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Established in 2013 through a generous donation from the Stony Brook Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Discovery Prize celebrates bold, pioneering research with the potential to reshape scientific fields and tackle complex global challenges. The competition provides $200,000 award funding to early-career researchers in STEM disciplines whose visionary ideas may be too unconventional for traditional funding agencies.
The winner of the 2025 Discovery Prize is Jennifer Cano, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy, whose research is focused on developing energy-efficient materials to power electronic devices, could revolutionize the future of technology.
Established in 2013 through a generous donation from the Stony Brook Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Discovery Prize celebrates bold, pioneering research with the potential to reshape scientific fields and tackle complex global challenges. The competition provides $200,000 award funding to early-career researchers in STEM disciplines whose visionary ideas may be too unconventional for traditional funding agencies.
The winner of the 2025 Discovery Prize is Jennifer Cano, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy, whose research is focused on developing energy-efficient materials to power electronic devices, could revolutionize the future of technology.
