1907 Trailblazer Award
Deadline: TBD
| Description | The 1907 Trailblazer Award was established to encourage high-impact, step-change approaches to research in the brain and mind sciences for mental health. Projects must be grounded in the study of biological mechanisms underlying brain function, cognitive processes, and/or consciousness. |
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| Value | $120,000 |
| Eligibility |
Applicants must be within ten years of the date when PhD/MD degree was awarded. Applicants will currently be employed by a university or public research institute in the US, the UK, or Canada, with full-time employment guaranteed for the duration of the project (tenure or tenure-track and international equivalents). Applicants must already work in a supervisory role (PhD, MD, Postdoctoral supervisor primary or secondary). Applicants will have demonstrated independence from senior colleagues. |
AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
Deadline: June 30
| Description | The AAAS Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science, established in 2010, recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities. |
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| Value | The recipient receives a monetary prize of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, and recognition at the AAAS Annual Meeting |
| Eligibility |
Candidate must be “early career” which is defined as an individual who has completed their terminal degree within seven years of the deadline for nominations. Nominations may be made by individuals, universities, government agencies, media, research organizations, and AAAS affiliate organizations. One nominator can nominate multiple candidates. Self-nominations are permitted. Re-nomination is encouraged. Nominees must be an individual scientist, mathematician, or engineer. Groups or institutions will not be considered for this award. One candidate will be chosen to receive the award each year. AAAS employees are ineligible. Nominee must represent a field of science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM) and be actively conducting research in any scientific discipline (including social sciences, mathematics, engineering and medicine). They may be based in academia, government or industry. Public engagement activities must be above and beyond job responsibilities. |
AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science
Deadline: June 30
| Description | The AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science, formerly the AAAS Award for Public Understanding of Science and Technology, was established in 1987 to recognize scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science. |
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| Value | The recipient receives a monetary prize of $5,000, a commemorative plaque, and recognition at the AAAS Annual Meeting. |
| Eligibility |
Nominations may be made by individuals, universities, government agencies, media, research organizations, and AAAS affiliate organizations. Self-nominations are permitted. Re-nomination is encouraged. Nominees must be individual scientists or engineers. Groups or institutions will not be considered for this award. AAAS employees are ineligible. Eligible nominees include active or retired scientists and engineers from all disciplines (including social sciences, mathematics, engineering, and medicine) who have contributed substantially to the public's engagement with science or technology. They may be based in academia, government or industry. Public engagement activities must be above and beyond job responsibilities. |
AACR Team Science Award
Deadline: September 15 (anticipated)
| Description | This Award recognizes an outstanding interdisciplinary research team for their innovative and meritorious science that has advanced or may advance our fundamental knowledge of cancer, or a team that has applied existing knowledge to advancing the detection, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer. |
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| Eligibility | Institutions and/or organizations are not eligible to receive the Award. Eligible teams may be comprised of independent faculty-level researchers providing complementary interdisciplinary expertise, each of whom have made separate substantive and quantifiable contributions to the research being recognized. Team members may be working within the same institution or at several institutions. However, if researchers are employed at the same institution, they must possess separate funding and research space. Nominations may be submitted by any individual, whether an AACR member or nonmember, who is currently or has previously been affiliated with any institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine, or cancer-related biomedical science. Self-nominations are prohibited. |
Abel Prize
Deadline: September 1
| Description | The Abel Prize is an international prize for pioneering scientific efforts in the field of mathematics, including mathematical aspects of information technology, mathematical physics, probability theory, numerical analysis and computational science, statistics and applications of mathematics in other sciences. The main objective of the Abel Prize is to recognize scientific contributions that are of exceptional depth and significance for the field of mathematics. Such work may have resolved fundamental problems, created powerful new techniques, introduced unifying principles or opened up major new fields of research. One of the goals of the prize is to see it awarded over the years to a broad range of different fields in the subject area of mathematics. |
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| Value | 7.5 million Norwegian Kroner (approximately $1 million CDN) |
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Achievement Medals - Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Deadline: May 15
| Description |
These medals are awarded to individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of science, engineering or technology. Many awards across three main categories: Early Career: Mike Sargeant Medal; Sir Henry Royce Medal Established Career: Faraday Medal, Mountbatten Medal, Mensforth Manufacturing Medal, JJ Thomson Medal for Electronics |
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| Value |
250 - 500 GBP - All winners will receive a medal, certificate and a years free membership of the IET. |
| Eligibility |
Coming Soon: *** This opportunity will be available soon. The next call is expected to open on 6 February. The following information is subject to change. *** |
Alain Bensoussan Fellowships - European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
Deadline: September 30
| Description | This enables early-career scientists to conduct research in the areas of mathematics and computing at leading European centres outside their own country. Key research topics include applied computing, computer systems organization, computing methodologies, hardware, human-centred computing, information systems, mathematics, mathematics of computing, networks, security and privacy, social and professional topics, software and its engineering, theory of computation. |
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| Value | €21,684 EUR - €54,120 EUR depending on the host country |
| Eligibility |
PhD holders must have obtained their degree during the last 8 years. A member institute will not be eligible to host a candidate of the same nationality. A candidate cannot be hosted by a member institute, if by the application deadline of the call, they have already been working for this a total of 6 months or more, during the last 3 years. |
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Deadline: January 31
| Description |
The Albert Einstein World Award of Science was created as a means of recognition and encouragement for scientific and technological research and development. It takes into special consideration research which has brought true benefit and wellbeing to mankind. |
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| Value |
The award includes a cheque, a diploma and a commemorative medal. |
| Eligibility |
Nominees for the Albert Einstein World Award of Science should be eminent scientists whose achievements can serve as an inspiration for future generations. Considerations will be given to individuals or institutions in one of the Life Sciences, such as Neuroscience, Earth Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine or Chemistry; or in one of the Natural Sciences such as Physics, Mathematics or Astronomy. |
American Statistical Association (Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government Award (SPAIG))
Deadline: March 1
| Description | The SPAIG Award was established in 2002 to recognize outstanding partnerships between academe, industry, and government organizations, as well as to promote new partnerships among these organizations. The award recognizes outstanding collaborations between organizations, while recognizing key individual contributors. |
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| Value | Not specified |
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Nominees must represent at least two of the organizations from academe, industry, or government. Also, their collaboration must have resulted in significant contributions to the statistical field with applications to real-world problems. Examples include publications, presentations at statistical conferences, exchange visits, support for graduate students, consulting jobs, grant support for faculty, and continuing education opportunities for statisticians outside of academe. |
Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
Deadline: June 3 (anticipated)
| Description | This prize aims to recognize outstanding contributions to basic research, which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. Some examples of relevant areas of research are: nonlinear optics, ultrafast phenomena, laser spectroscopy, squeezed states, quantum optics, multiphoton physics, laser cooling and trapping, physics of lasers, particle acceleration by lasers, and short wavelength lasers. |
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| Value | $10,000 USD; An allowance for travel to the meeting at which the prize is awarded; A certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. |
| Eligibility |
Candidates should have made outstanding contributions to basic research using lasers. |
Association for Computing Machinery Awards
Deadline: October 21 (NOI); November 4 (Nomination required)
| Description | Impact Paper Award - recognizes the breadth and vitality of the software engineering community. The papers are judged by their influence since their publication. Early Career Researcher Award - presented to an individual or individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the area of software engineering as an early career investigator. Outstanding Research Award - presented to who has made significant and lasting research contributions to the theory or practice of software engineering. Influential Educator Award - presented annually to an educator or educators who have made significant contributions to, and impact on, the field of software engineering with his or her accomplishments as a teacher, mentor, researcher, author, and/or policy maker. |
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| Value | up to $4,000 USD |
| Eligibility | See specific award |
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award
Deadline: December 15 (anticipated)
| Description | The A.M. Turing Award, the ACM's most prestigious technical award, is given for major contributions of lasting importance to computing. Recipients are invited to give the annual A.M. Turing Award Lecture. |
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| Value |
USD $1 million; a scroll; a medal |
| Eligibility | Candidates should have a particular outstanding and trendsetting technical achievement in the computing community. |
Achievement Awards - AVRO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER) - Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (AVRO)
Deadline: March 1
| Description |
The ARVO Achievement Awards are a prestigious honour, recognizing individuals for their exceptional contributions to ophthalmology and visual science.
