# King Faisal Foundation

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## TL;DR

A Saudi philanthropic foundation whose King Faisal Prize includes a yearly prize for medicine on a set topic; several have gone to cancer research, such as breast cancer, leukaemia, prostate cancer and cancer immunotherapy.

## Summary

The King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh established the King Faisal Prize in 1977 and first awarded it in 1979. It is given in five categories: Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine and Science. The medicine prize, first awarded in 1982, goes each year to work on a topic the selection committee announces, and the nominee must have published original research on that topic.

Cancer topics on the medicine laureates list include leukaemia (Janet D. Rowley and Melvin F. Greaves, 1988), breast cancer (Axel Ullrich and Umberto Veronesi, 2003), tobacco risks to health (Richard Doll and Richard Peto, 2005), prostate cancer (Patrick C. Walsh and Fernand Labrie, 2007), molecular targeted therapy (Ronald Levy, 2009), immunotherapy for cancer (James P. Allison, 2018) and cellular therapy (Michel Sadelain, 2025). Tak W. Mak was a laureate in molecular immunology in 1995.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: King Faisal Prize; King Faisal Prize for Medicine; King Faisal International Prize
- City: Riyadh, SA
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://kingfaisalprize.org

## Sources

- King Faisal Prize: about: https://kingfaisalprize.org/about-kfp/
- King Faisal Prize: medicine laureates: https://kingfaisalprize.org/medicine/

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- institutions: [Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation](https://onco.cc/institutions/brupbacher-foundation/), [Gairdner Foundation](https://onco.cc/institutions/gairdner-foundation/), [Lasker Foundation](https://onco.cc/institutions/lasker-foundation/), [Pezcoller Foundation](https://onco.cc/institutions/pezcoller-foundation/), [Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences](https://onco.cc/institutions/royal-swedish-academy-of-sciences/)
- people: [James P. Allison](https://onco.cc/people/james-allison/), [Janet Rowley](https://onco.cc/people/janet-rowley/), [Mel Greaves](https://onco.cc/people/mel-greaves/), [Michel Sadelain](https://onco.cc/people/michel-sadelain/), [Ronald Levy](https://onco.cc/people/ronald-levy/), [Sir Richard Peto](https://onco.cc/people/richard-peto/), [Tak W. Mak](https://onco.cc/people/tak-mak/), [Umberto Veronesi](https://onco.cc/people/umberto-veronesi/)

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