The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, established in New York in 1943 by

Joan Whitney Payson Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She co-founded, and was the majority owner of, ...

in cooperation with the estate planning of her mother,

Helen Hay Whitney Helen Julia Hay Whitney (March 11, 1875 – September 24, 1944) was an American poet, writer, horse racing, racehorse owner and breeder, socialite, and philanthropist. She was a member by marriage of the prominent Whitney family of New York. Ea ...

(1875–1944), awards the "Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship" for support

postdoctoral research A postdoctoral fellow, postdoctoral researcher, or simply postdoc, is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD). Postdocs most commonly, but not always, have a temporary acade ...

in the

biomedical sciences Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health. Such disciplines as medical microbio ...

. Currently the Foundation awards 20 fellowships per year. The award is one of four highly competitive postdoctoral awards in the life sciences,''JCC Fund Newsletter'', 2007. and many of North America's leading scientists and medical researchers were supported in the early stages of their career by the Whitney Foundation. Members of the Scientific Advisory Committee have included: * Barbara Meyer * Erin O'Shea * Matthew Scharff * Daniel Kahne *

Thomas Jessell Thomas Michael Jessell (2 August 1951 – 28 April 2019) was the Claire Tow Professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University in New York and a prominent developmental neuroscientist. In 2018, Columbia University announc ...

* Stephen C. Harrison * Julie Theriot *

Jonathan Weissman Jonathan S. Weissman is the Landon T. Clay Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a member of the Whitehead Institute, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. From 1996 to 2020, he was a faculty member in ...

* S. Lawrence Zipursky Notable fellows have included: * Eric J. Ackerman *

David Agard David A. Agard is a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his B.S. in molecular biochemistry and biophysics from Yale University and his Ph.D. in biochemistry, biological chemistry fro ...

* Ronald A. Albright * David J. Anderson * Karen M. Arndt *

Cornelia Bargmann Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born January 1, 1961) is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using ''C. elegans'', particularly the mechanisms of olfaction in the worm. ...

* Margaret Baron * Mary Anne Berberich * Megan Carey * Elizabeth Chen * Stephen Dinardo * Thomas P. Dooley * Stephen J. Elledge * Stanley Fields * Steven Finkel *

Andrew Fire Andrew Zachary Fire (born April 27, 1959) is an American biologist and professor of pathology and of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with Craig C. Mell ...

* Stephen C. Harrison * Richard Henderson *

Tyler Jacks Tyler Jacks is a David H. Koch Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a long-time HHMI investigator, and founding director of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, which brings together bi ...

Wendell Lim Wendell Lim is an American biochemist who is the Byer's Distinguished Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the director of the UCSF Cell Design Institute. He earned his A.B. in chem ...

Tomas Lindahl Tomas Robert Lindahl (born 28 January 1938) is a Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with American chemist Paul L. Modrich and Turkish chemist Aziz Sancar for ...

* Santa J. Ono * Susan Parkhurst * Stanley Perlman *

Ronald T. Raines Ronald T. Raines is an American chemical biologist. He is the Roger and Georges Firmenich Professor of Natural Products Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for using ideas and methods of physical organic chemistry t ...

Michael Rosbash Michael Morris Rosbash (born March 7, 1944) is an American geneticist and chronobiologist. Rosbash is a professor and researcher at Brandeis University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Rosbash's research group cloned th ...

* Gerald M. Rubin *

Rao Yi Rao Yi (; born 1962) is a Chinese neurobiologist. A Ph.D. graduate from the University of California, San Francisco, Rao held a Helen Hay Whitney fellowship at Harvard University and was on the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis and ...

Keith Yamamoto Keith R. Yamamoto (born February 4, 1946) is vice chancellor of science policy and strategy and professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF). He also holds the position of director of UCSF ...

* Robert Weinberg * Chris Q Doe

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