional exploration of those important issues by others in the same discipline. Recipients are selected by a committee of distinguished experts in each field. The nomination information is available at http://www.gruberprizes.org/Nominations/Nominations.php; the deadline for all category nominations is December 31, 2007.

The Gruber International Prizes recognize contemporary individuals whose work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture. The Selection Advisory Boards choose individuals whose contributions in their respective fields advance our knowledge, potentially have a profound impact on our lives, and, in the case of the Justice and Women's Rights Prizes, demonstrate courage and commitment in the face of significant obstacles.

Recipients of the Gruber International Prizes are individuals whose work is likely to guide future research in each field and affect our quality of life and that of future generations. The recipient of the 2006 Gruber Cosmology Prize, NASA senior astrophysicist John Mather, was subsequently named co-recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics. Through their groundbreaking studies, Mather and the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) team (with whom Mather shared the award) were able to confirm that our universe was born in a hot Big Bang. Additionally, the recipient of the 2002 Gruber Genetics Prize - neurobiologist, developmental biologist, and geneticist H. Robert Horvitz - was later named co-recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for characterizing key genes controlling cell death, which is essential for embryonic development. Other Gruber Prize recipients have gone on to receive additional prestigious awards for their achievements.

The nomination form and additional information about nomination requirements and selection criteria may be found on the Foundation web site at www.gruberprizes.org/Nominations/Nominations.php.

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The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation honors and encourages educational excellence, social justice and scientific achievements that better the human condition. The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation is a private, United-States based philanthropic organization established in 1993 under the 501c3 section of U.S. Corporate Law funded entirely by Peter and Patricia Gruber, who serve as its Chairman and President, respectively. The Foundation is headquartered in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, and maintains a small branch office in New York City. A major focus of the Foundation's philanthropy is its International Prize Program, created to recognize excellence in science and humanities by highlighting five fields that create a better world: Cosmology, Genetics, Justice, Women's Rights and Neuroscience. Each Prize is given annually, and carries an unrestricted cash award of $500,000 and a gold medal. To further support Cosmology, Genetics and Neuroscience, the Gruber Foundation has affiliated with preeminent science organizations to award fellowships to promising young scientists in those fields.

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