The Pearl and Philip Basser Innovation Research Award has been established to honor an early career investigator conducting innovative BRCA-related research at the University of Pennsylvania. Candidates will be considered from across a variety of disciplines including basic science, translational and clinical research. The award provides the recipient with a $40,000 one year, unrestricted research grant. Nominees can be at the level of Instructor through Assistant Professor. Recipients can only receive the award once.

The nomination period for the 2025 award is now closed.

Previous Award Recipients:

• 2025 Vivek K. Narayan, MD, MS
• 2024 Bryson Katona, MD, PHD
• 2023 Kara Maxwell, MD, PhD
• 2022 Payal D. Shah, MD
• 2021 Ashley Haggerty, MD, MSCE
• 2020 Kim Reiss Binder, MD
• 2019 Mehran Makvandi, PharmD, RPh, BCNP
• 2018 Fiona Simpkins, MD