The 2025 Lasker Essay Contest Is Now Open!
FEB. 4, 2025
Read about this year's essay topic, eligibility criteria, prizes, and submission guidelines. Deadline for submission is March 31.
Meet the Winners of the 2024 Essay Contest and Read the Essays
JULY 15, 2024
This year's Essay Contest winners wrote about a scientific question that is insufficiently addressed in biomedical research today. Meet the winners and read their essays.
The 2024 Lasker Essay Contest Is Now Open!
FEB. 6, 2024
Read about this year's essay topic, eligibility criteria, prizes, and submission guidelines. Deadline for submission is April 2.
Meet the Winners of the 2023 Essay Contest and Read the Essays
JULY 17, 2023
This year's Essay Contest winners wrote about an unanticipated ethical question they were confronted with during their training and the strategies used to address it. Read the essays of the 5 winners!
Partnership With The Journal of Clinical Investigation
JUN. 8, 2023
Lasker Foundation announces the partnership with The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) to publish winning submissions of the Lasker Essay Contest.
The 2023 Lasker Essay Contest Is Now Open!
FEB. 8, 2023
Read about this year's essay topic, eligibility criteria, prizes, and submission guidelines. Deadline for submission is March 31.
Meet the Winners of the 2022 Lasker Essay Contest
JULY 13, 2022
This year's Essay Contest winners talk about interdisciplinary approaches to answer complex biomedical questions.
The 2022 Lasker Essay Contest
JULY 13, 2022
2022 Essay Contest: the Foundation received record number of thoughtful entries. Read the winning essays.
The 2022 Lasker Essay Contest Is Now Open!
FEB. 9, 2022
Read about this year's essay topic, eligibility criteria, prizes, and submission guidelines. Deadline is March 30.
Meet the Winners of the 2021 Lasker Essay Contest
JULY 13, 2021
This year's Essay Contest winners talk about their favorite model organisms, share the most exciting research paper they've read recently, and discuss their inspirations in science.
