Zuckerberg-backed foundation awards $22-mn to scientists
The Breakthrough Prize backed by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner among others has awarded $22 million to scientists in the field of Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics. Organised annually since 2012, a total of seven $3-million prizes were awarded to 34 scientists this year with $1 million going to junior researchers.