The $250,000 Charles S. Mott Prize was awarded annually by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation. The Mott Prize was one of a trio scientific prizes entirely devoted to cancer research (the other prizes being the Charles F. Kettering Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Prize). They were generally considered the most prestigious awards in cancer research. The Mott Prize was awarded for "the most outstanding recent contribution related to the cause or prevention of cancer". The Kettering Prize is devoted to clinical advances in cancer care and the Sloane Prize is devoted to basic research having implications in cancer research. Since 2006, due to financial pressures on the corporation supporting the Foundation, the three awards have been curtailed—causing considerable consternation among cancer scientists.
Charles S. Mott Prize Recipients: