Greider received the Nobel Prize in Stockholm on December 10, 2009.
On December 10, 2009, Carolyn Greider formally received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine during the prestigious Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. She shared this honor with Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack W. Szostak, recognizing their collective discovery of telomerase and telomeres' role in maintaining chromosome integrity. This award highlighted the global impact of their research, underscoring its profound contributions to our understanding of life sciences.