Sponsor
Broad Institute and Merkin Foundation
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Award Details
The Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology recognizes path breaking technologies that are demonstrably improving human health and the key individuals who contributed to their development. The prize illuminates the important work taking place across multiple disciplines, and in doing so supports and inspires continued innovation.
The Merkin Prize has an intentional focus on real-world impact, and a goal of shining a light on novel technologies and how these advances are transforming health care. It is administered by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The prize annually celebrates a novel technology and recognizes the key contributors, including individuals and teams, from anywhere in the world with a cash award of $400,000.
A nominator must be one or more individuals, not an institution or an organization. Submissions from nominators in any discipline and residing in any part of the world will be considered. We particularly encourage nominations of individuals and teams that include people from historically underrepresented communities, as a means to honor the importance of a diverse workforce in biomedical research.