Pearl Meister Greengard Prize

The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is an award for women scientists in biology given annually by the Rockefeller University.^[1]

The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Awarded for	Accomplishments of outstanding women scientists.
Country	United States
Presented by	The Rockefeller University
First awarded	2004
Website	Pearl Meister Greengard Prize

The Prize was founded by Nobel laureate Paul Greengard and his wife Ursula von Rydingsvard in honor of Greengard's mother, Pearl Meister Greengard, who died giving birth to him. Greengard began funding the award in 1998. Greengard donated the full share of his 2000 Nobel Prize to the fund, and was able to use his new publicity to attract additional funding for the award, which was launched in 2004.^[2] The award is meant to shine a spotlight on exceptional female scientists, since, as Greengard observed, "[women] are not yet receiving awards and honors at a level commensurate with their achievements."^[3]

The award includes a $100,000 honorarium (previously $50,000).^[4][5]

Three recipients of the Prize, Carol Greider, Elizabeth Blackburn and Katalin Karikó, have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. One recipient, Jennifer Doudna, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Winners

Source: Rockefeller University

• Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (2004)
• Philippa Marrack (2005)
• Mary Frances Lyon (2006)
• Gail R. Martin, Beatrice Mintz, Elizabeth Robertson (2007)
• Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider, Vicki Lundblad (2008)
• Suzanne Cory (2009)^[6]
• Janet Rowley and Mary-Claire King (2010)
• Brenda Milner (2011)
• Joan Steitz (2012)^[7]
• Huda Y. Zoghbi (2013)^[8]
• Lucy Shapiro (2014)^[9]
• Helen Hobbs (2015)
• Bonnie Bassler (2016)
• JoAnne Stubbe (2017)
• Jennifer Doudna (2018)
• Xiaowei Zhuang (2019)
• Joanne Chory (2020)
• Pamela Björkman (2021)
• Katalin Karikó (2022)
• Lily Jan, Eve Marder (2023)

See also

• List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
• List of biology awards

References

1. Pearl Meister Greengard Prize website Archived August 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, The Rockefeller University.
2. Dreifus, Claudia, "He Turned His Nobel Into a Prize for Women," New York Times. Retrieved on September 26, 2006.
3. "Betsy Hanson, "The Birth of an Award." Benchmarks". Rockefeller University. December 17, 2004. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2006.
4. Gardner, Ralph (December 22, 2014). "The Mind and Its Mysteries". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
5. Friebe, Richard. "How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money: Paul Greengard". Time magazine. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
6. Rockefeller University, 2009 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize goes to pioneering geneticist, October 26, 2009.
7. Rockefeller University, Pearl Meister Greengard Prize to be awarded to pioneering RNA researcher Joan Steitz Archived December 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, September 11, 2012
8. Wall Street Journal, Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Winner Followed a Gut Feeling for 16 Years, December 6, 2013
9. Medicine's Scope blog, Stanford scientist Lucy Shapiro: “It never occurred to me to question the things I wanted to do”, November 11, 2014

External links

• Pearl Meister Greengard Prize Website, The Rockefeller University
• The Man Who Loves Women Who Love Science, The Huffington Post, November 3, 2011
• Three Share Nobel Prize in Medicine for Studies of the Brain, The New York Times, October 10, 2000
• Spending the Nobel Prize, The Scientist, September 29, 2006
• How Nobel Winners Spend Their Prize Money, Time Magazine, October 10, 2008
• How One Nobel Laureate Gave Another A Hand, CBS Evening News, December 6, 2009