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| Value |
Recipients for most awards receive a plaque which is presented at the ARVO Annual Meeting, complimentary registration, hotel, travel and per diem. |
| Eligibility | Open to all members of the vision research community, nominations of diverse candidates are encouraged. |
Award for Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference
Deadline: May 31
| Description |
This Award for Mathematics Programs that Make a Difference was established in 2005 by the AMS's Committee on the Profession to compile and publish a series of profiles of programs that:
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| Value | $1,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Preference is given to programs with significant participation by underrepresented minorities. Note that programs aimed at pre-college students are eligible only if there is a significant component of the program benefiting individuals from underrepresented groups at or beyond the undergraduate level. Nomination of one's own institution or program is permitted and encouraged. |
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Deadline: Nominations are accepted at any time throughout the year
| Description | The Franklin Institute invites you to nominate candidates for the Benjamin Franklin Medals, presented in the following seven disciplines of science and engineering: Chemistry, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Computer and Cognitive Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science and Physics. Interdisciplinary awards will also be considered. |
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| Value | 14-karat gold medals and honoraria of $10,000 per medal |
| Eligibility | The subject of the candidate's research must be an invention, discovery, technological development, or a body of work reflecting extraordinary insight, skill or creativity. The work must have provided significant direction for future research, solved an important problem, or provided great benefit to the public. |
Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award - Franklin Institute
Deadline: September 15 (for 2027 award)
| Description |
This is an international competition for early-career investigators who have made a transformative discovery, development, innovation, or invention in science or engineering. The focus of the award annually rotates through seven disciplines. Award Subject Schedule (for when the award is presented NOT the deadline year):
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| Value of award | 14k gold medal and $10,000 honorarium |
| Eligibility requirements |
Nominees should be in the early stages of their career as an independent investigator as defined by their field. |
Bioengineering journal lectureship award
Deadline: August 15
| Description | This award provides financial support for the winner to attend the World Congress in Bioengineering, so that they can make a presentation, present a poster, or run a booth. |
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| Value | The winner will be awarded CHF 1000 and a certificate and will deliver a lecture at the International Online Conference on Bioengineering. They will also receive two years’ worth of article processing charge discounts for any future publications in Bioengineering. |
| Eligibility | Must be an early career independent researcher who earned their degree within the last 10 years; Must be actively engaged in research in the field of bioengineering and have made a noteworthy contribution to the field. |
BioInnovation Institute (BII) and Science Prize for Innovation - Science
Deadline: November 1
| Description | The prize is awarded for outstanding research performed by the applicant as described in a 1,000-word essay. Successful applicants might have made significant advances in producing results that were protected as intellectual property and licensed to a commercial entity. |
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| Value |
$25,000 USD – two runner’s up will receive $10,000 USD each |
| Eligibility | Entrants must have finished their Ph.D.-level education within the last 10 years - must be a single individual and the essay must focus on their contribution |
BIOTECanada Gold Leaf Awards (see also Health Sciences)
Deadline: May 26 (anticipated)
| Description | Launched in 2001, the Gold Leaf awards are given annually to recognize both companies and individuals who have made significant contributions to the biotech industry in Canada. The Awards’ importance to the recipients and the industry more broadly has grown significantly over the years. The remarkable individuals and companies we recognize through the Gold Leaf Awards are great examples of the core strengths of Canada’s biotech ecosystem. |
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| Value |
Gold Leaf glass trophy |
| Eligibility |
Open to members and non-members of the association. |
Blue Planet Prize
Deadline: October 31 (annually)
| Description | The Blue Planet Prize is an award presented to individuals or organizations worldwide in recognition of major contributions to solving global environmental problems. The Prize is offered in the hopes of encouraging efforts to bring about the healing of the Earth’s fragile environment. |
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| Value |
Certificate of Merit, Commemorative Trophy, and supplementary award of $500,000 USD. |
| Eligibility | Living citizens of all nations, irrespective of gender or religion, are eligible for the Blue Planet Prize. The award is open to individuals, groups of individuals, and organizations. Groups will be nominated under the name of one of the group members. |
Borealis Scientific Innovation Award
Deadline: September 15 (anticipated)
| Description |
Borealis created the Scientific Innovation Award to celebrate innovation and to give a platform to ideas with the power to impact the world. Borealis’ aim is to accelerate new ideas, technologies and solutions in the field of sustainable production, design and use of polyolefins. |
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| Value | The winners will receive a financial reward ($5k, $2k, $1k in Euros for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place) |
| Eligibility | The competition is open to researchers, entrepreneurs and professionals in the fields of chemical engineering and sustainability with research in one of the selected areas. |
Bower Award & Prize for Achievement in Science
May 30 (anticipated)
| Description | The Bower Award recognizes individuals who have made significant scientific contributions to the advancement of each year's selected theme. For 2025, the theme is Human Gene Therapy. |
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| Value | $250,000 USD, 14k gold medal |
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Breakthrough Prizes
Deadline: April 1 (anticipated)
| Description | The disciplines that ask the biggest questions and find the deepest explanations are the fundamental sciences. The Breakthrough Prizes honour important, primarily recent, achievements in the categories of Fundamental Physics (New Horizons in Physics – Jr. researchers), Life Sciences and Mathematics. |
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| Value | $3,000,000 for each prize |
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In Fundamental Physics, the prize can recognize a single person’s contribution, a groups contribution, or a collaboration to the field of fundamental physics, with special attention to recent developments. New Horizons in Physics, of $100,000 is awarded to promising junior researchers who have already produced important work. Each year, up to three New Horizons in Physics Prizes are awarded. In Life Sciences, all prizes are individual and should recognize a single person’s contribution to the field of life sciences, with special attention to recent developments. One prize per year is for work contributing to the understanding of Parkinson’s Disease & Neurodegenerative Disorders. And in Mathematics, the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics is given annually to an individual making significant achievements in mathematics. |
Brockhouse Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science & Engineering
Deadline: November 28 before 8 p.m. ET
| Description | The prize recognizes Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering. |
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| Value |
A research grant of up to $250,000 paid in three annual instalments |
| Eligibility | Self-nominations are ineligible and at least 1 team member must hold an NSERC grant. The majority of the nominated team members must be employed at a Canadian university or public or private organization. |
CANIE Awards - Innovators & Entrepreneurs Foundation
Deadline: June 24 (anticipated)
| Description |
The Canada Innovation & Entrepreneurship Awards—the CANIE Awards—is the Innovators & Entrepreneurs Foundation’s flagship program recognizing excellence in Canadian innovation and entrepreneurship throughout every province and territory across the country. For this deadline, the award categories may also include:
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| Value | Winners receive $10,000 business grant support in cash, 4 semi-finalists per award category will receive a professionally produced business promotional video, and their businesses will be marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. |
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Individuals and organizations can self-nominate or nominate someone else for a CANIE Award. Nominees and applicants must:
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CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Award
Deadline: February 28 (anticipated)
| Description | The purpose of this award is to recognize and encourage significant experimental or theoretical contributions to condensed matter and materials physics. While the main criterion for awarding the Brockhouse medal is the impact of the research accomplishments, preference will be given for recent important advances in condensed matter and materials physics. |
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| Value | Medal and certificate citing the contributions being recognized by the award. Invitation to give a talk at the CAP Congress. |
