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Foundation Timeline

1993

 

Foundation incorporates as 501c3 in California as Peter Gruber Foundation

 
1995   Foundation HQ moves to St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands and commences local giving to include: private school scholarships; Laws of Life Essay Contest in public schools; Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands; social services; arts
 
2000   International Prize Program commences with the Cosmology Prize
 
2001   In partnership with the International Astronomical Union, the Foundation awards first fellowship for young astronomers
 
2001   Genetics and Justice Prizes are added to International Prize Program
 
2002   Foundation, in conjunction with Globalvest Management (Peter Gruber's business), pledges $500,000 to the Globalvest/Gruber Scholars Program at the Antilles School in St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
 
2003   Women's Rights Prize is added to International Prize Program
 
2004   Neuroscience Prize is added to International Prize Program
 
2004   In conjunction with the American Society for Human Genetics and the Genetics Society of America, the Foundation awards the first Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
 
2005   In conjunction with the Society for Neuroscience, the Foundation awards the first Peter Gruber International Research Award in Neuroscience
 
2007   Foundation changes name to The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, unveils a new logo and revamped website, and opens a branch office in New York City
 
2009   Foundation celebrates 10 years of its International Prize Program with a symposium in New York
 
2011   Patricia and Peter Gruber and Yale University President Richard C. Levin announce the formation of the Gruber Foundation at Yale University