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The Gruber Foundation honors individuals in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice, and Women's Rights, whose groundbreaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture.
2011 marked the final Justice and Women's Rights Prizes of The Gruber Foundation, which has moved to Yale University, where the mission of its two human rights prizes have merged and transitioned into the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights. Click here to read the official press release for more information.
2013 Genetics Prize AwardedSvante Pääbo pioneered research in evolutionary genetics and is considered the founder of molecular paleontology. |
Justice and Women's RightsA Yale University Program, The Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights is administered by Yale Law School. |
2012 Cosmology Prize AwardedBy observing the relic radiation from the early universe, Charles L. Bennett and the WMAP team established the Standard Cosmological Model. |
Science Fellowship at YaleAdministered by the Graduate School, the Gruber Science Fellowship is awarded to the most highly ranked applicants to Yale PhD programs in the life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics. |
2012 Neuroscience Prize AwardedThe pioneering discoveries of Lily Jan and Yuh Nung Jan have laid the groundwork for many important advances in the understanding of the development and function of the nervous system. |
Young Scientists Awards and FellowshipsThe Gruber Foundation's Young Scientists Awards recognize the achievements of brilliant early-career scientists from around the world. |
Distinguished Lecture in Justice
Inaugural LectureLuis Moreno-Ocampo gave the Inaugural Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Global Justice at Yale Law School on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. |
Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights
Inaugural LectureThe inaugural Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights was held Oct. 19, 2012, featuring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and former Supreme Court reporter and Yale Law School lecturer Linda Greenhouse. |