Gruber Foundation

The Gruber Foundation
Founded	1993
Focus	Cosmology; Genetics; Neuroscience; Justice; Women's Rights
Location	Yale University Office of Development, New Haven, Connecticut;
Origins	The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
Key people	Patricia and Peter Gruber (co-founders)
Website	gruber.yale.edu

The Gruber Foundation is a philanthropic foundation established by Peter and Patricia Gruber and based at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Its mission is to honor and encourage excellence in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Justice, and Women's Rights, which encompasses three major programmatic initiatives: the Gruber Prizes and the Young Scientists Awards; the Gruber Science Fellowship Program; and the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women's Rights at Yale Law School.

Gruber Prizes

The International Prize Program awards the annual Gruber Prizes:

Gruber Prize in Cosmology first awarded in 2000
Gruber Prize in Genetics first awarded in 2001
Gruber Prize in Neuroscience first awarded in 2004
Gruber Prize for Justice awarded from 2001 to 2011
Gruber Prize for Women's Rights awarded from 2003 to 2011

The prizes, which are awarded to prominent scientists, social scientists, and jurists in these subjects, provide a gold medal and a cash award of $500,000. These prizes are awarded with the co-sponsorship of major scientific organizations.

There are also awards for early career scientists: International Astronomical Union Fellowships, Society for Neuroscience Fellowships, the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award to a young woman geneticist given in cooperation with the Genetics Society of America and the American Society for Human Genetics, and the Peter and Patricia Gruber Awards at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel for scientists there.

The other main sphere of activity is the development of educational, cultural, and social services in the Virgin Islands. This includes a "Laws of Life " essay contest at the four high schools on the Islands.

Gruber Science Fellowships

Established in 2011, the Gruber Science Fellowships are the most prestigious awards offered by the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Annually, only approximately 20 are awarded to the most highly ranked applicants to Yale PhD programs in the life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and exceptional promise. The participating Yale PhD programs include:

Gruber Program for Justice and Women's Rights

Administered by Yale Law School.

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