The Kistler Prize (created 1999) is awarded annually to recognize original contributions "to the understanding of the connection between human heredity and human society," and includes a cash award of US $100,000 and a 200-gram gold medallion.[1]

Richard Dawkins at his 2001 award ceremony.

The prize is awarded by the Foundation for the Future, and is named after its benefactor, physicist and inventor Walter Kistler. The recipients have been: Richard Dawkins Clinton Richard Dawkins FRS (known as Richard Dawkins; born March 26, 1941) is a British ethologist and popular science writer. ...

• Thomas J. Bouchard in 2005,[2]
• Vincent Sarich in 2004,[3]
• Arthur Jensen in 2003,[4]
• Cavalli-Sforza in 2002,[5]
• Richard Dawkins in 2001,[6] [7] and
• Edward O. Wilson in 2000.[8]

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Walter P. Kistler Book Award

The Walter P. Kistler Book Award was established in 2003 to recognize authors of science books that "significantly increase the knowledge and understanding of the public regarding subjects that will shape the future of our species."[9] The award includes a cash prize of US$10,000 and is formally presented in ceremonies that are open to the public.

The recipients have been:

• Steven Pinker in 2005 for his The Blank Slate,[10]
• Spencer Wells in 2004 for The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey,[11] and
• Gregory Stock in 2003 for Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future.[12]