Prestigious awards

Prestigious awards are an opportunity for University of Waterloo researchers to be recognized and rewarded by external organizations for the value of their research.

The list below provides detail categorized by discipline with further detail about eligibility requirements, etc.

Please note that deadlines or anticipated deadlines change often so check the website for the organization that is presenting the award regularly to be sure of the deadline.

General Interest

Applied Health Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Awards

RSC Medals

Recent awards

Florian Kerschbaum

Mathematics professor recognized as distinguished member by ACM

Geoffrey Fong

Arts professor awarded prestigious Canadian health research award

John McPhee

Engineering professor honoured with medal for engineering excellence

Xuemin (Sherman) Shen

Engineering professor receives prestigious Chinese Canadian award

Robert Jan van Pelt

School of Architecture professor honoured for social sciences and humanities work

Suzanne Kearns

Environment professor awarded aviation education award

Pearl Sullivan

Engineering professor inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Ian Goldberg

C omputer science professor awarded 2019 USENIX Security Test of Time Award

Donna Strickland

Donna Strickland, Nobel laureate, awarded title of Honorary Fellow by Canadian Aacademy of Engineering

Peter Huck

Engineering professor inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering

Aimee Morrison

A rts professor named Trudeau Foundation Fellow

Andrew Cooper

Political Science professor awarded Distinguished Scholar Award

Awards Committee

The Waterloo Awards Committee promotes and facilitates the submission of high-quality nominations of Waterloo scholars across all disciplines for prestigious awards and honorific titles.

Please Note: NSERC has extended the deadline for Brockhouse, Herzberg, and Polyani awards to April 9. If you are interested, please contact Tom Barber.

Upcoming Deadlines

All dates and links are anticipated but may change between now and the final deadline. Please note that many sponsors do not update their websites until 2-3 months before the deadline date. Always double-check sponsor websites before committing to a nomination.

General Awards

Rolling deadline: Order of Canada

January 24: Canada's Top 40 under 40

February 5: CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program

March 1: Royal Society of Canada Medals

Humanities and Social Sciences Awards

January 15: Massey Medal

February 15: Haim Falk Award for Distinguished Contributions to Accounting Thought

April 1: SSHRC Impact Awards

Health Sciences

January 31: Partners in Research

February 3: Lasker Medical Research Awards