The Breakthrough Prize is a set of international awards, bestowed in mathematics, fundamental physics and life sciences by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances. It was founded in 2012 by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri and Julia Milner, and is sponsored by personal foundations established by its founders along with Ma Huateng and Jack Ma. Laureates receive three million dollars each and are chosen by committees of previous laureates from candidates nominated in an online process open to the public.
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Founded YearSourced to the subject's own account FounderNo single founder; Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri and Julia Milner 1 Sourced to the subject's own accountSix co-founders across three couples; the prize is presented by the Breakthrough Prize Board. Breakthrough Prize
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The Breakthrough Prizes are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances.
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are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances
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He received the Kyoto Prize for Basic Sciences in 2012, the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
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Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (2013) Wolf Prize in Physics (2018) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023) Turing Award (2025)
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Beckman Young Investigators Award Overton Prize Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology TED (conference), TED's Audacious Prize Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2021) Wiley Prize (2022) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024)
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American Physical Society, APS Fellow IBM Fellow (1995) National Academy of Sciences Harvey Prize (2006) Dirac Medal (ICTP), Dirac Medal (2017) Wolf Prize in Physics (2018) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2019) Claude E. Shannon Award (2020) Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2023) Turing Award (2025)
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