| Eligibility | The candidate's research should have been done primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university, industry or government laboratory. The candidate must be a member in good standing of the CAP or a council-approved Canadian professional science society. |
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize - International Mathematical Union
Deadline: December 31
| Description | This recognises scientists whose mathematical research has made the application of mathematical methods to areas outside mathematics possible in an innovative way, either in technology, in business or in people's everyday lives. |
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| Value | €10,000 EUR |
| Eligibility |
Self-nominations are strongly discouraged. |
Charles Pankow Award for Innovation - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Deadline: March 20
| Description |
The award recognizes the contributions of organizations working collaboratively to advance the design and construction industry by introducing innovation into practice. The award may be presented annually to recognize an outstanding, collaborative emerging innovation in design, materials, or construction-related research and development. Innovations must be new to the industry. Nominations must meet the following criteria:
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| Value | Crystal trophy |
| Eligibility |
The award is not restricted to members of the Society. |
Chemical Institute of Canada and related chemistry awards
Deadline: August 1 (annually, unless it falls on a weekend or statutory holiday)
| Description |
The Chemical Institute of Canada administers its own awards program to recognize overall contributions to research and the chemical sciences and engineering community of chemists, chemical engineers and chemical technologists. There are multiple Chemistry related awards offered through this sponsor. Please see the link to their awards page below. |
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| Value |
A rhodium-plated silver medal; travel expenses to present an award lecture |
| Eligibility |
Canadian Resident. Membership in the Institute is not a prerequisite for receiving the award. If a nominee has previously received awards by the CSC and/or the CIC, the nominator is required to outline the nominee’s new achievements supporting the proposed recognition. The goal is to avoid recognizing the same achievements multiple times, and still celebrate new contributions. The CSC awards will not be adjudicated in a year if there are fewer than 3 nominations for an award. |
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering
Deadline: April 1 (awarded biennially - in even-numbered years)
| Description | Recognized as one of the world's preeminent awards for engineering achievement, the Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering honours an engineer whose accomplishment has significantly impacted society by improving the quality of life, providing the ability to live freely and comfortably, and/or permitting the access to information. |
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| Value | $500,000 USD |
| Eligibility | The nomination must be submitted online at www.naeawardsonline.com. There are no restrictions on who may nominate candidates for the Prize. NAE members and non-members worldwide are eligible to receive the Draper Prize. |
Ciprian Foias Prize in Operator Theory
Deadline: May 31
| Description | The Ciprian Foias Prize in Operator Theory is awarded for notable work in Operator Theory published during the preceding six years. The work must be published in a recognized, peer-reviewed venue. |
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| Value |
$5,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Nominations require CV of the nominee, a letter of nomination, and a citation. Call is repeated every 3 years. |
CNC-IUPAC - Travel Awards
Deadline: September 15
| Description | The purpose of these awards is to help Canadian chemists who have gained their PhD in the last 10 years and are currently working at a Canadian institution to increase their international exposure by presenting a paper at an IUPAC-sponsored conference. |
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| Value | The award amount is up to $2,500, paid in arrears after the secretary receives travel-expense receipts and a 150-word report on the conference. |
| Eligibility | The criteria used in making these Awards include evidence of an active research program, either independently or as a key member of a team. The broadest range of contributions will be considered. The ability to attract research funding will also be assessed, as will evidence of an inclusive research and training environment. |
College for Life Sciences Fellowship - Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin
Deadline: November 1
| Description | This enables early-career postdoctoral scientists to live and work on the campus of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and attend the weekly colloquia in the area of life sciences. |
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| Value | Up to 5 months of stipend, networking, and research resources |
| Eligibility |
Applications are welcome from all life scientists who have obtained their Ph.D., MD, or Dr. med. and they foster postdoctoral fellows up to the level of lecturer, junior/assistant professors, and junior principal investigators working in all life science disciplines. It is require to have at least one lead-author publication in a peer-reviewed journal. |
Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) Awards
Deadline: December 15
| Description | The COPSS Awards are presented annually to members of the statistical community in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics. There are five available awards: the President's Award, the Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship - DAAL (formerly known as the R.A. Fisher Lecturer Award and Lectureship), the F.N. David Award, GeorgeW. Snedecor Award, and the Elizabeth L. Scott Award [presented biennially in even numbered years]. |
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| Value |
Each award consists of a plaque, a citation, and a cash honorarium (cash varies by award) |
| Eligibility |
See “Call for Nominations” regarding individual requirements for each award. |
Copley Medal
Deadline: February 21
| Description | The Copley Medal is the Royal Society’s oldest and most prestigious award. The medal is now awarded annually for outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science. The award alternates between the physical and biological sciences (odd and even years respectively). |
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| Value | A medal of silver gilt and 25,000 GBP |
| Eligibility | The award is open to citizens of a Commonwealth country or of the Irish Republic or those who have been ordinarily resident and working in a Commonwealth country or in the Irish Republic for a minimum of three years immediately prior to being proposed. Nominations are valid for three cycles of the award unless otherwise stated. Nominators are given the opportunity to update nominations in December each year. |
Crafoord Prize
Deadline: Nominations are accepted at any time of the year. Winners are announced in mid-January
| Description | The Crafoord Prize is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences according to a rotating scheme. The prize is intended to promote international basic research in the disciplines. There are two separate prizes in mathematics and astronomy awarded at the same time: 2022 award in Biosciences or Polyarthritis (anticipated), 2023 award in Mathematics and Astronomy (anticipated); 2024 award in Geosciences (anticipated). Repeat order for subsequent years. The prize in Polyarthritis is awarded only when an investigation by the Academy’s Class for medical sciences has shown that scientific progress in this field has been such that an award is justified. |
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| Value | SEK 6 million (approximately CAD $885, 640) |
| Eligibility | The prize should be awarded to one recipient, but may, if necessary, be divided among up to three recipients. At the same time, grant allocations are announced, and may be applied for both by individuals and by institutions in Sweden. Grant applications can be made for scientific equipment and research, publication of scientific works, scientific conferences and symposia, studies outside of Sweden for Swedish researchers, and activities to further research within the field of research covered by the prize. |
CultTech x Ars Electronica Award - Ars Electronica & Austrian Broadcasting Company
Deadline: September 19
| Description | This distinguished award calls for projects and ideas that exemplify responsible usage of technology and actively contribute to the accessibility and impact of culture while fostering meaningful engagement between creators, distributors, and audiences. |
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| Value | €10,000 EUR |
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Individuals from various backgrounds and expertise are encouraged to submit their projects. In terms of organizations, we welcome submissions from a diverse range of entities. |
Dirac Medal - Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Deadline: June 14
| Description | ICTP's Dirac Medal, first awarded in 1985, is given in honour of P.A.M. Dirac, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century and a staunch friend of the Centre. It is awarded annually on Dirac's birthday, 8 August, to scientists who have made significant contributions to theoretical physics. |
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| Value | $5,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Nominations can be submitted online. One or more scientists can be nominated. Information including name, address, institute, email etc. are required in the online nomination form (for both the nominator and the nominee); the nominee's short CV, short list of publications, and reference/support letters are also required and can be uploaded in pdf format. A citation is also requested. The Dirac Medal is not awarded to Nobel Laureates, Fields Medallists, or Wolf Foundation Prize winners, although many Dirac Medallists have proceeded to win these prestigious prizes. |
Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence (CMC Microsystems)
