Competitions to spur scientific and technology developments have grown in popularity in recent years, but social causes have yet to get so much attention until now. The Robin Hood Foundation and the X ...

Is awarding prizes more effective than traditional grant making? Peter H. Diamandis, chief executive officer of the X Prize Foundation, certainly thinks so. On a blog entry on The Huffington Post, Mr.

The Booker Prize Foundation has revealed further details regarding the 2027 prize for children’s fiction, the first of its kind from the U.K.-based organization behind the prestigious Booker Prize and ...

Physics graduate student Carolina Figueiredo GS won $50,000 as the inaugural laureate of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation’s ...

For Mónica Ramírez, being named one of this year’s 10 Elevate Prize winners means so much more than the monetary and structural support that comes with it. It means the work she does with her Fremont, ...

Matea Cañizarez, Age 18, of Quito, Ecuador, Receives Top Honors and $400,000 in Education Prizes for her Original Video Explaining Quark-Gluon Plasma The Breakthrough Junior Challenge, co-founded by ...

The Nobel Foundation reaffirmed that its peace prize can't be "passed on" after laureate Maria Corina Machado gave President Donald Trump her award. In a statement issued after Machado, Venezuela's ...

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...

CEO of the Chef Ann Foundation, Mara Fleishman, a winner of this year's Elevate Prize, chops apples for a salad at her home, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Rebecca Slezak) CEO of ...