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Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research

ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER GROUP

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Funding Amount

$500,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research

Award Amount: $500,000 annually

Focus Areas:

  • Medicine and biomedical research

  • Groundbreaking discoveries with implications for treating cancer, congenital diseases, neurological disorders, and other conditions

  • Gene regulation and epigenetics

  • Innovative approaches to human disease treatment

    • Geographic Scope: National and international

    Eligibility:

  • Scientists and researchers with extraordinary and sustained contributions to improving health care

  • Innovative biomedical research with national or international importance

  • Distinguished scientists in their fields

  • Work demonstrating significant health care outcomes

    • Program History:

  • Established in 2000 by Morris "Marty" Silverman, a New York City businessman and philanthropist raised in Troy, NY

  • Celebrating 21st anniversary as of 2022

  • Funded by dedicated $50 million gift commitment from the Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation

  • Awarded annually for 100 years

  • 2022 recipients: C. David Allis, PhD (Rockefeller University) and Michael Grunstein, PhD (UCLA)

    • Recognition:

  • Highly prestigious award

  • Three previous Nobel Prize winners have been among recipients

  • Eight Albany Prize recipients have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, including James P. Allison, Shinya Yamanaka, Elizabeth Blackburn, Bruce Beutler, Ralph Steinman, Robert Lefkowitz, Emmanuelle Charpentier, and Jennifer Doudna

    • Selection Process:

  • National Selection Committee chaired by Vincent Verdile, MD '84, dean emeritus of Albany Medical College

  • Winners announced at special ceremony

    • Contact:
    Albany Medical Center
    518-262-3125

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    science-researchcancerhealth-disparities

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