Jury Members
Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
2011
Dr. Claudio Basilico
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Microbiology,
NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Joan Massague
Chairman of the Cancer Biology and Genetics Program,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Bruce Cronstein
Professor of Medicine,
Pathology and Pharmacology,
NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Inder Verma
American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology,
The Salk Institute
Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch
Member, Whitehead Institute,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Jan Vilcek
Professor of Microbiology,
NYU School of Medicine
Vilcek Prize in Literature
2011
Lan Samantha Chang
Director,
The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Francine Prose
Distinguished Visiting Writer,
Bard College
Deborah Landau
Director,
New York University Creative Writing Program
Ilan Stavans
Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture,
Amherst College
Eileen Pollack
Zell Director,
The University of Michigan MFA Program in Creative Writing
Deborah Treisman
Fiction Editor,
The New Yorker
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
2011
Dr. Heran Darwin
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology,
NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Leslie B. Vosshall
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute;
Chemers Family Associate Professor,
The Rockefeller University
Dr. Laurie Dempsey
Senior Editor,
Nature Immunology
Nicholas Wade
Science Department,
The New York Times
Dr. Peter Palese
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Jedd Wolchok
Director of Immunotherapy,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Jan Vilcek
Professor of Microbiology,
NYU School of Medicine
Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Literature
2011
Billy Collins
Distinguished Professor of English, Lehman College;
Senior Distinguished Fellow,
Winter Park Institute at Rollins College
Heidi Pitlor
Series Editor,
The Best American Short Stories Anthology series
Brigid Hughes
Founding Editor,
A Public Space
Liesl Schillinger
Writer, Translator,
and Literary Critic
Arthur Klebanoff
President,
The Scott Meredith Literary Agency and
RosettaBooks
Jeffrey Shotts
Senior Editor
Graywolf Press
Wayne Miller
Editor,
Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing
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2013 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise
Are you, or is someone you know, eligible for a 2013 Vilcek Foundation Creative Promise prize in Biomedical Science or Contemporary Music? Check eligibility requirements, and apply online. Deadline: August 14, 2012
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2012 Vilcek Prizes
We applaud the recipients of the seventh annual Vilcek Prizes: Carlos Bustamante, PhD, winner of the Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, winner of the Vilcek Prize for Dance. We salute, too, Creative Promise Prize winners, Alice Ting, PhD, for Biomedical Science, and Michel Kouakou, for Dance.
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Press Images
Images for publication are available to download for press purposes. Please email info@vilcek.org for photo credits.
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The Vilcek Trophy
Our commemorative prize sculptures are each uniquely designed by noted Austrian-born designer Stefan Sagmeister, a testament to the individual circumstances and achievements of each Vilcek Prize winner. Read more about the design and construction process that goes into each trophy.
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