By Year

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2024 Cosmology Prize to Marcia Rieke for pioneering work on astronomical instrumentation to reveal the breadth and details of the infrared universe.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2024 Genetics Prize to Hugo J. Bellen for ushering in a new era of model system genetics with direct impact on human disease.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2024 Gruber Neuroscience Prize to Cornelia Bargmann and Gerald Rubin for fundamental research and leadership in the use of the invertebrate genetic model organisms in neuroscience.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2024 Gruber Neuroscience Prize to Cornelia Bargmann and Gerald Rubin for fundamental research and leadership in the use of the invertebrate genetic model organisms in neuroscience.

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.

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).

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).

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.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Cosmology Prize to Frank Eisenhauer for his innovative design and construction of the GRAVITY instrument, a near-infrared interferometric beam combiner for the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Genetics Prize to Ruth Lehmann, James Priess, and Geraldine Seydoux for discovering how early nematode (Priess and Seydoux) and fruitfly (Lehmann) embryos set aside particular cells during development, especially germ cells that result in intergenerational inheritance.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Genetics Prize to Ruth Lehmann, James Priess, and Geraldine Seydoux for discovering how early nematode (Priess and Seydoux) and fruitfly (Lehmann) embryos set aside particular cells during development, especially germ cells that result in intergenerational inheritance.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Genetics Prize to Ruth Lehmann, James Priess, and Geraldine Seydoux for discovering how early nematode (Priess and Seydoux) and fruitfly (Lehmann) embryos set aside particular cells during development, especially germ cells that result in intergenerational inheritance.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Neuroscience Prize to Larry Abbott, Emery Neal Brown, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky for contributions to computational and theoretical neuroscience.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Neuroscience Prize to Larry Abbott, Emery Neal Brown, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky for contributions to computational and theoretical neuroscience.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Neuroscience Prize to Larry Abbott, Emery Neal Brown, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky for contributions to computational and theoretical neuroscience.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2022 Neuroscience Prize to Larry Abbott, Emery Neal Brown, Terrence Sejnowski and Haim Sompolinsky for contributions to computational and theoretical neuroscience.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2021 Cosmology Prize to Marc Kamionkowski, Uroš  Seljak, and Matias Zaldarriaga for work on the Cosmic Microwave Background, the most direct tracer of the primordial universe and of its physics.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2021 Cosmology Prize to Marc Kamionkowski, Uroš  Seljak, and Matias Zaldarriaga for work on the Cosmic Microwave Background, the most direct tracer of the primordial universe and of its physics.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2021 Cosmology Prize to Marc Kamionkowski, Uroš  Seljak, and Matias Zaldarriaga for work on the Cosmic Microwave Background, the most direct tracer of the primordial universe and of its physics.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2021 Genetics Prize to Stuart Orkin for discoveries of the genetic and molecular basis of common blood diseases and the gene regulatory mechanisms that govern blood cell development. 

