Call for Applications

Immigrant dancers are invited to apply for three $50,000 Creative Promise Prizes

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Nanfu Wang

"The camera gave me courage and justification”

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Silvi Rouskin

“The pandemic has been an extreme cause for speed and urgency”

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2021 Vilcek Foundation Prizes

The Vilcek Foundation has launched an online celebration to honor the recipients of the 2021 Vilcek Foundation Prizes.

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Mission

The Vilcek Foundation raises awareness of immigrant contributions in America and fosters appreciation of the arts and sciences.

We honor foreign-born artists, scientists, and advocates of immigrant rights living and working in the United States for their outstanding contributions to society.

Prizes

Open call for immigrant research scientists

Applications are now open for the 2022 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. Three prizes of $50,000 will be awarded to early-career immigrant research scientists. Learn more about eligibility requirements and apply today!

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Now accepting applications in dance

In 2022, three prizes of $50,000 will be awarded to young immigrant dancers, choreographers, and artistic directors. Applications for the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise are open through June 11, 2021.

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Vilcek Foundation Prizes

Awarded annually, the Vilcek Foundation Prizes honor immigrants for extraordinary contributions in the arts and sciences.

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Art

Still Life with Dial

1922 Stuart Davis
A cubist still life featuring a cup and saucer, stack of magazines, and jug on an upturned table top.

Acoma Four Color Polychrome Olla

c. 1900 Unknown Artist
An Acoma pot decorated in white, red, orange, and black geometric shapes.

Mont Sainte-Victoire

c. 1927 Marsden Hartley
Painting of a mountain ridge in navy and pink surrounded by a landscape of warm pinks, reds, and green.

Black Package

1965 Christo
A package wrapped in black fabric with twine and rope and attached to a white block of wood and enclosed in plexiglass.

Bomber

1944 Ralston Crawford
Painting of a plane crash with debris from the aircraft, buildings, and landscape, including a bicycle.

Mezcala Temple with Four Columns and Recumbent Figure

200 BCE–500 CE Unknown Artist
Sculpture of a four column temple with a reclining figure on the top and a staircase carved into the base.

Penumbra

2007-2010 Neri Oxman
Translucent yellow abstract sculpture with multiple folds.

Women and Trees

1911 Max Weber
A group of pale, nude women scattered among the trees in a forest.

Events

Exhibition

Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts

September 19, 2022 - January 20, 2023 21 E 70th Street
New York, NY 10021

The Vilcek Foundation will open its next major exhibition, Marsden Hartley: Adventurer in the Arts, in September 2022.

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News

March 1, 2021

Juan Pablo González: “You allow the place to tell you what it is.”

Juan Pablo González receives the 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking for his nuanced and resonant documentaries about rural Mexico.
February 22, 2021

Ruth Lehmann: “There’s always another question… there’s always more to find out”

Molecular and cellular biologist Ruth Lehmann receives the Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science for her research and leadership in the field.
March 8, 2021

Mohamed Abou Donia: “How our microbial partners affect our health.”

Mohamed Abou Donia studies small-molecule-mediated interactions in complex microbial communities, and their impact on host health, including humans and other organisms.
February 15, 2021

Andrew Yang: “I think part of our immigrant story is just hard work”

Once an underdog himself, Andrew Yang is now a champion for those underserved and overlooked in American society.
February 8, 2021

Silvi Rouskin: “The pandemic has been an extreme cause for speed and urgency”

Molecular biologist Silvi Rouskin studies the structure of RNA viruses like HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, seeking weaknesses that could lead to treatments and interventions.
February 1, 2021

Nanfu Wang: “The camera gave me courage and justification”

Documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang tells stories of political control, activists, and outliers from an unflinching and raw first-person perspective.