Deadline: Internal NOI (non-binding) - September 5**; Internal - September 19; Sponsor - October 17 (new deadline)
| Description |
CMC Microsystems recognizes excellence in Canadian micro-nano research. This award recognizes a substantive contribution to some aspects of microsystems or nanotechnology, including microelectronics, photonics, optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Nanofabrication and Integration, IoT (internet of things) and Edge AI, Quantum and embedded software. |
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| Value |
$4,500 award; Medal |
| Eligibility |
Candidates have completed a PhD in a Canadian university within the last three years. Candidates for the award will have made significant contributions while completing graduate studies in the form of a Master's or PhD degree sometime during the three years prior to nomination for the award. The research must have been conducted primarily in Canada and have directly impacted industry in Canada and/or university research programs in Canada. The nominee must be either a Canadian citizen, landed immigrant or an individual who has been a Canadian resident for three years prior to the nomination. |
**For the internal deadline please submit the following:
- Draft of a brief cover letter with 150-word citation (summarizing the specific contribution to research that prompted the nomination)
- Draft of institutional letter of reference (does not need to be signed for the internal deadline)
- Curriculum Vitae (list of refereed papers, conference articles, technical reports or submitted papers)
Early-career scientist prize in atomic, molecular and optical physics - International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
Deadline: March 31
| Description | The Commission on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (C15; firstly denominated Commission of Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy) was established by IUPAP in 1966 to promote the exchange of information and views among the members of the international scientific community in the general field of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. Nominees for the 2024 award are expected to have made original and outstanding contributions to the field of AMO Physics and its community. |
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| Value |
The award consists of a certificate, medal and a monetary award. The awardee will be asked to give a talk at an international conference sponsored through the IUPAP C16 commission and to write an article for the IUPAP newsletter. |
| Eligibility |
The recipients must be no more than 8 years past the award of their PhDs on 1 July 2024 (excluding career interruptions). |
Electronics Journal young investigator award
Deadline: September 30
| Description | This prize will be given to one young investigator in recognition of their excellence in the field of clinical and experimental investigations. |
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| Value | CHF 2000 and option to publish one paper free of charge in Electronics after peer review before the end of 2025 |
| Eligibility | This recognizes contributions by early-career researchers to the field of electronics and its applications. |
The Engineering Institute of Canada Awards
Deadline: November 15
| Description |
Each year, the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) Honours, Awards and Fellowships Program recognizes outstanding engineers amongst the membership of its member societies, both academic and industry-based members. Senior Awards of the EIC are: The Sir John Kennedy Medal, The Julian C. Smith Medal, The K.Y. Lo Medal, The John B. Stirling Medal, The Canadian Pacific Railway Medal, EIC Fellowships and Honorary Memberships. SENIOR AWARDS OF THE EIC The Sir John Kennedy Medal is awarded in recognition of outstanding services rendered to the engineering profession, or of noteworthy contributions to the science of engineering, or to the benefit of the Institute. Awarded once every two years. The Julian C. Smith Medal recognizes achievement in the development of Canada. Up to two medals may be awarded each year. The K.Y. Lo Medal recognizes significant engineering contributions at the international level. One medal may be awarded annually. The John B. Stirling Medal is awarded for leadership and distinguished service at the national level within the Institute and/or its Member Societies, by members of these Societies. One medal may be awarded annually. The Canadian Pacific Railway Medal recognizes many years of leadership and service by members of the Societies within the Institute at the regional, branch and section levels. Since 1990, one medal may be awarded annually. Up to 20 members of EIC constituent societies are awarded EIC Fellowships by the Council of the Institute in recognition of their excellence in engineering and their services to the profession and to society. Honorary Memberships are offered to non-members of the Institute and its Member Societies (including non-engineers) elected by the Council of the Institute for having achieved outstanding distinction through service to engineering and the profession of engineering in Canada. |
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| Value | Unknown |
| Eligibility |
Nominators must be members in good standing of an EIC Constituent Society. |
Engineers Canada Awards
Deadline: January 29 (anticipated)
| Description |
The Engineers Canada Awards recognize and celebrate the achievements of engineers and engineering students who are advancing the engineering profession and improving the lives of Canadians and others around the world. The awards acknowledge exemplary community and professional involvement, contributions to engineering education, support for women in engineering, and the significant accomplishments of engineers and engineering students. There are 5 categories for faculty:
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| Value |
Award/certificate presented at a Gala, admitted as Fellow of Engineers Canada (FEC) |
| Eligibility |
Consult each award for specific eligibility. All recipients must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. |
Eni Awards
Deadline: November 15 (anticipated)
| Description | This award recognizes groundbreaking research and development in renewable energy, focusing on innovative ideas for energy source management and storage. It seeks to honour individuals or teams contributing to advancements in sustainable energy systems and natural resource management. |
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| Value | The Prize consists of a customized plaque and €200,000 |
| Eligibility |
The following elements will be considered in the assessment of the Candidature:
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Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology
Deadline: June 15 (anticipated)
| Description | This award acknowledges the increasingly active and important role of neurobiology in advancing our understanding of the functioning of the brain and the nervous system -- a quest that seems destined for dramatic expansion in the coming decades. This international prize, established in 2002, encourages the work of promising young neurobiologists by providing support in the early stages of their careers. |
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| Value |
USD $25,000 |
| Eligibility | Candidates must be a neurobiologist with an advanced degree received in the last 10 years and not older than 35 years of age. The research described in the candidate's essay must describe contributions to neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. The entrant must have performed or directed the work described in the essay. The research must have been performed during the previous three years. |
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Deadline: September 7
| Description | ACM's most prestigious member grade recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community. |
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| Value |
Fellowship status; Membership card and Fellow lapel pin |
| Eligibility |
A candidate must have accrued: A sustained level of contribution over time, with clear impact that extends well beyond his/her own organization and at least 5 years of professional ACM membership in the last 10 years (to verify membership eligibility, contact acmhelp@acm.org) |
Founders of Statistics Prize for Contemporary Research Contributions - ISI
Deadline: August 5 (anticipated)
| Description | This recognizes a research contribution that has had profound influence on statistical theory, methodology, practice or applications. |
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| Value | €5000 - €6,000 EUR |
| Eligibility |
The article or book must have been published 1990 or later. For books the first edition establishes the relevant publication date. The publication must be in English. |
Franz Edelman Award - INFORMS
Deadline: October 1
| Description | The Franz Edelman competition attests to the contributions of operations research and analytics in both the profit and non-profit sectors. The purpose of the Franz Edelman competition is to bring forward, recognize and reward outstanding examples of operations research, management science, and advanced analytics in practice in the world. |
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| Value | $10,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Work must have been implemented and resulted in significant measurable benefit. |
Frontiers Planet Prize
Deadline: Internal - September 26 (contact awards@uwaterloo.ca for internal requirements); Sponsor - November 1
| Description | The Frontiers Planet Prize is designed to bring forward and recognize the scientists who will help Earth remain within its 9 planetary boundaries. The prize honours scientific breakthroughs which accelerate solutions for healthy lives on a healthy planet. |
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| Value |
Research grant of 1 million Swiss francs to facilitate and accelerate the research and development of the winning submission |
| Eligibility |
The Frontiers Planet Prize will be awarded to the best research published in established peer-reviewed scientific journals, with robust peer review and transparent publication procedures. The acceptance date of the article must fall within the 2 years prior to the launch of the competition (date of acceptance: 1 November 2023 to 31 October 2025). |
Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering
Deadline: November 28 before 8 p.m. ET
| Description |
The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence. |
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| Value | A medal and up to $1 million over 5 years for use on personal university-based research or in some related way, such as the establishment of research chairs in his or her name. |
| Eligibility |
Candidates may be nominated by any individual or group. The nominee must be a scientist or engineer employed at a Canadian university, Canadian federal or provincial government lab or private firm active in Canada whose research is primarily based in the fields of the natural sciences and/or engineering. |
Governor General's Medals in Architecture
Deadline: December 10 (anticipated - biennial deadline)
| Description | The objective of the Governor General’s Medals in Architecture is to recognize and celebrate outstanding design in recently completed built projects by Canadian architects. |
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| Value |
A medal |
| Eligibility | Projects built in and outside of Canada (completed between January 1, 2016 and September 1, 2023 , which licensed/registered architect or Team of Architects who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada and are licensed/registered with a Canadian Provincial or Territorial Jurisdiction and were the lead design architects, are eligible to be submitted. |
Gruber Prizes
Deadline: December 15
| Description | The International Prize Program honours individuals in the fields of Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience, Young Scientist Awards (x3), Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award - whose groundbreaking work provides new models that inspire and enable fundamental shifts in knowledge and culture. |
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| Value |
$500,000 USD for each of the following: Cosmology Prize, Neuroscience Prize, Genetics Prize $75,000 USD for each of the following: Young Scientists Award x3, Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award ( which specifically supports women researchers, all awards are presented without respect to gender, nationality, race, ethnicity, or religious creed). |
| Eligibility | Candidates must have produced fundamental advances in our understanding of their respective field. |
The Harvey Prize
Deadline: March 15 (or February 1 - call for nominations released in December)
| Description |
The Harvey Prize rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. The monetary Prize is a banner of recognition for men and women who have truly contributed to the progress of humanity. No less, however, the Prize is a source of inspiration. Serving as stimulus, the award urges scientists and scholars forward to further accomplishment. 1st Year Two prizes in Science and Technology 2nd Year One prize in Science and Technology and One prize in Human Health 3rd Year Two prizes in Science and Technology 4th Year One prize in Science and Technology and One prize in Human Health 5th Year One prize in Science and Technology Two prizes will be awarded in the year, one in the field of "Science and Technology" and one "for Outstanding Contribution to Peace in the Middle East, or for Outstanding Contribution to Economy or Society". |
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| Value |
$75,000 (two awards) |
| Eligibility | Candidates must be outstanding personalities in one of the fields of human endeavour outlined on the website. They should be persons whose achievements have served as a source of inspiration to many others. |
High Performance Computing Excellence Award - Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe
Deadline: April 3
| Description |
The PRACE HPC Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding individual or team for ground-breaking research, through the usage of high-performance computing, that leads to significant advances in any research field. More specifically, the following criteria will be used:
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| Value | € 20,000 |
| Eligibility |
Any individual or team that demonstrates that the work has been communicated and peer-reviewed within five years preceding the nomination deadline is eligible. Self-nominations are allowed. |
Innovators in Science Award
Deadline: April 14 (anticipated)
| Description | This global award recognizes a promising Early-Career Scientist's and an outstanding Senior Scientist's contributions to biomedical science and is intended to support their commitment to innovative research. Focus areas include Neuroscience, Regenerative Medicine, Rare Diseases, Gastroenterology, and Cancer Immunology. Recognition field varies year to year – 2024 award is for Cancer Immunology. |
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| Value | Two prizes of $200,000 USD awarded in each award cycle |
| Eligibility |
Two prizes will be awarded, one to an Early-Career Scientist and the other to a well-established Senior Scientist from across the globe. The winning scientists will have distinguished themselves for the creativity and impact of their research. Varies early career and senior scientist. |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Medal of Honour
| Description | The IEEE Medal of Honour is the highest IEEE award. It is presented when a candidate is identified as having made a particular contribution that forms a clearly exceptional addition to the science and technology of concern to IEEE. |
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| Value | Gold medal; Bronze replica; Certificate; Honorarium; IEEE Honorary Membership |
| Eligibility | Candidates must have had an exceptional contribution or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest. |
International Cosmos Prize
Deadline: April 12 (anticipated)
| Description |
The prize will be awarded for research work that has achieved excellence and is recognized as contributing to a significant understanding of the relationships among living organisms, the interdependence of life and the global environment, and the common nature integrating these inter-relationships. It should be characterized by a global perspective which tries to illuminate the relationships between diverse phenomena, in keeping with the concepts and principle of "The Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Mankind." The following points will be the standards by which the research will be evaluated. 1)The body of work should show an inclusive and integrated methodology and approach, in contrast to analytic and reductive methodologies. 2)The research must be based on a global perspective. If the focus is on a particular phenomenon or specific area, it must have universal significance and applicability. 3)The research should offer a long-term vision which leads to further developments, rather than solutions to limited problems. |
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| Value | Commendation, a medallion and a monetary prize of 40 million yen |
| Eligibility |
No distinction shall be made based on nationality, race, sex or creed of the prizewinner. However, only living persons are eligible. |
International Hydrology Prize
Deadline: December 31
| Description | Awarded by IAHS, with UNESCO and WMO, to two people who have made an outstanding contribution to hydrological science. The Dooge medal is aimed at fundamental contributions to the science of hydrology, whereas the Volker medal is aimed at outstanding applications of hydrological science for the benefit of society at large. |
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| Value | Medal (two awarded annually) |
| Eligibility | Identifiable international dimension extending beyond both the country of normal work and the specific field of interest of the candidate. Awarded to hydrologists of long international standing or to younger but active hydrologists who exhibit qualities of international leadership in the science or practice of hydrology. Active involvement in work of IAHS and other international organizations counted as an advantage. |
International Mobility Innovation Award for People with Disabilities - SAE
Deadline: August 12 (anticipated)
| Description | This award recognizes the significant technical achievements brought about by innovation, leadership, and inspiration of employees with disabilities working in the aerospace engineering industry. The nominee must have demonstrated success in at least one major technical achievement benefiting the nominee’s company, industry, or society. |
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| Value | This includes an honorarium and an award that is presented at an SAE Event. |
| Eligibility |
The nominee must be an individual who has met the purpose of this award and who is disabled as defined by the latest amendment to the “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.” Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for this award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award. |
IUPAC - Richter Prize (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)
Deadline: December 15 (biennially in even years)
| Description | The prize is to be awarded to an internationally recognized scientist, preferably a medicinal chemist, whose activities or published accounts have made an outstanding contribution to the practice of medicinal chemistry or to an outstanding example of new drug discovery. |
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| Value |
USD $10,000 |
| Eligibility | Candidates must have an outstanding contribution to the practice of medicinal chemistry or to an outstanding example of new drug discovery. |
Iupac-Zhejiang Nhu International Award for Advancements in Green Chemistry
Deadline: October 31
| Description | The award covers all the topics of Green Chemistry, such as Green and Renewable Feedstocks, Green Synthetic Routes, Green Solvents, Green Catalysis, Green products, Green Energy, and as broadly defined by OECD as Sustainable Chemistry. |
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| Value | $2,000 - $10,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
All scientists are eligible irrespective of gender and nationality. |
Jan Tinbergen Awards - International Statistical Institute
Deadline: August 5 (anticipated)
