Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award [SEP] conferred by
Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
The Albert Lasker Special Achievement Award is one of the four Lasker Awards given by the Lasker Foundation for medical research in the United States. The first award was given in 1994; it is not awarded every year. In 2008, the award was renamed the Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science in honor of Daniel E. Koshland, Jr..
Recipients.
Source: The Lasker Foundation - Awards
- 1994: Maclyn McCarty
- 1996: Paul Zamecnik
32 in the last two decades. Claire Pomeroy is the current President of the Foundation.
The four main awards are:
- Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
- Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
- Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award (Renamed in 2011 from Mary Woodard Lasker Public Service Award. Renamed in 2000 from Albert Lasker Public Service Award.)
- Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (1994–)
The awards carry an honorarium of $250,000 for each category.