The mission of the Foundation For the Future is to increase and diffuse knowledge concerning the long-term future of humanity. It conducts a broad range of programs and activities to promote an understanding of the factors that may have an impact on human life in the long term. [1]
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Awards
The Foundation presents a number of awards to further the goals of its mission. The awards include the Kistler Prize and the Walter P. Kistler Book Award. [2]
Kistler Prize
This annual award recognizes original contributions to the understanding of the connection between the human genome and human society, especially those contributions stemming from research conducted with courage and conviction despite opposition from peers or the public. [3]
2008 Dr. Craig Venter
2007 Dr. J Craig Venter (born John Craig Venter October 14, 1946, Salt Lake City Utah) is an American Biologist, and businessman Spencer Wells
2006 Dr. Spencer Wells (born April 6 1969 in Georgia United States) is a Geneticist and Anthropologist, and an Explorer-in-Residence at the Doreen Kimura
2005 Dr. Doreen Kimura (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professor at Simon Fraser University. Thomas J. Bouchard Jr.
2004 Dr. Thomas J Bouchard Jr (born 2 October 1937 Manchester New Hampshire) is a professor of Psychology and director of the Minnesota Center for Twin andAdoption Research Vincent M. Sarich
2003 Dr. Vincent M Sarich (born 1934) is an American Anthropology professor Arthur R. Jensen
2002 Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, M. Arthur Jensen (born August 24 1923) is a Professor Emeritus of Educational psychology at the University of California Berkeley. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (born January 25, 1922) is an Italian population geneticist born in Genoa, who has been a professor at D.
2001 Dr. Richard Dawkins, FRS
2000 Dr. Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941 is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and Popular science Edward O. Wilson
Walter P. Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist researcher ( Sociobiology, Biodiversity) theorist ( Kistler Book Award
This annual award recognizes authors of science-based books who make important contributions to the public's understanding of the factors that may impact the long-term future of humanity. [4]
2008 Christopher B. Stringer, Ph. Chris Stringer (born 1947 is a British Anthropologist and one of the leading proponents of the Recent single-origin hypothesis or "Out of Africa" D. , FRS
2007 Eric J. Chaisson, Ph. Eric J Chaisson is an American Astrophysicist and science educator best known for his research teaching and writing on the interdisciplinary science of D.
2006 William H. Calvin, Ph. William H Calvin PhD (born 30 April 1939 is a Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. D.
2005 Steven Pinker, Ph. Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18 1954 is a prominent Canadian - American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author D.
2004 Spencer Wells, Ph. Spencer Wells (born April 6 1969 in Georgia United States) is a Geneticist and Anthropologist, and an Explorer-in-Residence at the D.
2003 Gregory Stock, Ph. Gregory Stock is a biophysicist, best-selling author biotech entrepreneur and the former director of the Program on Medicine Technology and Society at UCLA ’s D.