| Description | These reward the best papers by young statisticians on statistical problems of relevance in building statistical capacity in countries with limited statistical infrastructure. Papers should address statistical problems of real relevance in building statistical capacity in countries with limited statistical infrastructure. The theme for the 2025 edition of the ISI Jan Tinbergen Award is “statistical systems". |
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| Value |
€2,500 |
| Eligibility | The paper must be an unpublished, original contribution. The paper must be written in English. The paper should have a minimum of four pages. The author and all co-authors (if any) of the paper must be born in 1987 or later. If the paper has co-author(s), the percentage contribution from all authors must be stated. Previous winners of the award are not eligible (even as co-authors). |
Japan Prize in Science and Technology
Deadline: January 31 (anticipated)
| Description |
The Japan Prize honours scientists and researchers worldwide who are recognized for having contributed significantly to the peace and prosperity of humankind through their original and outstanding achievements that have greatly advanced the progress of science and technology. The eligible fields of this award cover all fields of science and technology. Materials Science and Production
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| Value | A medal, a certificate, and 50 Million Yen prize |
| Eligibility | The 2025 Japan Prize in the fields of Materials Science and Production will be awarded for the discovery or development of materials that lead to breakthrough advances in science and technology, or for dramatic advancements in manufacturing technology that result in new products, services, or industries. The 2025 Japan Prize in Biological Production and Ecology/Environment will reward achievements that have created, extended, or propagated major steps forward in scientific technology and, by advancing basic science related to ecology and environmental science and biological-production-related science and technology, have made or have the potential to make major contributions to sustainable development of human society in harmony with our ecosystem. |
John H. Chapman Award of Excellence
Deadline: February 26 (anticipated)
| Description | The John H. Chapman Award of Excellence is a tribute to a renowned Canadian whose vision for the development of space reflects Canada’s values as much as its present and future needs. This award celebrates a remarkable contribution to the advancement of the Canadian Space Program and a lifetime of achievement in space science and technology. |
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| Value |
Not specified |
| Eligibility |
The candidate must have made a major breakthrough in space science or technology that contributes to the advancement of knowledge in a given field. |
John Charles Polanyi Prizes - Council of Ontario Universities
Deadline: December 2
| Description | Awarded purely on the basis of merit. In 2024, the prizes are in the areas broadly defined as Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economic Science. |
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| Value |
$20,000 |
| Eligibility | This is for researchers in the early stages of their career who are continuing to post-doctoral studies or have recently started a faculty appointment at an Ontario university. Candidates are normally resident in Ontario. Must have received their doctoral degree from any recognized university in the world on or after September 1, 2020. |
John von Neumann Theory Prize - The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Deadline: June 1
| Description | The John von Neumann Theory Prize is awarded annually to a scholar (or scholars in the case of joint work) who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. The Prize is awarded for a body of work, typically published over a period of several years. Although recent work should not be excluded, the Prize typically reflects contributions that have stood the test of time. |
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| Value |
$5,000 (USD), medallion, citation |
| Eligibility |
The Prize Committee is currently seeking nominations, which should be in the form of a letter (preferably email) addressed to the prize committee chair (below), highlighting the nominee's accomplishments. Although the letter need not contain a detailed account of the nominee's research, it should document the overall nature of his or her contributions and their impact on the profession, with particular emphasis on the prize's criteria. The nominee's curriculum vitae, while not mandatory, would be helpful. |
Kavli Prize
Deadline: October 1 (biennially)
| Description | The Kavli Prize honours scientists for breakthroughs in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. The main purposes of the prize are to recognize outstanding scientific research, honour highly creative scientists, promote public understanding of scientists and their work, and foster international cooperation among scientists. |
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| Value |
$1,000,000 USD (in each of the scientific fields), a scroll, and a medal. |
| Eligibility | The nomination process is open to scientists conducting basic research in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Self-nominations are not accepted. The prize can be awarded to a single person or several individuals for closely related fundamental contributions (with no more than five laureates per field). Deceased persons cannot be nominated. |
King Faisal International Prize
Deadline: March 31 (anticipated)
| Description |
To acquire qualification for the Prize, the nominee should have:
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| Value | The prize includes SAR 750,000, A 24 carat gold medal, a certificate |
| Eligibility |
Nominations are welcomed from universities, scientific institutions and research centres. Individuals may not nominate. Nominated works must be published, benefit mankind and enrich human knowledge. Dissertations are not accepted. |
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science
Deadline: July 4
| Description | The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards are presented every year to five outstanding women scientists – one per each of the following regions: Africa and the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America - in recognition of their scientific accomplishments. Each scientist has had a unique career path combining exceptional talent, a deep commitment to her profession and remarkable courage in a field still largely dominated by men. The scientific fields considered for the awards alternate every other year between Life Sciences (awarded in even years) and the Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science (awarded in odd years). |
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| Value |
100,000 Euros |
| Eligibility |
The candidate must be recognized for her personal scientific excellence; be actively involved in scientific research; be involved in any field of the Life and Environmental Sciences. |
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Deadline: January 30 (anticipated)
| Description | The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize is awarded by Columbia University for outstanding basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry. The purpose of this prize is to honour a scientific investigator, or group of investigators, whose contributions to knowledge in either of these fields are deemed worthy of special recognition. |
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| Value | A citation and an honorarium |
| Eligibility | The prize may be awarded to an individual or a group. When the prize is awarded to a group, the honorarium will be divided among the recipients, and each member will receive a citation. Preference will be given to work done in the recent past. |
Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award
Deadline: August 1
| Description | The Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award is presented to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to macromolecular science or engineering. |
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| Value |
$2,000; a framed scroll |
| Eligibility |
Candidates must be residing in Canada. Membership in the institute is not a prerequisite for receiving this award. |
Marconi Prize
Deadline: June 30 (anticipated)
| Description | The Marconi Society is proud to recognize leaders in the field of advanced communication and information technology in service of digital inclusion. The Marconi Prize is awarded to established scientists who have created and scaled our connected world. Nominees are recognized for their impacts on widely-used technology, the scientific importance of their work, their entrepreneurial contributions, and the applicability of their work to social and humanitarian efforts. We seek diverse candidates with exceptional records who will bring an engaged, socially conscious perspective to the Marconi Society community and its work to expand digital inclusion through information and communications technology. |
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| Value | $100,000 + sculpture |
| Eligibility |
The Marconi Prize is awarded based on the candidate’s contributions in the following areas:
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Marcus Wallenberg Prize
Deadline: April 30 (anticipated)
| Description | The Prize is awarded to recognize, encourage and stimulate path-breaking scientific achievements, which contribute significantly to broader knowledge and/or technical development within all subjects relevant to the forest-based sector all over the world. The achievements may be of widely different characters and relate to subjects ranging from forest ecosystem conservation and management through process, product and service developments contributing to the sustainable development of society. The evaluation of the achievements will recognize excellent science or technological innovation alone as well as the combination of both. |
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| Value | Diploma |
| Eligibility | “Candidate” implies an individual or a group of normally 2-4 individuals who have actively cooperated in research leading to a scientific and/or technological achievement that has had or potentially will have a significant impact on forestry and forest products related industries. |
Marine Institute Research for Policy Awards - Marine Institute
