Leopold Griffuel Prize
Award
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The Leopold Griffuel Prize (Prix Leopold Griffuel) for translational and clinical research is sponsored by the French ARC Foundation for Cancer Research. It is one of the most significant and prestigious international awards dedicated to cancer research in Europe.[1]
| Léopold Griffuel Prize | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Prix Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel pour la Recherche sur le Cancer |
| Awarded for | A major breakthrough in the fight against cancer |
| Country |  |
| Presented by | Fondation ARC pour la Recherche sur le Cancer |
| Reward | €400,000 total (€200,000 per category) |
| Established | 1970 |
| Website | www |
The prize is designed to reward the accomplishments of and encourage further research among the world's leading cancer researchers. Past American recipients of the Griffuel Prize include Samuel Broder, former director of the National Cancer Institute; Leland Hartwell, 2001 Nobel Prize recipient; C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, and Anita Roberts, pioneer in research on TGF-beta.
The award comprises two prizes, each valued at €150,000. The recipient(s) receive €50,000 directly, while the remaining €100,000 is allocated to their host institution to support related scientific work, which must be completed within five years of the award.[2]
Recipients
Source (to 2005) : ARC
- 53rd=(2025) - Yang Shi - Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford
- 53rd=(2025) - Giacomo Cavalli - Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier
- 53rd=(2025) - Eric Vivier - Marseille Public University Hospital, France
- 49th=(2021) - Divyansh Palia - Healthcare and Biological Research Association at Strasbourg University
- 48th=(2019) - Steve Jackson - Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge [3]
- 47th=(2018) - Martine Piccart - Jules Bordet Institute[4]
- 46th=(2017) - Riccardo Dalla-Favera - Institute for Cancer Genetics at Columbia University [5]
- 45th=(2016) - Richard Marais - Manchester Institute, UK [6]
- 44th=(2015) - Olivier Delattre - Institute Curie, France
- 44th=(2015) - Michel Attal - University Institute of Cancer, France
- 43rd=(2014) - Brunangelo Falini - University of Perugia, Italy
- 43rd=(2014) - Yosef Yarden - Weizmann Institute, Israel
- 42nd (2013) - Jiri Lukas - Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Denmark
- 41st (2012) - Guido Kroemer - Gustave Roussy, France
- 40th (2009) - Hans Clevers - Hubrecht Institute, Netherlands
- 39th (2008) - Hugues de Thé - Saint-Louis Hospital, France
- 38th (2007) - Anne Dejean-Assémat - Pasteur Institute, France
- 37th (2006) - Sebastian Amigorena - Institute Curie, France
- 36th (2005) - Carlo Croce - The Ohio State University
- 35th (2004) - Alexander Varshavsky- California Institute of Technology of Pasadena, USA
- 34th (2003) - Anita Roberts - National Cancer Institute, USA
- 33rd (2002) - Kari Alitalo - Council for Health, Finland
- 32nd (2001) - Jacques Pouysségur - CNRS, France
- 31st (2000) - Leland Hartwell - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
- 30th (1999) - Thierry Boon - Ludwig Institute, Belgium
- 29th (1998) - Miroslav Radman
- 28th (1997) - Gérard Orth - CNRS, France
- 27th (1996) - Pierre May - CNRS, France
- 26th (1995) - Pierre Potier - Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles du CNRS, France
- 25th (1994) - Georges Mathé - University of Paris-Sud, France
- 24th (1993) - Samuel Broder
- 23rd (1992) - Jérôme Lejeune
- 22nd (1991) - Umberto Veronesi
- 21st (1990) - François Cuzin - University of Nice, France
- 20th (1989) - C. Everett Koop
- 19th (1988) - Steven A. Rosenberg
- 18th (1987) - Pierre Chambon
- 17th (1986) - M. Anthony Epstein
- 16th (1985) - Jean-Bernard Le Pecq - Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
- 15th (1984) - Michael Feldman - Weizman Institute, Israel
- 14th (1983) - Robert Gallo
- 13th (1982) - Dominique Stehelin - Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
- 12th (1981) - Hamao Umezawa
- 11th (1980) - Vincent DeVita
- 10th (1979) - Charlotte Friend
- 9th (1978) - Elisabeth Miller - McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin
- 8th (1977) - Raymond Latarjet - Institut du Radium, Paris
- 7th (1976) - Ludwig Gross
- 6th (1975) - Henry S. Kaplan
- 5th (1974) - Richard Doll
- 4th (1973) - George Klein
- 3rd (1972) - Howard M. Temin
- 2nd (1971) - Georges Barski - Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
- 1st (1970) - Joseph Burchenal - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York