The Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize is awarded with an unrestricted cash prize of $150,000. The prize may be equally shared by multiple awardees.
Nominations for the 2024 prize are now closed.
Nomination Criteria
- Must be an independent investigator in stem cell biology or regenerative medicine.
- Does not have to be a United States citizen.
- Does not have to work in the United States.
- Must be available to attend the award ceremony in person at Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California, and present their research on December 3.
Selection Committee
George Daley, MD, PhD
Dean, Harvard Medical School
Hideyuki Okano, MD, PhD
Dean, School of Medicine, Keio University
Deepak Srivastava, MD
President, Gladstone Institutes
Director, Roddenberry Stem Cell Center, Gladstone Institutes
Lorenz Studer, MD
Director, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Fiona Watt, FRS, FMedSci
Director, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, King’s College London
Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD
Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
Director Emeritus and Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
The selection committee is appointed by Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, and Deepak Srivastava, MD, of Gladstone Institutes.
Terms and Conditions
- The entire body of a nominee’s work will be considered.
- A selection committee appointed by Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, and Deepak Srivastava, MD, of Gladstone Institutes will review all nominations.
- Current members of the selection committee are not eligible for the prize.
- The selection committee may choose up to three awardees to equally share the prize.
- A prize will be awarded as long as the selection committee identifies a qualified candidate.
- The selection committee’s decision is final.