The Gruber Foundation is a philanthropic foundation established by Peter and Patricia Gruber and is based at
Yale University
Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...
in
New Haven
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,
Connecticut
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. Its mission is to honor and encourage excellence in the fields of
cosmology
Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe, the cosmos. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', with the meaning of "a speaking of the wo ...
,
genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinians, Augustinian ...
,
neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, ...
,
justice
In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes (Justinian), Inst ...
, and
women's rights
Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...
, which encompasses three major programmatic initiatives: the Gruber Prizes and the Young Scientists Awards; the Gruber Science Fellowship Program; and the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights at
Yale Law School
Yale Law School (YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824. The 2020–21 acceptance rate was 4%, the lowest of any law school in the United ...
.
Gruber Prizes
The ''International Prize Program'' awards the annual Gruber Prizes:
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Gruber Prize in Cosmology first awarded in 2000
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Gruber Prize in Genetics first awarded in 2001
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Gruber Prize in Neuroscience first awarded in 2004
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Gruber Prize for Justice awarded from 2001 to 2011
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Gruber Prize for Women's Rights awarded from 2003 to 2011
The prizes, which are awarded to prominent scientists, social scientists, and jurists in these subjects, provide a gold medal and a cash award of US$500,000.
The ''Young Scientist Awards'' recognize brilliant early career international scientists and are selected in partnership with major scientific organizations:
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International Astronomical Union
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Fellowships
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Rosalind Franklin
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Young Investigator Award, in partnership with the
Genetics Society of America
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is a scholarly membership society of more than 5,500 genetics researchers and educators, established in 1931. The Society was formed from the reorganization of the Joint Genetics Sections of the
American Soc ...
and the American Society for Human Genetics
* Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience, in partnership with the
Society for Neuroscience
* Peter and Patricia Gruber Awards at the
Weizmann Institute of Science
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in Rehovot, Israel
Gruber Science Fellowships
Established in 2011, the Gruber Science Fellowships are the most prestigious awards offered by the
Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Annually, only approximately 20 are awarded to the most highly ranked applicants to Yale PhD programs in the life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and exceptional promise.
In April 2024, the foundation announced its third Early Career Fellowship administered by the International Astronomical Union.
Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights
Administered by
Yale Law School
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, the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights continues and expands upon the missions of the previous Justice and Women's Rights Prizes, from which it evolved. Currently, the program consists of four core components:
* Global Constitutionalism Seminar
* Gruber Distinguished Lectures in Global Justice and Women's Rights
* Gruber Global Justice and Women's Rights Fellowships
* Gruber Project in Global Justice and Women’s Rights
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