Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award

The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation funds the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award – a career development research award of $75,000 over three years - to 2 young woman geneticists from anywhere in the world. One award will fund genetics research in human and non-human mammals, and the other will fund genetics research in model organisms. This unrestricted cash award is presented every three years. The successful candidate must be in her first one to three years of an independent faculty-level position in any area of genetics.

The award, which honors the groundbreaking contributions of Dr. Rosalind Franklin, is intended to inspire and support new generations of women in the field of genetics. It is administered by a joint committee appointed by the Genetics Society of America (GSA), the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), and The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.

		2010		Iiris Hovatta, Ph.D., University of Helsinki, Finland
		2010		Jue D. Wang, Ph.D, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
		2007		Molly Przeworski, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago
		2004		Amy Pasquinelli, Assistant Professor of Biology, UCSD