The Charles F. Kettering Prize was a US$250,000 award given by the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for the most outstanding recent contribution to the diagnosis or treatment of cancer.[1][2]

History

The award was named in honor of Charles F. Kettering, inventor, former General Motors Director, and pioneer of the General Motors Research Laboratories. It was awarded annually from 1979 to 2005.[citation needed]

In 2006, due to budget constraints the Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Prize, the Charles F. Kettering prize and the Charles S. Mott Prize, originally each worth $250,000, were consolidated into a single General Motors Cancer Research Award with a combined value of $250,000. The first and only winner of the General Motors Cancer Research Award was Napoleone Ferrara.[3] Since 2006 no more prizes have been awarded.[citation needed]

Medalists

See also

References

  1. ^ "Laureates: General Motors Cancer Research Awards". Cancer Research. 59 (7 Supplement): 1673s. 1 March 1999. ISSN 0008-5472. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ "GM Cancer Previous Prize Winners". General Motors. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Napoleone Ferrara wins 2006 GM Cancer Research Award". Cancer Biology & Therapy. 5 (7): 708–709. July 2006. doi:10.4161/cbt.5.7.3155. PMID 17022136. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
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