Deadline: August 15
| Description |
Government Department or Agencies have identified policy topics or questions where there is a current knowledge gap that can be addressed through accelerated research. To address this requirement, the Marine Institute launched a pilot call for proposals for Research for Policy Awards that aims to delivery policy relevant information in a timely manner in May 2023. Types of research that can be undertaken: Evidence synthesis and analysis; Gap analysis; Literature reviews; Meta reviews or science/knowledge synthesis; Review of policies, policy options, and policy opportunities and supports; Foresight analysis; Comparative (benchmarking) analysis. Projects may also include laboratory analysis, surveys, and data-based analysis or modelling experimental work. |
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| Value | €120,000 EUR |
| Eligibility |
It is expected that there would be only one applicant organization due to the level of funding being provided, but partnerships are allowed with a maximum of two partners. |
Millennium Technology Prize
Deadline: October 31 (biennially)
| Description | The Millennium Technology Prize is awarded for groundbreaking technological innovations that benefit millions of people around the world by: enhancing quality of life, promoting sustainable development and mitigation of climate change, generating applications with global commercial viability, creating new socioeconomic value, stimulating further cutting-edge research and development in science and technology. |
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| Value | 1,000,000 Euros; trophy |
| Eligibility |
Can be awarded to an individual or to a team of any nationality. All individuals who deserve the Millennium Technology Prize for the proposed innovation must be named in the nomination. The Prize is intended for innovators in the active stage of their careers. |
NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award
Deadline: May 15 (anticipated)
| Description | The NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award recognizes and rewards early-career M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. scientists that perform research at the intersection of the social and life sciences. Essays written by these bold researchers on their recent work are judged for clarity, scientific quality, creativity, and demonstration of cross-disciplinary approaches to address fundamental questions. |
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| Value | The Grand Prize winner will be awarded a cash prize in the amount of US $15,000, and be provided travel and accommodation to the award ceremony, if applicable. Additionally, the Grand Prize winner is invited to present a proposal for funding to the NOMIS board, and have their winning essay published in Science, in print and online. Runner(s) Up will be awarded a cash prize in the amount of US$5,000, and be provided travel and accommodation to the award ceremony, if applicable. Both the Grand Prize winner and the Runner(s) Up will receive a 5 year digital subscription to Science, and have their winning essay published in Science online. |
| Eligibility | Entrants must be thirty-five (35) years of age or younger and must hold an M.D., Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. at the time of entry. The award will be granted annually to one young scientist based on work done in the past 3 years. |
NSERC Award for Science Promotion
Deadline: November 15 before 8 p.m. ET
| Description | The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion honour individuals and groups that are inspirational in the way they promote science to the general public. |
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| Value | The individual recipient will receive a $10,000 award. The group recipient will receive a $25,000 award. |
| Eligibility |
Candidates must be nominated by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada; posthumous or self-nominations will not be accepted. |
NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Deadline: November 28 before 8 p.m. (ET)
| Description | This awarded annually research in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE), that has led to exceptional benefits for Canadian society, environment and/or economy. |
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| Value | Up to $250,000 (Award paid over a period of 3 years) |
| Eligibility |
The outstanding research that led to the exceptional benefits described in the nomination must have been supported, at least partially, by NSERC, and the research must be primarily in the NSE. Self-nominations will not be accepted. To be nominated as an individual, you must hold an NSERC research grant. To be nominated as a team, at least 1 member must hold an NSERC research grant. Most of your team must be employed at a Canadian university, Canadian federal or provincial government lab, or private firm active in Canada. |
NSERC John C. Polanyi Award
Deadline: November 28 before 8 p.m. ET
| Description | The award is given for individual or group research, conducted in Canada, that has led to recent significant advance in a NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. |
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| Value |
A research grant of up to $250,000 |
| Eligibility | If a team, least one of the candidates must hold an NSERC grant supporting the research described in the nomination. Self-nominations are ineligible. Must be STRAC compliant |
NSERC McDonald Fellowships
*Internal committee needed — six nominations per institution
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Notice of intent to apply: Please contact the awards office as soon as possible if you are planning to apply to this competition – preferably by October 17 – advance notice of participation allows us to recruit an internal committee that is reflective of the applicants’ disciplines.
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Internal Deadline: October 27*
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Penultimate Draft: November 24
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Sponsor Deadline: December 15 before 8:00 p.m. (ET)
| Description | Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships recognize early-stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. NSERC awards up to six McDonald Fellowships each year. |
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| Value | $250,000 research grant |
| Eligibility | Must be an early-stage academic researcher, meaning that you have held an independent academic position for 10 years or less as of June 1 of the year of the competition and currently hold a grant from NSERC. |
* For the internal submission date of October 27, you will be required to submit a draft copy of your 6-page nomination letter which includes two major sections:
- Part A: Description of Nomination (maximum 3 pages);
- Part B: Future Directions (maximum 3 pages).
- An NSERC Personal Data Form (Form 100) – no page limit
NSERC Science Exposed
Deadline: January 28 (anticipated)
| Description | Science Exposed is a contest organized by NSERC and devoted exclusively to images of scientific research, in all fields of study. |
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| Value | Jury Prizes - $2,000 – Peoples Choice - $2,000 |
| Eligibility |
You must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada or foreign student living in Canada enrolled at a Canadian institution. Contestants must fall into one of the following categories:
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OPTICA Awards
Deadline: October 1
| Description | OPTICA recognizes and celebrates the field's technical, research, engineering, education, business, leadership and service accomplishments. Our awards program spans all areas of optics and photonics, as well as contributions made to the community. |
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| Value |
Varies by award: Includes 20 awards, medals, fellowships, and honorary memberships. Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize; Esther Hoffman Beller Medal; Max Born Award; Stephen D. Fantone Distinguished Service Award; Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award; Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award; Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize; The Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award; Nick Holonyak Jr. Award; Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award; Edwin H. Land Medal; Sang Soo Lee Award; Emmett N. Leith Medal; Ellis R. Lippincott Award; Adolph Lomb Medal; C.E.K. Mees Medal; William F. Meggers Award; David Richardson Medal; Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design; Innovator Award; Edgar D. Tillyer Award; Charles Hard Townes Medal; Optica Treasurer's Award; John Tyndall Award; Herbert Walther Award; R. W. Wood Prize |
| Eligibility |
1. Nominees do not need to be Optica members. 2. This award is presented to an individual, joint nominations are not permitted. 3. An individual may not receive more than one society award in a year, nor may an individual receive more than one award for the same body of work. 4. Awards are not presented posthumously, except in the case that the recipient's death occurs after the Selection Committee decision has been made. |
Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry
Deadline: March 31
| Description | The award is made for a notable research work in geometry or topology that has appeared in the last six years. The work must be published in a recognized, peer-reviewed venue. |
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| Value |
$5,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Submit a letter of nomination, a complete bibliographic citation for the work being nominated, and a brief citation that explains why the work is important. Prize is awarded every 3 years. |
Paul Bunge Prize - German Chemical Society
Deadline: September 30
| Description | The Paul Bunge Prize honours outstanding research publications on all aspects of the history of scientific instruments. |
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| Value | €7,500 EUR |
| Eligibility |
The prize is for either individual books or papers published within the last five years or for lifetime achievements. Submitted works may be published in English, German or French. |
Polymers Journal young investigator award
Deadline: August 31
