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Rockefeller University

Awards & Honors

Our scientists are remarkably productive and empowered to perform at their best. That’s why we have an unparalleled concentration of researchers and trainees recognized with top awards—including the world’s most prestigious bioscience prizes.

Recent Awards & Honors

2022 The Royal Society
Titia de Lange
de Lange receives the honor for elucidating mechanisms of telomere protection and genome maintenance.
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Blavatnik Regional Award Winner
Josefina del Mármol
A former member of the Ruta Lab, del Mármol receives the honor for her research leading to the first-ever molecular images of an olfactory receptor …
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Hanna Gray Fellow
Begüm Aydin
Aydin, of the Mucida lab, receives HHMI’s prestigious fellowship for exceptional early career scientists.
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Hanna Gray Fellow
Alain Bonny
Bonny, of the Fuchs lab, receives HHMI’s prestigious fellowship for exceptional early career scientists.
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Kober Medal
Richard P. Lifton
Lifton is recognized for a lifetime of contributions in science and mentorship.
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Gregori Aminoff Prize
Seth A. Darst
Darst receives the honor for pioneering research on RNA polymerase, the molecular machine that transcribes RNA from DNA.
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Blavatnik Regional Award Finalist
Luka Mesin
Mesin, a member of the Victora Lab, receives the honor for developing novel techniques to better understand how B cells in the immune system mature.
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American Philosophical Society
Leslie B. Vosshall
ASCI/Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
Michel C. Nussenzweig
Allen Distinguished Investigator
Li Zhao
Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova
Salk Institute Medal for Research Excellence
Cori Bargmann
NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Junyue Cao
Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Viviana I. Risca
Searle Scholar
Ekaterina V. Vinogradova
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Luciano Marraffini
Tri-Institutional Breakout Award
Tomasz Ahrends
Tri-Institutional Breakout Award
Kevin Gonzales
American Society of Clinical Investigation
Sohail Tavazoie
Michelson Philanthropies and Science Prize
Paul Bastard
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Jan L. Breslow
National Academy of Inventors
Charles M. Rice

Awards by Year

2022 Awards
2021 Awards
All Awards

Awards given by The Rockefeller University

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Pearl Meister Greengard Award

The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is an international award recognizing outstanding women in biomedical research.

The 2022 recipient is Katalin Karikó, Ph.D., who will be honored for her fundamental discoveries that enabled development of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines.

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Lewis Thomas Prize

The Lewis Thomas Prize is an international award for writing about science that honors the rare individuals who bridge the worlds of science and the humanities.

The 2022 awardee, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, is a social psychologist who investigates the consequences of the psychological association between race and crime in Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do.