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| Year ▼ | Recipient | Position | Institution |
| 2018 | Jakob von Moltke, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Univ. of Washington |
| 2016 | Li-Fan Lu, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Univ. of California, San Diego |
| 2015 | Kenneth J. Oestreich, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Virginia Tech Carilion Sch. of Med. and Res. Inst. |
| 2014 | Edward A. Miao, M.D., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 2013 | Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Ph.D. | Research Associate | Perelman Sch. of Med., Univ. of Pennsylvania |
| 2012 | Joseph C. Sun, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. |
| 2011 | Shabaana A. Khader, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. |
| 2010 | Roza I. Nurieva, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | MD Anderson Cancer Ctr. |
| 2009 | Brian A. Cobb, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Case Western Reserve Univ. Sch. of Med. |
| 2008 | Jessica A. Hamerman, Ph.D. | Assistant Member | Benaroya Res. Inst. |
| 2007 | Shane Crotty, Ph.D. | Faculty Member | La Jolla Inst. for Allergy and Immunology |
| 2006 | Joanne Turner, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Ohio State Univ. |
| 2005 | Kim, Chang H., Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Purdue Univ. |
| 2004 | Veena Taneja, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor | Mayo Clin. Col. of Med. |
| 2003 | Sergio Rutella, M.D., Ph.D. | | Catholic Univ. Med. Sch., Italy |
| 2002 | Ian Marriott, Ph.D. | | Univ. of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| 2002 | Kelly M. McNagny, Ph.D. | | Univ. of British Columbia |
| 2002 | Sergio Rutella, M.D., Ph.D. | | Catholic Univ. Med. Sch., Italy |
| 2002 | David H. Wagner, Ph.D. | | |
| 2001 | Pia Björck, Ph.D. | | Univ. of Pittsburgh |
| 2001 | Chen Dong, Ph.D. | | Univ. of Washington |
| 2001 | Arthur A. Hurwitz, Ph.D. | | State Univ. of New York Upstate Med. Univ. |
| 2000 | Mark H. Kaplan, Ph.D. | | Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med. |
| 2000 | Christopher L. Kepley, Ph.D. | | Univ. of New Mexico |
| 2000 | Chandra Mohan, Ph.D. | | Univ. of Texas Southwestern Med. Ctr. |
| 1999 | Hui Xu, Ph.D. | | Univ. of Pennsylvania |