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2021 Neuroscience Prize to Christine Petit and Christopher A. Walsh for their use of genetic and molecular methods to elucidate fundamental mechanisms underlying hereditary diseases of the human nervous system.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2021 Neuroscience Prize to Christine Petit and Christopher A. Walsh for their use of genetic and molecular methods to elucidate fundamental mechanisms underlying hereditary diseases of the human nervous system.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2020 Cosmology Prize to Lars Hernquist and Volker Springel for transformative work on structure formation in the universe and development of numerical algorithms and community codes.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2020 Cosmology Prize to Lars Hernquist and Volker Springel for transformative work on structure formation in the universe and development of numerical algorithms and community codes.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2020 Genetics Prize to Bonnie Bassler for pioneering and ground-breaking discoveries illuminating the molecular language of bacterial communication through quorum sensing.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2020 Neuroscience Prize to Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Corey Goodman and Marc Tessier-Lavigne for elucidating developmental mechanisms that guide axons to their targets, a key step in formation of neural circuits.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2020 Neuroscience Prize to Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Corey Goodman and Marc Tessier-Lavigne for elucidating developmental mechanisms that guide axons to their targets, a key step in formation of neural circuits.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2020 Neuroscience Prize to Friedrich Bonhoeffer, Corey Goodman and Marc Tessier-Lavigne for elucidating developmental mechanisms that guide axons to their targets, a key step in formation of neural circuits.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2019 Cosmology Prize to Nicholas Kaiser and Joseph Ivor Silk, for their contributions to the theory of cosmological structure formation and probes of dark matter.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2019 Cosmology Prize to Nicholas Kaiser and Joseph Ivor Silk, for their contributions to the theory of cosmological structure formation and probes of dark matter.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2019 Genetics Prize to Bert Vogelstein for discoveries of new genetic pathways and processes contributing to cancer.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2019 Neuroscience Prize to Joseph S. Takahashi for pioneering work on the molecular and genetic basis of circadian rhythms in mammals.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Cosmology Prize to the Planck Team, and to Jean-Loup Puget and Nazzareno Mandolesi, the leaders of the HFI and LFI instrument consortia, for mapping the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the ESA Planck spacecraft.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Cosmology Prize to the Planck Team, and to Jean-Loup Puget and Nazzareno Mandolesi, the leaders of the HFI and LFI instrument consortia, for mapping the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the ESA Planck spacecraft.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Cosmology Prize to the Planck Team, and to Jean-Loup Puget and Nazzareno Mandolesi, the leaders of the HFI and LFI instrument consortia, for mapping the temperature and polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation with the ESA Planck spacecraft.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Genetics Prize to Joanne Chory and Elliot Meyerowitz for pioneering discoveries in genetic regulatory and biochemical mechanisms underlying plant development.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Genetics Prize to Joanne Chory and Elliot Meyerowitz for pioneering discoveries in genetic regulatory and biochemical mechanisms underlying plant development.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Neuroscience Prize to Ann M. Graybiel, Okihide Hikosaka, and Wolfram Schultz for discoveries on the organization and function of the basal ganglia.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Neuroscience Prize to Ann M. Graybiel, Okihide Hikosaka, and Wolfram Schultz for discoveries on the organization and function of the basal ganglia.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2018 Neuroscience Prize to Ann M. Graybiel, Okihide Hikosaka, and Wolfram Schultz for discoveries on the organization and function of the basal ganglia.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2017 Cosmology Prize to Sandra Faber for groundbreaking studies of the structure, dynamics, and evolution of galaxies. 

