2022 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
For pioneering research work leading to the discovery and development of the mRNA vaccines such as the BioNTech/Pfizer's and Moderna's COVID-19 ones

The 2022 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize was received by five exceptional scientists for the "pioneering work leading to the discovery and development of mRNA vaccines."

Drew Weissman, University of Pennsylvania

Katalin Karikó, Senior Vice President of BioNTech SE

Ugur  Şahin, Co-Founder and CEO of BioNTech

Özlem Türeci, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of BioNTech SE

Eric Huang, General Manager and Chief Scientific Officer of Moderna Genomics 


Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Recipients / Warren Alpert Foundation