Founder
Access Industries and Blavatnik Family Foundation
Young scientists represent the future of scientific thought.
By honoring these young individuals and their achievements we are
helping to promote the breakthroughs in science and technology that will
define how our world will look in 20, 50, 100 years.
I do more than support them, I have an annuity—I made the Academy a beneficiary…There are
a lot of places that need your money, but the Academy should be at the top of your list. Why?
Because there aren’t a lot of places that are thinking all the time, where there aren’t political agendas,
religious agendas, etc. And they bring people together around science.
To us, it is a heaven-sent method of supporting the upcoming and current practitioners of
science and technology as they work to make the world a better place.
I support the Academy so that young scientists can have the same nurturing environment I enjoyed,
so that they can see new opportunities and meet people from all aspects of STEM.
The Academy continually evolves to provide unique resources and
opportunities for current and future scientists worldwide,
which is why I have chosen to support them with a gift from my estate.