Technology is a driving force behind scientific advancements. As new approaches to investigating the natural world are conceived, developed, and implemented, new possibilities emerge -- opening doors that otherwise would have remained locked. The ABRF Award recognizes those pioneers responsible for developing powerful new tools that form the foundation upon which the modern biomolecular research enterprise thrives, or who have significantly improved/advanced the impact of Shared Research Facilities.
Nominations Welcome for the ABRF Award
The ABRF Award Committee welcomes nominations for the ABRF Award for Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Technologies. This award recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to technologies and methodologies that have significantly advanced biomolecular research.
Please send your nominations to the ABRF Award Committee along with a brief statement as to why this person should receive the award and outlining their contributions.
The next ABRF Award will be presented at the ABRF Annual Meeting in Boston, May 7-10, 2023.
2022 Awardees -
The 2022 ABRF Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Technologies will be presented to:


ABRF Award Recipients
- 2021 Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
- 2020 George Church
- 2019 Richard Caprioli
- 2018 Amos Bairoch
- 2017 Sir Shankar Balasubramanian and David Klenerman
- 2016 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna (2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- 2015 John G. White and William Bradshaw Amos
- 2014 Patrick O'Farrell
- 2013 Drs. Leonard and Leonore Herzenberg
- 2012 Alan Marshall
- 2011 Sir Alec John Jeffreys
- 2010 Patrick Brown
- 2009 Mathias Uhlen
- 2008 Ruedi Abersold
- 2007 Don Hunt
- 2006 Roger Tsien (2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- 2005 Stephen Fodor
- 2004 Edwin Southern
- 2003 Franz Hillenkamp andMichael Karas
- 2002 John Fenn (2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry )
- 2001 Csaba Horváth
- 2000 Leroy Hood
- 1999 Marvin Caruthers
- 1998 Bruce Merrifield (1984 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
- 1997 Lloyd Smith
- 1996 David Lipman
- 1995 Klaus Biemann
- 1994 Frederick Sanger (1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry )