Between 1977 and 2006, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation presented annual awards of US$50,000 to scientists for distinguished achievements in fields such as cancer, infectious disease, neuroscience, nutrition, and cardiovascular disease.
[1] The recipients of these awards were selected by pre-eminent members of each field and past award recipients.
Bristol-Myers Squibb had no role in determining the recipients of the awards.
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