Asan Award in Medicine

The Asan Award in Medicine (frequently written as the ASAN Award in Medicine; Korean: 아산의학상) is an annual medical award presented by the Asan Foundation [ko].

[3] Raised in 2013 to encourage medical research,[4] prize money for the first two categories is 300 million KRW, and for found scientists it is 50 million KRW each.

[5] While the Foundation's website mentions the award is given to "medical scientists devoting themselves to the country’s medical development", the Award's website mentions the honor can be presented to medical scientists of any citizenship who "have made contributions to the development of Korea's medical science."

International recipients receive their prize money in US$250,000.

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