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To nominate individuals and/or teams for the Merkin Prize, please confirm you've reviewed the eligibility requirements and then fill out the nomination form below. FAQs can be viewed here. For additional questions or technical difficulties, contact merkinprize@broadinstitute.org. Nomination Deadline...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT David Cameron, Broad Institute dcameron@broadinstitute.org 617-714-7184 Janet Janjigian, Carmen Group janjigianj@carmengroup.com 424-354-0133 Merkin Prize honors Dr. Caruthers’ transformative work synthesizing DNA September 27, 2023 (Cambridge, MA.)—Dr. Richard Merkin...

CONTACT Karen Zusi-Tran kzusi@broadinstitute.org Cambridge, MA (November 29, 2022) — Nominations are now open for the first award of the Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology, which recognizes novel technologies that have improved human health. Each year, the prize will celebrate a novel...

July 25, 2024 2024 Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology awarded to F. William Studier for T7 Technology [VIDEO] Produced by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard F. William Studier of Brookhaven National Laboratory has won the 2024 Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for his...

The Merkin Prize Jury is composed of scientific leaders from academia and industry in the US and Europe.

Nominations for the 2026 Merkin Prize are now open. Click the ”nominate” button below to submit a nomination. Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Nominate Nomination Package Requirements Contact information for nominator Nominees’ names and organizations If available, please share...

Carl June University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Carl June is the Richard W. Vague professor in immunotherapy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also the director of the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies. In addition, he is the...