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Open Call: Vilcek Foundation to Award $150,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Scientists in 2025

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation has announced an open call for applications for the 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Science. Three prizes of $50,000 each will be awarded to young immigrant scientists in the United States whose early career work represents a significant contribution to their field. Applications will be accepted through June 10, 2024, at 5:00pm ET.

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  • The Vilcek Foundation will accept applications for the 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science through June 10, 2024.
  • NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation has announced an open call for applications for the 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Science .
  • The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are awarded to immigrant professionals living and working in the United States.
  • The Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are a part of the Vilcek Foundation Prizes program.

Vilcek Foundation announces expansion of Prizes Program: Open call for immigrant artists and curators

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation in 2025 will double the amount of prizes they award in the arts and humanities as part of the philanthropic organization's annual prize program. Applications for the 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts and in Curatorial Work are now open; applications will be accepted through June 10, 2024, at 5:00pm ET.

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  • The Vilcek Foundation will award $300,000 in prizes to immigrant artists and curators in 2025 with the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts and the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Curatorial Work.
  • Since 2006, the foundation has awarded the Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Science and in a rotating category in the arts and humanities.
  • The Vilcek Foundation Prizes are awarded to immigrant professionals living and working in the United States.
  • The Vilcek Foundation Prizes are composed of the Vilcek Prizes and the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise.

Vilcek Foundation honors Immigrant Designers with $250,000 in Prizes

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation announces the recipients of the 2024 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Design. Totaling $250,000 in awards, the prizes celebrate immigrant professionals in graphic design, industrial design and product design whose work has had a profound impact in their specific field of work, as well as on design and design thinking and practice more broadly in the United States. The Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Design are awarded as part of the Vilcek Foundation's prizes in the arts and humanities, awarded annually as part of the Vilcek Foundation Prizes program to build awareness of the vital role immigration plays in enriching intellectual and cultural life in the United States.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation announces the recipients of the 2024 Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Design .
  • The Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Design are awarded as part of the Vilcek Foundation's prizes in the arts and humanities, awarded annually as part of the Vilcek Foundation Prizes program to build awareness of the vital role immigration plays in enriching intellectual and cultural life in the United States.
  • "Design enables us to interact with the world with elegance and artistry," says Vilcek Foundation Vice Chair and Cofounder Marica Vilcek.
  • The Vilcek Foundation Prizes comprise four individual awards: The Vilcek Prize in Design—a $100,000 award—and three $50,000 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Design.

Vilcek Foundation Awards $500,000 in Prizes to Immigrant Scientists and Designers

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation announces the recipients of the 2024 Vilcek Foundation Prizes. Comprising a total of $500,000 in awards, the prizes align with the foundation's mission and vision: To celebrate immigrant professionals in biomedical science and in the arts and humanities, and to recognize immigrant professionals' contributions to intellectual and cultural life in the United States.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation announces the recipients of the 2024 Vilcek Foundation Prizes .
  • Vilcek Foundation awards $500,000 in prizes to immigrant professionals in Biomedical Science and Design.
  • In 2024, four prizes are awarded each in Biomedical Science and in Design: one $100,000 Vilcek Prize, and three $50,000 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise.
  • "The United States' leadership in biomedical science and research is in no small part due to the contributions of immigrant scientists," says Jan Vilcek, Chairman and CEO of the Vilcek Foundation.

Vilcek Foundation honors Marica Vilcek's legacy with three $100,000 prizes in Art History

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Thursday, January 4, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation honors Marica Vilcek's career with a new award: The Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History. In its inaugural presentation, three awards of $100,000 each are bestowed on foreign-born art history and museum professionals whose work has had an impact on museum culture and curatorial practices in the United States, and in their respective fields of study.

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  • The Marica VIlcek Prizes in Art History are bestowed on outstanding art historians and museum professionals.
  • NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation honors Marica Vilcek's career with a new award: The Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History .
  • The Vilcek Foundation honors Marica Vilcek's career with $300,000 in awards: The Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History.
  • Marica Vilcek is an American art historian and philanthropist, as well as co-founder, vice-chair and secretary of the Vilcek Foundation.

Vilcek Foundation launches digital experience, "Pueblo Pottery: Stories in Clay"

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation has launched Pueblo Pottery: Stories in Clay, a digital experience to complement the exhibition of Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery. The multimedia project is community driven, and incorporates audio, essays, videos, and interactive tools developed with the curators of the Pueblo Pottery Collective.

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  • Pueblo Pottery: Stories in Clay is accessible on the Vilcek Foundation website, designed by Pentagram.
  • To help develop the digital experience, the Vilcek Foundation engaged Brian D. Vallo as a leading consultant.
  • The Vilcek Foundation encourages individuals to explore the digital experience and to reach out to learn more about the exhibition, Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery.
  • The Vilcek Foundation is a private operating foundation, a federally tax-exempt nonprofit organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3).

"Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery" on view at the Vilcek Foundation

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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation is pleased to present Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery, with dual presentations at the foundation's Manhattan headquarters and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from July 2023 through June 2024. Developed in partnership with the School for Advanced Research (SAR), the exhibition includes more than 100 historic and contemporary works of Native American pottery originating in the Pueblo communities of what is now the southwestern United States.

Key Points: 
  • The Vilcek Foundation's latest exhibition, "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery" is now on view in New York.
  • The exhibition at the Vilcek Foundation opens July 13, 2023, and is on view through June 2, 2024, by appointment.
  • As Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery opens in New York, the Vilcek Foundation launches a digital experience, Pueblo Pottery: Stories in Clay , online.
  • The Vilcek Foundation is a private operating foundation, a federally tax-exempt nonprofit organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3).

Architect James Leng designs birdhouse for Vilcek Foundation rooftop

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation takes its appreciation of design to new heights this spring with the installation of a birdhouse designed by architects James Leng and Jennifer Ly of Figure on the roof of the foundation's Manhattan headquarters.

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  • The Vilcek Foundation takes its appreciation of design to new heights with a birdhouse designed by architect James Leng.
  • The project was conceived in early 2020 by Vilcek Foundation President Rick Kinsel, in discussion with James Leng, recipient of the 2018 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Architecture.
  • Learn more at the Vilcek Foundation: Architect James Leng designs birdhouse for Vilcek Foundation Rooftop
    The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in the United States and fosters appreciation for the arts and sciences.
  • The Vilcek Foundation is a private operating foundation, a federally tax-exempt nonprofit organization under IRS Section 501(c)(3).

TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL'S DR. MARIA ELENA BOTTAZZI AWARDED THE VILCEK-GOLD AWARD FOR HUMANISM IN HEALTHCARE

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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HOUSTON, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Children's Hospital is pleased to announce that Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi, Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital and Senior Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, received The Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare for her work developing open-source, patent-free COVID-19 vaccine technology. The prestigious award, created jointly by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and The Vilcek Foundation in 2019, recognizes a foreign-born individual who has had an extraordinary impact on humanism in healthcare through their professional achievements in the United States.

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  • The prestigious award, created jointly by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and The Vilcek Foundation in 2019, recognizes a foreign-born individual who has had an extraordinary impact on humanism in healthcare through their professional achievements in the United States.
  • "It was a very emotional moment to learn that as a Honduran-trained biomedical scientist, I was the recipient of the Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare.
  • I am very proud of this recognition, it encourages and empowers me even more to continue advocating for equity in global health," Dr. Bottazzi said.
  • Dr. Bottazzi has led numerous community events to educate Latinos about COVID-19 vaccine development and served on multiple local and national task forces.

The Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences Winner Announced

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Friday, May 12, 2023
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Professor of Science, Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2023 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.

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  • Professor of Science, Harvard University, is the recipient of the 2023 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.
  • The international biennial Prize, which includes a $250,000 award, is conferred this year in Imaging in the Chemical Sciences.
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    Xiaowei Zhuang of Harvard University announced as recipient of the 2023 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences (Photo: Business Wire)
    Zhuang receives this top honor for her pivotal contributions to Imaging in the Chemical Sciences.
  • I would like to thank the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for being a leading supporter of the chemical sciences community for over 75 years.”
    The Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, initiated in 2009, is conferred in a specific area of chemistry each cycle.