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2017 Genetics Prize to Stephen Elledge for discovering and characterizing the molecular mechanisms of the DNA damage response pathway in eukaryotic cells.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2017 Neuroscience Prize to Joshua Sanes for pioneering and inspiring work on synapse formation.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Cosmology Prize to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, Ronald Drever, and the entire LIGO team for pursuing a vision to observe the universe in gravitational waves, leading to a first detection that emanated from the collision of two black holes.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Cosmology Prize to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, Ronald Drever, and the entire LIGO team for pursuing a vision to observe the universe in gravitational waves, leading to a first detection that emanated from the collision of two black holes.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Cosmology Prize to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, Ronald Drever, and the entire LIGO team for pursuing a vision to observe the universe in gravitational waves, leading to a first detection that emanated from the collision of two black holes.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Cosmology Prize to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne, Ronald Drever, and the entire LIGO team for pursuing a vision to observe the universe in gravitational waves, leading to a first detection that emanated from the collision of two black holes.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Genetics Prize to Michael Grunstein and David Allis for the discovery of the role of histone proteins and their covalent modification in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Genetics Prize to Michael Grunstein and David Allis for the discovery of the role of histone proteins and their covalent modification in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2016 Neuroscience Prize to Mu-Ming Poo for pioneering and inspiring work on synaptic plasticity.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Cosmology Prize to Jeremiah P. Ostriker for wide‐ranging theoretical work over 50 years; and to John Carlstrom and Lyman Page for their leadership in
ground‐based observational CMB cosmology, including instrumentation.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Cosmology Prize to Jeremiah P. Ostriker for wide‐ranging theoretical work over 50 years; and to John Carlstrom and Lyman Page for their leadership in
ground‐based observational CMB cosmology, including instrumentation.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Cosmology Prize to Jeremiah P. Ostriker for wide‐ranging theoretical work over 50 years; and to John Carlstrom and Lyman Page for their leadership in
ground‐based observational CMB cosmology, including instrumentation.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Genetics Prize to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for establishing a framework for universal genome editing.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Genetics Prize to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna for establishing a framework for universal genome editing.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Neuroscience Prize to Carla Shatz and Michael Greenberg for elucidation of the molecular mechanisms through which neural activity controls wiring and plasticity of the brain.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2015 Neuroscience Prize to Carla Shatz and Michael Greenberg for elucidation of the molecular mechanisms through which neural activity controls wiring and plasticity of the brain.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Cosmology Prize to Jaan Einasto, Kenneth Freeman, Brent Tully and Sidney van den Bergh for contributions to the understanding of the structure and composition of the nearby Universe.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Cosmology Prize to Jaan Einasto, Kenneth Freeman, Brent Tully and Sidney van den Bergh for contributions to the understanding of the structure and composition of the nearby Universe.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Cosmology Prize to Jaan Einasto, Kenneth Freeman, Brent Tully and Sidney van den Bergh for contributions to the understanding of the structure and composition of the nearby Universe.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Cosmology Prize to Jaan Einasto, Kenneth Freeman, Brent Tully and Sidney van den Bergh for contributions to the understanding of the structure and composition of the nearby Universe.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Genetics Prize to Victor Ambros, David Baulcombe, and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of small non-coding RNAs and the demonstration of their central roles in the regulation of development and gene expression.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Genetics Prize to Victor Ambros, David Baulcombe, and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of small non-coding RNAs and the demonstration of their central roles in the regulation of development and gene expression.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Genetics Prize to Victor Ambros, David Baulcombe, and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of small non-coding RNAs and the demonstration of their central roles in the regulation of development and gene expression.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2014 Neuroscience Prize to Thomas Jessell for work on the differentiation of spinal cord neurons and their wiring into networks.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2013 Cosmology Prize to Viatcheslav Mukhanov and Alexei Starobinsky for their profound contribution to inflationary cosmology and the theory of inflationary perturbations of the metric.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2013 Cosmology Prize to Viatcheslav Mukhanov and Alexei Starobinsky for their profound contribution to inflationary cosmology and the theory of inflationary perturbations of the metric.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2013 Genetics Prize to Svante Pääbo for pioneering the analysis of ancient DNA.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2013 Neuroscience Prize to Eve Marder for contributions to understanding how circuit dynamics and behavior arise from the properties of component neurons and their synaptic connections.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2012 Cosmology Prize to Charles Bennett and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe team for their exquisite measurements of anisotropies in the relic radiation from the Big Bang---the Cosmic Microwave Background.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2012 Genetics Prize to Douglas Wallace for the discovery of mutations in the mitochondrial genome and their impact on human health.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2012 Neuroscience Prize to Lily and Yuh Nung Jan for fundamental contributions to our understanding of both voltage-gated ion channels and neural development.

