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The Breakthrough Prize opens public nominations for the 2024 Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics Awards
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Nominations are now open for the 2024 Breakthrough Awards in Basic Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics. Nominations can be submitted online today through January 2023. Although self-nominations are prohibited, anyone can nominate another person. Nomination forms and rules are available at breakthroughprize.org.
For the twelfth year, the Breakthrough Prize, recognized as the world’s largest science award, will honor the best scientists, awarding three prizes in the life sciences, one in basic physics and one in mathematics. Each award awards $3 million. In addition, six New Horizons Awards, valued at $100,000 each, will be awarded to promising early-career researchers in the fields of physics and mathematics. Nominations will also be submitted for the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize, which is awarded $50,000 annually and is intended for female mathematicians who have completed their Ph.D. in the past two years.
Nicknamed the “Oscars of Science,” the Breakthrough Prize hosts an annual award ceremony worldwide to celebrate the achievements of its laureates, foster broad public support for scientific endeavors, and inspire the next generation of scientists. The 2023 cohort of honorees will be announced in September 2022.
For the seventh year, the Breakthrough Prize will partner with two prestigious institutions – the European Association of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) and ResearchGate – to collaborate directly with researchers and the scientific community.
ALLEA includes more than 50 academics from more than 40 countries, whose members lead academic research in all areas of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
ResearchGate is the professional network for researchers. Over 20 million researchers use searchgate.net to share and discover research, build their networks, and advance their careers. ResearchGate was founded in Berlin in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all. ResearchGate members are encouraged to nominate their colleagues for the 2024 Awards in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics.
The selection committees consist of previous Breakthrough Prize winners, who select the winners from a shortlist created during the nomination period.
Breakthrough Award in Fundamental Physics
The 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ($3 million) will reward one or more individuals who have made profound contributions to human knowledge. It is open to theoretical and experimental physicists. The award can be divided among several scholars. Nominations are also open for the New Horizons in Physics Prize, which will include three awards of a maximum of $100,000 to first-time researchers who have already done significant work in their fields.
The 2024 Physics Awards Selection Committee consists of: Eric Adelberger, Nima Arkani Hamid, Charles H. Bennett, Charles L. Bennett, Shepherd Doeleman, Michael Green, Jens Gundlach, Alan Guth, Blaine Heckel, Joseph Incandela, Charles Kane and Hidtoshi. Katori, Alexei Kitaev, Andrei Linde, Arthur MacDonald, Juan Maldacena, Eugene Mele, Lyman Page, Saul Perlmutter, Alexander Polgakov, Adam Rees, John Schwartz, Nathan Seberg, Ashok Sen, Eva Silverstein, David Spergel, Andrew Strominger, Kumron Vava, Ewen F van Dishoek, Weifang Wang, Rainer Weiss, Edward Witten, and Jun Ye.
Breakthrough Life Science Award
The 2024 Life Science Breakthrough Prizes ($3 million each) will be awarded to individuals who have made transformative advances in understanding living systems and extending human life. One of the awards is for advances in understanding Parkinson’s disease or other neurodegenerative disorders.
The selection committee for the 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences consists of: David Ellis, James Allison, Victor Ambrose, David Becker, Shankar Balasubramanian, Cornelia Bargman, Alim Louis Penapade, Frank Bennett, David Botstein, Edward Boyden and Clifford B. Brangwin. Louis Cantlie, Emmanuel Charpentier, Zijian “James” Chen, Joan Khoury, Don Cleveland, Hans Clevers, Carl Deisseroth, Titia de Lange, Mahlon DeLong, Jennifer Doudna, Catherine Dulac, Stephen Elledge, Napoleon Ferrara, Jeffrey Friedman, Michael Hall, John Hardy, Ulrich Hartl, Demis Hassabis, Helen Hobbs, Arthur Horwich, Anthony A. Hyman, John Jumper, David Julius, Catalin Carico, Jeffrey W. Kelly, David Kleinermann, Adrian Krener, Eric Lander, Robert Langer, Virginia Lee, Richard Lifton, Dennis Law, Pascal Meyer, Emmanuel Minot, Kazutoshi Mori, Kim Nasmith, Harry Knoller, Roland Nose, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Svante Pabu, Gary Ruvkun, Charles Sawyers, Aleksandr Varshavsky, Bert Vogelstein, Peter Walter, Rob Ert Weinberg, Drew Weissman, Shinya Yamanaka, Masashi Yanagisawa, Richard Yule, Xiaowei Zhuang, and Hoda Zogby.
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
The 2024 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics ($3 million) will be awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics. Nominations are also open for the New Horizons Prize for Mathematics, which will include up to three $100,000 awards for first-time researchers who have already done significant work in their fields. In addition, up to three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Awards of $50,000 will be awarded to female mathematicians who completed their Ph.D.s in the past two years (2019, 2020).
The 2024 Mathematics Awards Selection Committee consists of: Ian Agul, Alex Eskin, Simon Donaldson, Martin Herrer, Maksim Kontsevich, Christopher Haakon, Vincent LaForge, Jacob Lowry, James McKiernan, Takuru Mochizuki, Daniel Spielman, Terrence Tao and Richard Taylor.
Information about Breakthrough Prizes is available at breakthroughprize.org.
About ALLEA
ALLEA is the European Association of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, representing more than 50 academies from more than 40 countries in Europe. Since its founding in 1994, ALLEA has spoken on behalf of its members at European and international levels, promoting science as a global public good and facilitating scientific collaboration across borders and disciplines. Together with its member academies, ALLEA works to improve conditions for research, to provide the best independent and interdisciplinary scientific advice, and to strengthen the role of science in society. In this way, it channels the intellectual excellence and expertise of European academies for the benefit of the research community, decision-makers and the public.
About ResearchGate
ResearchGate makes searching more efficient. More than 20 million researchers use searchgate.net to connect with peers, share the latest research and discovery, and advance their careers. ResearchGate was founded in Berlin in 2008. Its mission is to connect the world of science and make research open to all.
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