The Novartis-Drew Award for Biomedical Research is an award jointly presented by Novartis and Drew University. It comprises a cash award (originally $2000) and a plaque. The award was initially created as the Ciba-Drew Award for Biomedical Research and renamed following the change of company name from Ciba-Geigy to Novartis in 1996. Incomplete list of winners Novartis-Drew Award 2003: Elaine Fuchs; Philip A. Sharp; David Botstein 2002: Frank McCormick ; Brian J. Druker ; Harold Varmus 2001: Sidney Brenner ; Eric Lander ; Craig Venter 2000: Susan L. Lindquist 1999: Elizabeth Helen Blackburn; Joan Steitz 1998: Tom Maniatis; Alexander Varshavsky 1997: Edward Alan Berger Ciba-Drew Award 1996: H. Robert Horvitz; Stanley J. Korsmeyer 1995: Joseph Schlessinger; Günter Blobel ; Arnold J. Levine 1994: Thomas R. Cech; Albert Eschenmoser; Manfred Eigen 1993: Leroy Hood; Francis S. Collins 1992: Stuart L. Schreiber ; Peter G. Schultz ; Richard Lerner 1991: Sir Michael Berridge 1990: Roger David Kornberg; Nicholas R. Cozzarelli 1989: Robert William Mahley 1988: Samuel Broder; Robert C. Gallo ; Luc Montagnier 1987: Thomas A. Waldmann 1986: Michael H. Wigler 1985: Jean-Pierre Changeux ; Solomon Halbert Snyder 1984: Albrecht Fleckenstein ; Harald Reuter 1983: Ronald Levy; 1982: 1981: C. Ronald Kahn; Donald F. Steiner ; Sydney Brenner 1980: Bengt I. Samuelsson; John Robert Vane 1979: Paul Greengard 1978: 1977: Robert C. Gallo; Fred Rapp See also List of biochemistry awards References Science and technology awards Biomedicine Biochemistry awards American awards