Canada Gairdner International Award

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Canada Gairdner International Award
DescriptionOutstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science
Country Canada
Presented byGairdner Foundation
First awarded1959
Websitehttp://www.gairdner.org/

The Canada Gairdner International Award is given annually by the Gairdner Foundation at a special dinner to five individuals for outstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science. Receipt of the Gairdner is traditionally considered a precursor to winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine; as of 2019, 89 Nobel Prizes have been awarded to prior Gairdner recipients.

Canada Gairdner International Awards are given annually in the amount of $100,000 (each) payable in Canadian funds and can be awarded to residents of any country in the world. A joint award may be given for the same discovery or contribution to medical science, but in that case each awardee receives a full prize.[1]

Past winners

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Official Canada Gairdner International Award Web Site
  2. ^ 2013 Award declined
  3. ^ 2019 Canada Gairdner International Award
  • "Index of Winners". Gairdner Foundation. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
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