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Nobel Prizes for HFSP Awardees

 

Since the beginning of the Program in 1989, 31 HFSP awardees have gone on to win the Nobel Prize. The prizes include Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry and Physics. These awards testify to the high quality of HFSP's selection process and to the breadth of its scientific scope.

 Year of HFSP AwardNobel Prize
Christiane Nusslein-Volhard19931995 (Physiology or Medicine)
Rolf Zinkernagel19941996 (Physiology or Medicine)
Stanley Prusiner19941997 (Physiology or Medicine)
John E. Walker19961997 (Chemistry)
Steven Chu19931997 (Physics)
Paul Nurse19942001 (Physiology or Medicine)
Tim Hunt1992/19972001 (Physiology or Medicine)
John E. Sulston19912002 (Physiology or Medicine)
Peter Agre20002003 (Chemistry)
Linda Buck19952004 (Physiology or Medicine)
Avram Hershko19982004 (Chemistry)
Roger Kornberg1990/1993/1997/20002006 (Chemistry)
Roger Tsien19952008 (Chemistry)
Jack Szostak20012009 (Physiology or Medicine)
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan2000/20092009 (Chemistry)
Ada Yonath20032009 (Chemistry)
Jules Hoffmann19952011 (Physiology or Medicine)
Ralph M. Steinman1996/20062011 (Physiology or Medicine)
James E. Rothman1990/1994/20052013 (Physiology or Medicine)
Randy W. Schekman1991/19952013 (Physiology or Medicine)
Thomas C. Südhof19952013 (Physiology or Medicine)
Martin Karplus20052013 (Chemistry)
Michael Levitt20082013 (Chemistry)
John O'Keefe19942014 (Physiology or Medicine)
Stefan W. Hell 20102014 (Chemistry)
Aziz Sancar19922015 (Chemistry)
Jeffrey C. Hall1991/20002017 (Physiology or Medicine)
Tasuku Honjo19902018 (Physiology or Medicine)
Moungi Bawendi20072023 (Chemistry)
Gary Ruvkun19912024  (Physiology or Medicine)
David Baker20192024 (Chemistry)