Facebook, Google Founders Sponsor Million Breakthrough Prize To Reward Life Science Research, Announce Inaugural Winners
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Facebook, Google Founders Sponsor $33 Million Breakthrough Prize To Reward Life Science Research, Announce Inaugural Winners
By Dave Smith
Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin and Yuri Milner have teamed up to create the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, which now offers the most lucrative annual prize in the history of science: A $33 million pot to be split among 11 people, with individual rewards worth $3 million apiece. By comparison, the monetary value of the Nobel prize is just $1.1 million.
The foundation announced the first 11 winners of the award on Wednesday. They will then be asked to help choose the recipients for future prizes.
