Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize

The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry is an annual prize awarded by Columbia University to a researcher or group of researchers who have made an outstanding contribution in basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry.

'Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry
Awarded for	Outstanding contribution in basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry
Country	USA
First awarded	1967
Website	http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/research/horwitz-prize

The prize was established at the bequest of S. Gross Horwitz and is named to honor his mother. The prize was first awarded in 1967.

As of October 2018, 51 (50%) of the 101 prize recipients have subsequently been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (40) or Chemistry (11). It is regarded as one of the important precursors of a future Nobel Prize award.