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Prize Programs

Baszucki Group’s prize programs reward progress in science, medicine, and other disciplines.

Baszucki Prize The Baszucki Prize recognizes an individual or team leveraging prior Baszucki Group funding to make exceptional contributions to their field. View

Metabolic Mind Awards The Metabolic Mind Awards Program recognizes individual contributions in the emerging field of metabolic psychiatry. View

Fellowships Baszucki Group's Fellowship Program sponsors leading researchers who are studying metabolic psychiatry. View

Fresh Start Awards The Fresh Start Awards Program honors individuals who have fought hard to win back their mental health. View

Metabolic Psychiatry Scholar Award Baszucki Group's Metabolic Psychiatry Scholar Award is a new funding opportunity designed to support and elevate outstanding early-career investigators bridging the fields of metabolism and mental health. View

Announcements

Metabolic Psychiatry Scholar Award

Today Baszucki Group announces and invites proposals for the Metabolic Psychiatry Scholar Award, a new funding opportunity designed to support and elevate outstanding early-career investigators bridging the fields of metabolism and mental health.

Ten Awardees Receive $10,000 Honoring Mental Health Recovery

Oct. 10, 2024 — Metabolic Mind, a nonprofit initiative of Baszucki Group, is proud to announce ten recipients of the 2024 Fresh Start Award. Each of the individuals selected has demonstrated extraordinary resilience in their journey toward mental health recovery through ketogenic therapy and will receive $10,000 to support future goals in advocacy, education, and personal or professional development.

Baszucki Group Announces Martin Picard, PhD as Inaugural Recipient of $1.5 Million Baszucki Prize in Science

March 5, 2024 — Baszucki Group announced that Columbia University's Martin Picard, PhD, is the first to receive the new Baszucki Prize in Science. Dr. Picard, Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine in Psychiatry and Neurology, received the $1.5 million prize for his groundbreaking work connecting brain energetics and mitochondria to the human experience.