加拿大盖尔德纳基金会获阿兹列里基金会530万美元捐赠：设立首个青年研究者奖，支持新一代科学领袖
加拿大盖尔德纳基金会（Gairdner Foundation）10月26日在 Toronto 宣布，获得阿兹列里基金会（Azrieli Foundation）530万美元（$5.3 million）捐赠，用于设立并冠名「阿兹列里盖尔德纳青年研究者奖」（Azrieli Gairdner Early Career Investigator Awards），为处于职业起步阶段的加拿大优秀科学家提供长期支持；这是盖尔德纳基金会首个专门面向加拿大新兴研究者的奖项。
该奖项表彰正处于职业关键成长期的有潜质研究者，为他们提供与国际知名科学家同台展示研究成果、与全球科研界领袖建立联系的机会。基金会表示，这笔捐赠将以留本基金形式为奖项提供持续支持，帮助加拿大改善科研环境、培养并留住科学人才，推动增进人类健康的科学发现。
盖尔德纳基金会主席兼科学主任 Morag Park 表示：「青年研究者正在用创新方法应对人类健康领域最紧迫的挑战。然而，建立独立的科研生涯并不容易，在这一阶段获得认可与机会会产生长远影响。我们非常感谢阿兹列里基金会对认可新兴人才、壮大加拿大科研群体的这份承诺。」阿兹列里基金会主席 Naomi Azrieli 表示：「我们相信，支持青年研究者是强化加拿大科研生态最重要的方式之一，因此非常高兴设立这一首个专门表彰加拿大优秀青年研究者的盖尔德纳奖项。」
盖尔德纳基金会成立于1957年，使命是表彰、传播并激励全球科学卓越成就，其年度「加拿大盖尔德纳奖」表彰在疾病治疗与减轻人类痛苦方面作出重大研究贡献的科学家；基金会成立以来共颁出443个奖项，得主来自40多个国家，其中105人后来获得诺贝尔奖。阿兹列里基金会35多年来在加拿大与以色列从事慈善事业，支持研究、教育、医疗、社区建设与艺术等领域。
Canada's Gairdner Foundation Receives $5.3 Million Gift From the Azrieli Foundation to Endow Its First Early-Career Investigator Awards
The Gairdner Foundation announced in Toronto on October 26 that it has received a $5.3 million gift from the Azrieli Foundation to endow and name the Azrieli Gairdner Early Career Investigator Awards, providing sustained support for exceptional early-career scientists based in Canada. It is the first Gairdner award to focus specifically on emerging Canadian researchers.
The awards recognize promising researchers at a pivotal stage of their careers, giving them opportunities to showcase their work alongside internationally renowned scientists and connect with leaders in the global research community. The foundation said the endowment will provide sustained program support and help improve Canada's research environment, develop and retain scientific talent, and nurture discoveries that advance human health.
"Early-career investigators are pursuing innovative approaches to some of the most pressing challenges in human health. Yet, establishing an independent research career is challenging, and recognition and access to opportunities at this stage make a lasting difference," said Dr. Morag Park, President and Scientific Director of the Gairdner Foundation. Dr. Naomi Azrieli, Chair of the Azrieli Foundation, said supporting early-career researchers is one of the most important ways to strengthen the Canadian research ecosystem.
Established in 1957, the Gairdner Foundation celebrates scientific excellence through the annual Canada Gairdner Awards; since its inception, 443 awards have been bestowed on laureates from more than 40 countries, 105 of whom have gone on to receive Nobel Prizes. The Azrieli Foundation has worked for more than 35 years in Canada and Israel, supporting research, education, healthcare, community building and the arts.
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图片来源：图：实验室里的青年研究人员（资料图）。照片：Rhoda Baer，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Early-career researchers in a laboratory (file photo). Photo: Rhoda Baer, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
