People
are our inspiration
Research is the vital expression of humankind’s most important qualities: curiosity and imagination.
Explorers, inventors, pioneers—dedicated researchers on the frontiers of science and the humanities.
Insight, when it comes, changes everything.
Since 2016 the NOMIS Foundation has been presenting the NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award to exceptional scientists and scholars, whose innovative ideas and approaches involve interdisciplinary collaboration and apply a broad range of methods, building bridges across the boundaries of the sciences and humanities. The foundation rewards researchers who choose to share their work and knowledge widely and who continuously look for new synergies and opportunities for collaboration. By funding and supporting these scientists’ and scholars’ highly innovative, groundbreaking research, the award enables their continued exploration of unconventional academic paths and supports NOMIS’ vision of “creating a spark” in the world of science.
Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the Higgins Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences
Professor, director of Salk’s Gene Expression Laboratory and holder of the March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology
Group leader and a director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Bing Professor of Neuroscience, Behavioral Biology, and Economics, and Head Faculty in Residence
Professor of neuropathology and director of the Institute of Neuropathology
James D. Wolfensohn Professor
Professor and department chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology
D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
