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The Gairdner Foundation was created in 1957 by James Arthur Gairdner to recognize and reward the achievements of medical researchers whose work contributes significantly to improving the quality of human life. Since the first awards were made in 1959, the Gairdner Awards have become Canada's foremost international award. The Gairdner Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to the recognition of outstanding achievement in biomedical research worldwide. The Foundation's awards recognize scientific discoveries from every field of bioscience. The Canada Gairdner Wightman Award recognizes Canadian leaders in medical science. In February 2008 the Federal Government announced a $20 million allocation to the Gairdner Foundation to increase the prizes to $100,000 each, and institute a new individual prize in Global Health. Commencing in 2009, the Awards have been renamed the Canada Gairdner International Awards. ==Awards== The Canada Gairdner International Awards are given annually to individuals from a diversity of fields for outstanding discoveries or contributions to medical science. The (Canada Gairdner Global Health Award ) recognizes those who have made scientific advances in one of four areas: basic science, clinical science or population or environmental health. The advances must have made, or have the potential to make a significant impact on health in the developing world. The (Canada Gairdner Wightman Award ) is given to a Canadian who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in medicine and medical science. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gairdner Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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