Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Breakthrough Prize Foundation supports leading researchers in fundamental science and mathematics, helps spread scientific ideas to the next generation, and invests in cutting-edge space programs. In 2012, Yuri Milner and his wife, Julia, partnered with Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, and Anne Wojcicki to launch the Breakthrough Prizes – the world’s largest scientific awards, honoring important, primarily recent, achievements in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics. Breakthrough Prize Foundation honors world-changing scientists, inspiring a knowledge culture, expanding our understanding of the Universe.