Breakthrough Prize

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  International Scientific Award

• Purpose

  Celebrate scientific achievements, inspire future scientists, make scientists perceived as celebrities

• Categories

  Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, Mathematics

• Awarded for

  Significant scientific advances

• Presented by

  Breakthrough Prize Board

• Additional Awards

  New Horizons in Physics Prizes, New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes, Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes

• Selection Process

  Online, open nomination by public; winners chosen by committees of previous laureates

• Prize Money per Laureate

  $3 million

• Ceremony Location (Recent)

  Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, USA

Timeline

• Breakthrough Prizes founded. (Source: Wikidata, Wikipedia)

  2012-01-01

• First Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences awarded. (Source: web_search_results)

  2013-02-20

• Award ceremony held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023

• Award ceremony held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024

• 2025 Laureates announced by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. (Source: web_search_results)

  2025-04-05

Breakthrough Prize

The Breakthrough Prizes are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. The awards are part of several "Breakthrough" initiatives founded and funded by Yuri Milner and his wife Julia Milner, along with Breakthrough Initiatives and Breakthrough Junior Challenge. Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. The Prizes have been sponsored by the personal foundations established by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Jack Ma, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that is online and open to the public. Laureates receive $3 million each in prize money. They attend a televised award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also engage in a program of lectures and discussions. Those that go on to make fresh discoveries remain eligible for future Breakthrough Prizes. Both the 2023 and 2024 ceremonies were held in Los Angeles at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Web Search Results

• Breakthrough Prize - Wikipedia

  The Breakthrough Prizes are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. The awards are part of several "Breakthrough" initiatives founded and funded by Yuri Milner and his wife Julia Milner, along with Breakthrough Initiatives and Breakthrough Junior Challenge. [...] The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. The Prizes have been sponsored by the personal foundations established by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Jack Ma, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that is online and open to the public. [...] | The Breakthrough Prize | | | --- | --- | | | | | Awarded for | Outstanding contributions in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics | | Presented by | Breakthrough Prize Board | | First award | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) | | Website | breakthroughprize.org |

• Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences - Wikipedia

  The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a scientific award, funded by internet entrepreneurs Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan "Priscilla Chan (philanthropist)") of Facebook; Sergey Brin of Google; entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner; and Anne Wojcicki, one of the founders of the genetics company 23andMe. [...] The award of $3 million, the largest award in the sciences, is given to researchers who have made discoveries that extend human life. The Prize is awarded annually, beginning in 2013, with six awards given in each subsequent year. Winners are expected to give public lectures and form the committee to decide future winners. The ceremony takes place in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the symposiums alternating between University of California, Berkeley, University of California, San Francisco, [...] Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia ## Contents # Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | | | --- | --- | | Awarded for | Research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life. | | Date | February 20, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-02-20) | | Reward(s) | $3 million | | First award | 2013 | | Website | breakthroughprizeinlifesciences.org |

• Breakthrough Prize Announces 2025 Laureates in Life Sciences ...

  For the 13th year, the Breakthrough Prize, renowned as the “Oscars® of Science,” recognizes the world’s top scientists. Each prize is $3 million and presented in the fields of Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics. In addition, up to three New Horizons in Physics Prizes, up to three New Horizons in Mathematics Prizes and up to three Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prizes are given out to early-career researchers each year. Laureates attend a gala award ceremony designed to [...] The Breakthrough Prize – popularly known as the “Oscars® of Science” – was created to celebrate the wonders of our scientific age by founding sponsors Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Julia and Yuri Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. [...] Laureates Announced and Honored at Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony in Los Angeles April 5, 2025 – Los Angeles – The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the winners of the 2025 Breakthrough Prizes, honoring scientists driving remarkable discoveries in gene editing, human diseases, the fundamental particles of the Universe and its underlying mathematical principles.

• Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics - Wikipedia

  Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics The Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics is an annual award of the Breakthrough Prize series announced in 2013. [...] It is funded by Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg and others. The annual award comes with a cash gift of $3 million. The Breakthrough Prize Board also selects up to three laureates for the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize, which awards $100,000 to early-career researchers. Starting in 2021 (prizes announced in September 2020), the $50,000 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize is also awarded to a number of women mathematicians who have completed their PhDs within the past two years. Contents [...] Motivation The founders of the prize have stated that they want to help scientists to be perceived as celebrities again, and to reverse a 50-year "downward trend". They hope that this may make "more young students aspire to be scientists". Laureates

• Life Sciences Breakthrough Prize – Laureates

  Daniel J. Drucker · Joel Habener · Jens Juul Holst · Lotte Bjerre Knudsen · Svetlana Mojsov · Alberto Ascherio · Stephen L. Hauser.

• Instance Of

  Q11448906

• Inception Date

  1/1/2012

The Breakthrough Prizes are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. The awards are part of several "Breakthrough" initiatives founded and funded by Yuri Milner and his wife Julia Milner, along with Breakthrough Initiatives and Breakthrough Junior Challenge. * Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics * Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics * Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. The Prizes have been sponsored by the personal foundations established by Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Jack Ma, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki. Committees of previous laureates choose the winners from candidates nominated in a process that is online and open to the public. Laureates receive $3 million each in prize money. They attend a televised award ceremony designed to celebrate their achievements and inspire the next generation of scientists. As part of the ceremony schedule, they also engage in a program of lectures and discussions. Those that go on to make fresh discoveries remain eligible for future Breakthrough Prizes.