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Among the most-appreciated awards in biology are the , which provide outstanding scientists with generous and flexible research funding for significant periods of time (and a reprieve from the time-consuming cycle of grant-writing).

Five of the 19 scientists recently named  are members of the ��������'s research, education and alumni communities.

“We selected these scientists because they know how to ask hard and interesting questions with skill and intellectual courage,” said David Clapham, HHMI’s vice president and chief scientific officer in a . “We believe they have the potential to make breakthroughs over time.”

Congratulations to the new HHMI Investigators in the �������� community:

, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Alumnus, Neural Systems and Behavior (2000)

, Princeton University
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, The Rockefeller University
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, University of California, San Diego
Faculty, Physiology (2008)
Alumna, Physiology (1994)

, Baylor College of Medicine
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