Research funder · United States

Vilcek Foundation

US-based private foundation

Grants since 2016: 107
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published): $4.4M
Funded works, last 5 years: 9
Funded works, all time: 44

Grants

2019 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2019 — Mikhail G. Shapiro

Mikhail G. Shapiro · Professor Of Chemical Engineering; And Heritage Principal Investigator, California Institute Of Technology

$50k

2019 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2019 — Tejal Rao

Tejal Rao · California Restaurant Critic, New York Times

$50k

2019 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2019 — Angelika Amon

Angelika Amon · Kathleen And Curtis Marble Professor Of Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

$100k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2018 — James Leng

James Leng · Architect

$50k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2018 — Jing Liu

Jing Liu · Co-founder, So-il; Professor, Columbia Graduate School Of Architecture, Planning, And Preservation

$50k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2018 — Mona Ghandi

Mona Ghandi · Professor Of Architecture, Washington State University

$50k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2018 — Polina Anikeeva

Polina Anikeeva · Associate Professor In Materials Science And Engineering, And Associate Director Of The Research Laboratory Of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

$50k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2018 — Sergiu P. Pasca

Sergiu P. Pasca · Assistant Professor Of Psychiatry And Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University

$50k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2018 — Teddy Cruz

Teddy Cruz · Professor Of Public Culture And Urbanism In The Department Of Visual Arts, University Of California, San Diego; Principal, Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman

$100k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2018 — Alexander Rudensky

Alexander Rudensky · Director, Ludwig Center For Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

$100k

2018 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2018 — Feng Zhang

Feng Zhang · Professor Of Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

$50k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2017 — Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan

Lily And Yuh-Nung Jan · Neuroscientists, University Of California, San Francisco

$100k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2017 — Carlos Motta

Carlos Motta · Visual Artist

$50k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2017 — Ahmet Yildiz

Ahmet Yildiz · Associate Professor, University Of California, Berkeley

$50k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2017 — Iman Issa

Iman Issa · Artist

$50k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2017 — Michaela Gack

Michaela Gack · Associate Professor, University Of Chicago

$50k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2017 — Nari Ward

Nari Ward · Visual Artist

$100k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2017 — Meleko Mokgosi

Meleko Mokgosi · Assistant Professor, Gallatin School Of Individualized Study, New York University

$50k

2017 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2017 — Michael Halassa

Michael Halassa · Assistant Professor, New York University

$50k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2016 — Fernando Camargo

Fernando Camargo · Associate Professor At Harvard University And Boston Children’s Hospital

$50k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2016 — Yi Zhao

Yi Zhao · Lighting Designer

$50k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2016 — Blanka Zizka

Blanka Zizka · Artistic Director, The Wilma Theater, Pa

$100k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2016 — Desdemona Chiang

Desdemona Chiang · Freelance Director

$50k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2016 — Houra Merrikh

Houra Merrikh · Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt Department Of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University

$50k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize

Vilcek Prize 2016 — Dan R. Littman

Dan R. Littman · Professor Of Molecular Immunology At New York University’s Skirball Institute For Biomolecular Medicine

$100k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2016 — Roberta Capp

Roberta Capp · Assistant Professor Of Emergency Medicine, University Of Colorado, Denver

$50k

2016 · prize · Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise

Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise 2016 — Sarah Benson

Sarah Benson · Artistic Director, Soho Rep.

$50k