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Year
1988
Subject
Engineering
Award
Longstreth
Affiliation
Voyager Aircraft, Inc.
Citation
For piloting The Voyager.
Year
2000
Subject
Life Science
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville | Emeryville, CA
Citation
For his role as the "father" of bio-technology, and his contributions and leadership in development of a revolutionary new field that affects drug design and medical treatment. His vision to combine science and technology shaped and defined the field of biotechnology.
Year
2008
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts
Citation
With Victor R. Ambros and David Baulcombe, for their discovery of small RNAs that turn off genes. Their pioneering work initiated a paradigm shift in our perception of the ways genes are regulated, and this insight is making possible major new genetic tools for basic research, and for improving agriculture and human health.
Year
2017
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Kyoto University│ Kyoto, Japan
Citation
With Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, for their seminal contributions to the development of a new polymerization process involving metal catalysts. This powerful process affords unprecedented control of polymer composition and architecture, making possible new materials including improved composites, coatings, dispersants, and biomedical polymers.
Year
2024
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology │ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For illuminating the fundamental chemical processes that protect plants from sun damage, thereby uncovering novel approaches to increase crop yields.
Year
2023
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
Affiliation
Stanford University | Stanford, California
Citation
For groundbreaking research elucidating fundamental properties of matter and energy by using ultracold atoms and their interactions with light.
Notes:
- "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
- The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
- For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.