charles s. mott prize charles s. mott prize the charles s. mott prize was awarded annually by the general motors cancer research foundation as one of a trio of scientific prizes entirely devoted to cancer research, the other two being the charles f. kettering prize and the alfred p. sloan, jr. prize. the prizes, worth us$250,000, were awarded annually between 1979 and 2005. the awards were generally considered the most prestigious in the field. the mott prize was awarded for "the most outstanding recent contribution related to the cause or prevention of cancer". in 2006, due to financial pressures on the corporation supporting the foundation, the three awards were consolidated into a single $250,000 general motors cancer research award.. in 2006, the first and only winner of the general motors cancer research award was napoleone ferrara. since 2006 no further prizes have been awarded. laureates 2005 gerald wogan 2004 charles j. sherr 2003 yuan chang, patrick s. moore 2002 richard peto 2001 frank e. speizer, walter willett 2000 bert vogelstein 1999 arnold j. levine 1998 suzanne cory, stanley j. korsmeyer 1997 m. judah folkman 1996 paul l. modrich, richard kolodner 1995 frederick pei li, joseph f. fraumeni 1994 tony hunter 1993 carlo croce 1992 brian macmahon 1991 peter k. vogt 1990 webster k. cavenee, raymond l. white 1989 peter c. nowell, janet d. rowley 1988 alfred g. knudson 1987 r. palmer beasley, jesse summers 1986 harald zur hausen 1985 j. christopher wagner 1984 robert c. gallo 1983 bruce ames 1982 denis p. burkitt 1981 takashi sugimura 1980 james a. miller, elizabeth c. miller 1979 richard doll 2000: bert vogelstein 1996: paul l. modrich 1995: j. f. fraumeni 1994:tony hunter 1989: j. d. rowley 1988: a. g. knudson 1986: h. zur hausen 1984: r. c. gallo 1983: b. n. ames 1979: r. doll