ISTOCK, VRABELPETER1With all the drama and press coverage of Nobel week, you’d hardly know that it’s not the only game in town for recognizing major discoveries in life sciences. In fact, it’s not even the biggest in terms of a cash prize. Other heavyweights in this realm include:
Canada Gairdner Award: This $100,000 prize, founded in 1957, goes to seven biomedical or global health researchers each year. It’s nicknamed the “baby Nobels” because 87 of its awardees have gone on to win the real thing. This year’s Gairdner Awards went to Akira Endo of Biopharm Research Laboratories, Antoine Hakim of the University of Ottawa, Cesar Victora of the Federal University of Pelotas in Brazil, David Julius of the University of California, San Francisco, Huda Zoghbi of Texas Children’s Hospital, Lewis Kay of the University of Toronto, and Rino Rappuoli of GSK Vaccines.
Fresenius Research Prize: This mammoth of an award was started in 2013 and has only been awarded twice so far (once every four years). It comes with €4 million in cash, ...