The Gruber Foundation presents the 2012 Neuroscience Prize to Lily and Yuh Nung Jan for fundamental contributions to our understanding of both voltage-gated ion channels and neural development.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Cosmology Prize to Marc Davis, George Efstathiou, Carlos Frenk and Simon White for their use of numerical simulations to model and interpret the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Cosmology Prize to Marc Davis, George Efstathiou, Carlos Frenk and Simon White for their use of numerical simulations to model and interpret the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Cosmology Prize to Marc Davis, George Efstathiou, Carlos Frenk and Simon White for their use of numerical simulations to model and interpret the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Cosmology Prize to Marc Davis, George Efstathiou, Carlos Frenk and Simon White for their use of numerical simulations to model and interpret the large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Justice Prize to Barbara Arnwine, Morris Dees, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Center for Legal and Social Studies, and Kurdish Human Rights Project for extraordinary contributions to human rights and the rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Justice Prize to Barbara Arnwine, Morris Dees, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Center for Legal and Social Studies, and Kurdish Human Rights Project for extraordinary contributions to human rights and the rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Justice Prize to Barbara Arnwine, Morris Dees, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Center for Legal and Social Studies, and Kurdish Human Rights Project for extraordinary contributions to human rights and the rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Justice Prize to Barbara Arnwine, Morris Dees, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Center for Legal and Social Studies, and Kurdish Human Rights Project for extraordinary contributions to human rights and the rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Justice Prize to Barbara Arnwine, Morris Dees, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Center for Legal and Social Studies, and Kurdish Human Rights Project for extraordinary contributions to human rights and the rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Genetics Prize to Ronald W. Davis, a pioneer in the development and application of recombinant-DNA techniques.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Neuroscience Prize to Huda Zoghbi for pioneering work on revealing the genetic underpinnings of neurological disorders.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2011 Women's Rights Prize to AVEGA Agahozo, an association of genocide widows in Rwanda which has, through strategies of advocacy, legal aid, health care, housing, trauma counseling and income generation, restored the dignity of thousands of women survivors.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Cosmology Prize to Charles Steidel for groundbreaking studies of the distant Universe.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Justice Prize to Michael Kirby, John Dugard, and the Indian Law Resource Center, for contributions to international law and the advancement of human rights and rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Justice Prize to Michael Kirby, John Dugard, and the Indian Law Resource Center, for contributions to international law and the advancement of human rights and rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Justice Prize to Michael Kirby, John Dugard, and the Indian Law Resource Center, for contributions to international law and the advancement of human rights and rule of law.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Genetics Prize to Gerald R. Fink, a founder of modern yeast genetics and a leader in the use of model-organism genetics to study diverse biological problems.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Neuroscience Prize to Robert Wurtz for pioneering work concerning the neural bases of visual processing in primates.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Women’s Rights Prize to The Center for Reproductive Rights and The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights for their historic collaboration in advancing women's sexual and reproductive rights and successfully holding governments accountable for complying with international treaties and standards on women's rights.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2010 Women’s Rights Prize to The Center for Reproductive Rights and The Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights for their historic collaboration in advancing women's sexual and reproductive rights and successfully holding governments accountable for complying with international treaties and standards on women's rights.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Cosmology Prize to Wendy Freedman, Robert Kennicutt and Jeremy Mould for the definitive measurement of the rate of expansion of the universe, Hubble's Constant.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Cosmology Prize to Wendy Freedman, Robert Kennicutt and Jeremy Mould for the definitive measurement of the rate of expansion of the universe, Hubble's Constant.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Cosmology Prize to Wendy Freedman, Robert Kennicutt and Jeremy Mould for the definitive measurement of the rate of expansion of the universe, Hubble's Constant.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Justice Prize to Bryan Stevenson and the European Roma Rights Centre for advancing human rights and the cause of justice.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Justice Prize to Bryan Stevenson and the European Roma Rights Centre for advancing human rights and the cause of justice.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Genetics Prize to Janet Davison Rowley, a founder of the field of cancer cytogenetics and a renowned leader in molecular oncology.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Neuroscience Prize to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young for pioneering discoveries of molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms in the nervous system.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Neuroscience Prize to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young for pioneering discoveries of molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms in the nervous system.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Neuroscience Prize to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young for pioneering discoveries of molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms in the nervous system.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Women’s Rights Prize to Leymah Roberta Gbowee and the Women’s Legal Centre for two different but complementary kinds of activism: peace-building and challenging women’s legal and cultural obstacles via courts.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2009 Women’s Rights Prize to Leymah Roberta Gbowee and the Women’s Legal Centre for two different but complementary kinds of activism: peace-building and challenging women’s legal and cultural obstacles via courts.

