Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Organizer

Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Why it counts

Awarded annually since 2013 by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation (funded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Sergey Brin, Yuri Milner, and Anne Wojcicki), recognizing important achievements in the life sciences

Held

annual, laureates announced in the fall, with the award ceremony in mid-April of the following year

Reigning winners

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences · 2025

• Alberto Ascherio source 1 · source 2
• Daniel J. Drucker source 1 · source 2
• David R. Liu source 1 · source 2
• Jens Juul Holst source 1 · source 2
• Joel Habener source 1 · source 2
• Lotte Bjerre Knudsen source 1 · source 2
• Stephen L. Hauser source 1 · source 2
• Svetlana Mojsov source 1 · source 2