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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.

Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights
Gruber Distinguished Lecture in Women's Rights with Jessica Valenti
November 11, 2024, 4:30 - 6:00 pm EST

Ms. Valenti is an American feminist writer who currently runs the Abortion, Every Day newsletter on Substack, the only vehicle which gathers and analyzes abortion and abortion-related developments across the United States - she started it after the Dobbs decision. Valenti was the co-founder of the blog Feministing and worked for the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and for the Women's Environment & Development Organization. Professor Reva Siegel will be her faculty host.

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Bargmann and Rubin Awarded!
2024 Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Cornelia Bargmann and Gerald Rubin received the 2024 Gruber Neuroscience Prize on Sunday, October 6 at The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago, IL
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Rieke Awarded!
2024 Gruber Cosmology Prize
Marcia Rieke received the 2024 Gruber Cosmology Prize on Thursday, August 8 at The XXXII General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Cape Town, South Africa
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Bellen Awarded!
2024 Gruber Genetics Prize
Hugo Bellen received the 2024 Gruber Genetics Prize on Sunday, March 10 at The Allied Genetics Conference in National Harbor, MD
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2023 Gruber Prizes Awarded

2023 Gruber Neuroscience Prize

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2023 Gruber Neuroscience Prize to Huda Akil for contributions to the identification of the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms that underlie a range of neuropsychiatric conditions such as stress, pain, depression, and drug addiction.

2023 Gruber Cosmology Prize

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2023 Cosmology Prize to Richard S. Ellis for contributions in the fields of galaxy evolution, the onset of cosmic dawn and reionization in the high redshift universe, and the detection of the earliest galaxies via the Hubble Ultra Deep Field study.

2023 Gruber Genetics Prize

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2023 Genetics Prize to Allan Jacobson and Lynne Elizabeth Maquat for discoveries and pioneering studies on the mRNA surveillance mechanism known as Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay (NMD).