Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, established by Joan Whitney (Mrs. Charles S. Payson) in 1943, awards the "Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship" for support postdoctoral research in the biomedical sciences. The foundation was established in New York in 1943 by Joan Whitney Payson in cooperation with the estate planning of her mother, Helen Hay Whitney (1875-1944).
Currently the Foundation awards 20 fellowships per year.[1] The award is one of four highly competitive postdoctoral awards in the life sciences,[2] and many of North America's leading scientists and medical researchers were supported in the early stages of their career by the Whitney Foundation.
Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee have included:
- Barbara Meyer
- Erin O'Shea
- Matthew Scharff
- Daniel Kahne
- Thomas Jessell
- Stephen C. Harrison
- Julie Theriot
- Jonathan Weissman
- S. Lawrence Zipursky
Notable fellows have included:
- Eric J. Ackerman
- David Agard
- Ronald A. Albright
- David J. Anderson
- Karen M. Arndt
- Cornelia Bargmann
- Margaret Baron
- Mary Anne Berberich
- Elizabeth Chen
- Stephen Dinardo
- Stephen J. Elledge
- Stanley Fields
- Steven Finkel
- Andrew Fire
- Stephen C. Harrison
- Richard Henderson
- Tyler Jacks
- Wendell Lim
- Santa J. Ono
- Susan Parkhurst
- Stanley Perlman
- Ronald T. Raines
- Gerald M. Rubin
- Rao Yi
- Keith Yamamoto
- Robert Weinberg
- Chris Q Doe
Notes
- ↑ History and Purpose Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine., HHWF.org.
- ↑ JCC Fund Newsletter, 2007.
See also
- Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research
- Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
- Life Sciences Research Foundation