The 2008 Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize is presented to J. Richard Bond for contributions to our understanding of the development of structures in the Universe.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Justice Prize to Jerome Shestack and Thomas Buergenthal, two human rights advocates who are pioneers in the fight for justice and human rights throughout the world.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Justice Prize to Jerome Shestack and Thomas Buergenthal, two human rights advocates who are pioneers in the fight for justice and human rights throughout the world.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Genetics Prize to Allan C. Spradling, a leader in developmental genetics and stem cell biology.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Neuroscience Prize to John O'Keefe for pioneering work concerning the neural basis of complex cognitive functions in freely moving animals.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Women’s Rights Prize to: Yanar Mohammed, Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, activists devoted to enhancing women’s rights and empowering women under the difficult conditions of armed conflict and war.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Women’s Rights Prize to: Yanar Mohammed, Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, activists devoted to enhancing women’s rights and empowering women under the difficult conditions of armed conflict and war.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2008 Women’s Rights Prize to: Yanar Mohammed, Sapana Pradhan Malla, and Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, activists devoted to enhancing women’s rights and empowering women under the difficult conditions of armed conflict and war.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Cosmology Prize to Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt, and to the Supernova Cosmology Project and the High-z Supernova Search teams, for their discovery that the expansion of the Universe is currently accelerating.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Cosmology Prize to Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt, and to the Supernova Cosmology Project and the High-z Supernova Search teams, for their discovery that the expansion of the Universe is currently accelerating.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Justice Prize to Carmen Maria Argibay, Carlos José Cerda Fernández and Mónica Feria Tinta who overcame personal experiences of profound injustice to become outspoken champions of justice.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Justice Prize to Carmen Maria Argibay, Carlos José Cerda Fernández and Mónica Feria Tinta who overcame personal experiences of profound injustice to become outspoken champions of justice.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Justice Prize to Carmen Maria Argibay, Carlos José Cerda Fernández and Mónica Feria Tinta who overcame personal experiences of profound injustice to become outspoken champions of justice.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Genetics Prize to Maynard V. Olson, a founder of the field of genomics.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Neuroscience Prize to Shigetada Nakanishi, who developed tools that enabled him and others to probe fundamental molecular mechanisms of nervous system function.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Women’s Rights Prize to women’s rights advocate Pinar Ilkkaracan and two organizations that she helped establish: Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Women’s Rights Prize to women’s rights advocate Pinar Ilkkaracan and two organizations that she helped establish: Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation presents the 2007 Women’s Rights Prize to women’s rights advocate Pinar Ilkkaracan and two organizations that she helped establish: Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Cosmology Prize to John Mather and the COBE team for ground-breaking studies of the spectrum and spatial structure of the relic radiation from the Big Bang.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Justice Prize to Aharon Barak, former President of the Israeli Supreme Court – jurist, scholar, advocate, public servant and educator.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Genetics Prize to Elizabeth H. Blackburn for telomeres and telomerase.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Neuroscience Prize to Masao Ito and Roger Nicoll, whose studies provided the keys for our understanding of the molecular and cellular bases of learning and memory.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Neuroscience Prize to Masao Ito and Roger Nicoll, whose studies provided the keys for our understanding of the molecular and cellular bases of learning and memory.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Women’s Rights Prize to Luz Méndez for the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas; to Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch; and to the Honorable Cecilia Medina Quiroga In recognition of their important contributions in the ongoing struggle for women's rights in the Americas – South, Central and North.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Women’s Rights Prize to Luz Méndez for the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas; to Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch; and to the Honorable Cecilia Medina Quiroga In recognition of their important contributions in the ongoing struggle for women's rights in the Americas – South, Central and North.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2006 Women’s Rights Prize to Luz Méndez for the Unión Nacional de Mujeres Guatemaltecas; to Julie Su for Sweatshop Watch; and to the Honorable Cecilia Medina Quiroga In recognition of their important contributions in the ongoing struggle for women's rights in the Americas – South, Central and North.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Cosmology Prize to James Gunn, for his central contributions to the theoretical, observational and instrumental development of modern cosmology.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Justice Prize to Param Cumaraswamy, for a life dedicated to the defense and affirmation of justice, his fearless advocacy for judicial independence has often been at personal risk and cost.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Genetics Prize to Robert Hugh Waterston, a pioneer in the field of genomics.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Neuroscience Prize to Masakazu Konishi and Eric Knudsen, whose studies provided the keys for our understanding of the basis of sound localization and neural plasticity in the auditory system.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Neuroscience Prize to Masakazu Konishi and Eric Knudsen, whose studies provided the keys for our understanding of the basis of sound localization and neural plasticity in the auditory system.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Women’s Rights Prize to the Shan Women's Action Network and the Women's League of Burma, an association of women's groups that SWAN helped establish, for challenging human rights violations under a repressive military dictatorship (SWAN) and for working tirelessly to assist and educate Burmese refugees, regardless of their ethnicity (WLB).

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2005 Women’s Rights Prize to the Shan Women's Action Network and the Women's League of Burma, an association of women's groups that SWAN helped establish, for challenging human rights violations under a repressive military dictatorship (SWAN) and for working tirelessly to assist and educate Burmese refugees, regardless of their ethnicity (WLB).

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Cosmology Prize to Alan Guth and Andrei Linde for their development of fundamental ideas of cosmic inflation.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Cosmology Prize to Alan Guth and Andrei Linde for their development of fundamental ideas of cosmic inflation.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Justice Prize to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa of the South African Constitutional Court, who worked at the head of an outstanding and innovative court, restraining arbitrary power and laying foundations for justice and equality.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Justice Prize to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa of the South African Constitutional Court, who worked at the head of an outstanding and innovative court, restraining arbitrary power and laying foundations for justice and equality.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Genetics Prize to Mary-Claire King, for genetically locating a gene predisposing to breast cancer and pioneering the use of DNA testing in human rights.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Neuroscience Prize to Seymour Benzer, who initiated genetic studies of behavioral neuroscience and led the way to discoveries of evolutionarily conserved mechanisms underlying circadian rhythm and neural induction.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Women’s Rights Prize to Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning, the organization she leads, for expanding health and education opportunities for women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2004 Women’s Rights Prize to Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning, the organization she leads, for expanding health and education opportunities for women and children in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Cosmology Prize to Rashid Sunyaev, for his pioneering studies on the nature of the cosmic microwave background and its interaction with intervening matter.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Women’s Rights Prize to Madame Justices Bertha Wilson and Rosalie Silberman Abella, who have advanced the jurisprudence of equality and developed concepts of public responsibility for promoting human rights.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Women’s Rights Prize to Madame Justices Bertha Wilson and Rosalie Silberman Abella, who have advanced the jurisprudence of equality and developed concepts of public responsibility for promoting human rights.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Genetics Prize to David Botstein, for contributions covering much of genetics: from methods of mutagenesis of bacteria and yeast, to analysis of bacteriophage assembly and eukaryotic cell biology, to principles of the application of genetic polymorphisms for mapping the human genome.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Women’s Rights Prize to the Honorable Navanethem Pillay, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for her courageous leadership in advancing women's human rights by ruling on rape as an institutionalized weapon; and to Pro Femmes Twese Hamwe, a network of women's groups representing the courageous women of Rwanda, who constitute 70% of genocide and sexual violence survivors.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2003 Women’s Rights Prize to the Honorable Navanethem Pillay, former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, for her courageous leadership in advancing women's human rights by ruling on rape as an institutionalized weapon; and to Pro Femmes Twese Hamwe, a network of women's groups representing the courageous women of Rwanda, who constitute 70% of genocide and sexual violence survivors.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2002 Cosmology Prize to Vera Rubin, whose studies of deviations of galaxy motions from classic Hubble theory demonstrated that large scale structure existed in the universe and whose discovery that most of the universe is unseen dark matter derived from her exploration of the rotation of spiral galaxies.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2002 Justice Prize to Fali Sam Nariman, President of the Bar Association of India, for exceptional leadership in a legal community that has inspired the development of a creative jurisprudence that facilitates the binding together of a diverse nation, helps control the exercise of public power and seeks to enable the poor, minorities and the marginalized to claim their basic rights to human dignity.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2002 Genetics Prize to Robert Horvitz, for relentless use of genetic tools to reveal and dissect mechanisms of human development and behavior.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2001 Cosmology Prize to Sir Martin Rees, for extraordinary intuition in unraveling the complexities of the universe and for contributions to almost every area of cosmology and astrophysics.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2001 Justice Prize to Anthony R. Gubbay, former Chief Justice of Zimbabwe, for upholding the independence of the judiciary and protecting the rights of the people, and to The Law Society of Zimbabwe, which stood for the independence of the Bar and the Bench, supporting the Chief Justice and the judiciary.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2001 Justice Prize to Anthony R. Gubbay, former Chief Justice of Zimbabwe, for upholding the independence of the judiciary and protecting the rights of the people, and to The Law Society of Zimbabwe, which stood for the independence of the Bar and the Bench, supporting the Chief Justice and the judiciary.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2001 Genetics Prize to Rudolf Jaenisch, for fundamental contributions to our knowledge of genome function and regulation.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2000 Cosmology Prize to Allan Sandage, for leading an observational quest to understand the stars, galaxies and universe, and to Phillip James E. Peebles, for contributions to knowledge of the physical processes that have shaped the structure of our universe.

The Peter Gruber Foundation presents the 2000 Cosmology Prize to Allan Sandage, for leading an observational quest to understand the stars, galaxies and universe, and to Phillip James E. Peebles, for contributions to knowledge of the physical processes that have shaped the structure of our universe.