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  • Dec 28, 2023
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UNDERSTANDING SCIENTISTS’ INCENTIVES: BREAKTHROUGH PRIZES

Why in the News?

  • The 2024 Breakthrough Prizes were announced.

About Breakthrough Prizes:

  • Created in 2010 by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs: Milner, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan (Facebook), and Sergey Brin (Google).
  • Acknowledges top scientists globally in fundamental sciences.
  • Categories include mathematics, fundamental physics, and life sciences.
  • First awarded in 2012; inaugural ceremony hosted by Morgan Freeman.
  • The Breakthrough Prizes, often dubbed the “Oscars of Science,”
  • Awardees receive $3 million each, surpassing the Nobel laureates’ $1 million prize.
  • Includes additional prizes like New Horizons in Physics and Mathematics and the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize for early-career researchers.
About 2024 Prize Winners

·  Mathematics: Mathematician Simon Brendle for contribution in differential geometry

·  Fundamental Physics: John Cardy and Alexander Zamolodchikov for quantum field theories.

·  Life Sciences: Carl June and Michel Sadelain for genetically engineered T cells (CAR T cell)