The Gruber Foundation funds the Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award – a career development research award of $75,000 over three years - to two young woman geneticists from anywhere in the world. As of 2021, either three women geneticists will be selected or the annual amount for the two will increase to $37,500. One award will fund genetics research in human and non-human mammals, and another will fund genetics research in model organisms. If a third award is made it may be given in either research area. This unrestricted cash award is presented every three years. The successful candidate must be in her first one to three years of an independent faculty-level position in any area of genetics.