Rita Allen Foundation Scholars have gone on to make transformative contributions to their fields of study and have won recognition including the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine the National Medal of Science the Wolf Prize in Medicine and the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. Today Rita Allen Foundation Scholars receive up to $110 000 per year for a maximum of five years.
The Rita Allen Foundation Scholars program funds basic biomedical research in the fields of cancer immunology and neuroscience as well as pain through the Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain.
Rita Allen Foundation Scholars are distinguished by their bold approaches to basic scientific questions that address problems of global concern as well as their potential for learning leadership and collaboration. For application information  see our FAQs.