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Overview

Driving the Next Generation of Scientific Innovation

Considered the largest unrestricted prize ever created for early-career scientists, the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists were established in 2007 by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and are independently administered by The New York Academy of Sciences. The Blavatnik Awards seek to identify and honor exceptional young scientists and engineers 42 years of age and younger. Honorees are selected based on the quality, novelty, and impact of their research and their potential for further significant contributions to science.

Focus on Promising Young Scientists

Unlike lifetime achievement awards that honor scientists at a later stage in their career, the Blavatnik Awards aim to identify and encourage promising young scientists early on, when they are most in need of funding and recognition.

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Our goal is to recognize exceptional young scientists, and to showcase their work as examples of what the next generation of young scientists should strive to achieve. The Blavatnik Family Foundation provides critical support to fuel the kind of innovative science and technology research that addresses society’s most pressing global problems.” Len Blavatnik

Three Disciplinary Categories

Blavatnik Awards honorees are recognized in three disciplinary categories:

Chemical Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Life Sciences

Four Awards

The Academy administers the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists as four separate Awards programs:

$20M in Unrestricted Funding Awarded

Boosting Careers & Economic Growth

From the 2023 ceremony for the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in Israel. From left: Zvika Brakerski, PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science; Rina Rosenzweig, PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science; Shai Carmi, PhD, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; and Nicholas B. Dirks, President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences.
Len Blavatnik, Founder of Access Industries and the Blavatnik Family Foundation, looks on during an Awards Ceremony.
Recipients of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists on stage during the 2023 ceremony in the United States.
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