| Description | This prize will be given to two young investigators in recognition of their excellence in the field of polymer science. |
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| Value | CHF 2,500 and option to publish one paper free of charge in Polymers after peer review before the end of April 2025. |
| Eligibility |
You must have received a PhD no more than 10 years prior to 30 Sep 2024. You must have produced ground-breaking research and made a significant contribution to the advancement of polymer science and must be nominated by senior scientists. |
Priestly Medal
Deadline: November 1 (annually)
| Description | To recognize distinguished services to chemistry. |
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| Value | Gold medal; presentation box; a certificate; up to $2,500 in travel expenses to the presentation event |
| Eligibility | The award will be granted regardless of race, gender, age, religion, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, presence of disabilities, and educational background. The medal may be awarded not only to members of the Society, but also to non-members and to representatives of any nation. Members of the ACS Board of Directors are ineligible to receive this award. |
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Deadline: November 1 (anticipated)
| Description | To honour a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. |
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| Value | $100,000 USD; Bronze medallion |
| Eligibility | The prize is awarded irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology. Nominations are accepted internationally from persons from diverse fields who have a knowledge of and interest in advancing great architecture. Nominations that do not result in the award are automatically carried over to the following year. |
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Deadline: June 7
| Description | Celebrates the engineers responsible for a ground-breaking innovation that has been of global benefit to humanity. The objective of the QE Prize is to raise the public profile of engineering and to inspire young people to become engineers. Prize rules and conditions |
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| Value | 500,000 GBP |
| Eligibility |
Entry to the Prize is open to: any living individual (or not more than five living individuals working as a team); of any nationality; who is personally responsible for a ground-breaking innovation in engineering which has been of global benefit to humanity. Self-nomination is not permitted. |
David P. Robbins Prize
Deadline: May 31
| Description | The Robbins Prize is for a paper with the following characteristics: it shall report on novel research in algebra, combinatorics or discrete mathematics and shall have a significant experimental component; and it shall be on a topic which is broadly accessible and shall provide a simple statement of the problem and clear exposition of the work. |
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| Value | $5,000 |
| Eligibility |
Papers published within the six calendar years preceding the year in which the prize is awarded are eligible for consideration. |
Rolex Awards for Enterprise
Deadline: October 17 (anticipated; biennially)
| Description | The awards invest in exceptional people around the world who are carrying out pioneering projects. Laureates are united by a talent for independent thinking and the capacity to embrace projects that require creativity and determination in the face of considerable odds. |
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| Value | 100,000 CHF - 200,000 CHF |
| Eligibility |
Anyone over the age of 18, of any nationality, can apply for 1/5 Laureate prizes. |
Royal Society (U.K.) Medals and Awards
Deadline: February 23 (anticipated)
| Description |
The Royal Society is encouraging nominations of joint collaborations, groups or teams for almost all its medals to better represent how contemporary science is undertaken. In addition, the Society is extremely keen to broaden the diversity of those nominated for its awards, so do please consider all contacts and colleagues. Premier awards
Biological awards
Physical awards
Interdisciplinary awards and those celebrating the communication of science
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| Value | See individual award for details |
| Eligibility | You do not have to be a Fellow of the Royal Society to nominate or to be nominated for any of the Royal Society medals and awards. |
Rumelhart Prize
Deadline: February 23 (anticipated)
| Description | The David E. Rumelhart Prize is awarded annually to an individual or collaborative team making a significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition. Contributions may be formal in nature: mathematical modelling of human cognitive processes, formal analysis of language and other products of human cognitive activity, and computational analyses of human cognition using symbolic or non-symbolic frameworks all fall within the scope of the award. |
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| Value | A citation of the awardee’s contribution; $100,000 award. |
| Eligibility |
The candidate(s) may be an individual or a team. |
Russ Prize
Deadline: April 1 (anticipated; biennially in odd years)
| Description | The Russ Prize recognizes an outstanding bioengineering achievement in widespread use that improves the human condition. This achievement should help the public better understand and appreciate the contributions of engineers to our health, well-being and quality of life. An auxiliary purpose of the Russ Prize is to encourage collaboration between the engineering and medical/biological professions to work closely together. |
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| Value | $500,000 USD and a commemorative medallion |
| Eligibility | The Russ Prize is awarded for a specific achievement or for a series of achievements in bioengineering, and may be awarded to an individual or a group of individuals contributing to the same achievement(s). The Russ Prize is not awarded posthumously. Recipients of the Charles Stark Draper Prize are not eligible for the Russ Prize. NAE members and non-members world-wide are eligible to receive the Russ Prize. |
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics
Deadline: May 31
| Description | The Satter Prize recognizes an outstanding contribution to mathematics research by a woman in the previous six years. |
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| Value | $5,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Submit a letter of nomination describing the candidate's accomplishments including complete bibliographic citations for the work being nominated, a CV for the nominee, and a brief citation that explains why the work is important. The prize is awarded every 2 years |
Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the Association for Women in Mathematics
Deadline: October 1
| Description | Awarded annually to a woman recently promoted to Associate Professor or an equivalent position in the mathematical sciences. The prize provides a fellowship for the awardee to spend a semester in the Mathematics Department of Cornell University without teaching obligations. |
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| Value |
$47,000 USD prize with housing/subsistence stipend award of $3,000. |
| Eligibility |
No restriction on nationality or on the country in which she holds a position. Applicant is expected to spend a full semester at Cornell in the following academic year. |
SAE International Award for Commercial Vehicle Innovation honouring Magnus Hendrickson
Deadline: May 31
| Description | Recognizes individuals or teams (SAE members or non-members) whose efforts in commercial vehicle dynamics represent true innovation and have created significant, lasting change in the commercial vehicle industry. |
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| Value | $5,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
The ideal award recipient(s) is an individual or team (SAE member or non-member) whose research and/or practical application represents unique, original concepts that when applied to vehicle dynamics, cause significant, positive change and elevate vehicle dynamics to new levels of innovation.
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SAE International Award for Safety in Transportation Honouring Arnold W. Siegel
Deadline: September 30
| Description | This award recognizes individuals or teams whose work has created a demonstrable impact on safety in transportation. |
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| Value | This includes an honorarium, and an award that is presented at an SAE event |
| Eligibility |
Nominees should be those in leadership positions who have made a significant safety impact related to transportation. Accomplishments may include outstanding international research, innovation and practical application of technologies that support increased safety in transportation including but not limited to crash injury protection, crash injury biomechanics and crash injury design for all mobility vehicles: land, air, sea and space. |
Samsung AI Researcher of the Year
Deadline: August 6
| Description | This prize recognizes promising researchers who have made outstanding research or contributions to the field of AI. |
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| Value | $30,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Faculty or research scientist at a university or public research institute. Applicant must be age 35 or under on August 6, 2024. |
Sarah Jones Award - Research Data Alliance
Deadline: September 12
| Description | For an otherwise unrecognized contribution to the community in Open Science. |
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| Value | Access to a fund to be invested in activities relevant to the winning activities |
| Eligibility |
This award is open to all nominees and not restricted to members of the RDA community. Nominations are invited for individuals who have demonstrated an exceptional contribution to fostering collaboration in Open Science that has had positive change and impact because of this work. This impact can be on an organizational, community or individual level. Sarah impacted many people, organizations and communities in her work. |
Science & PINS Prize
Deadline: March 15
| Description | This is awarded for innovative research that modulates neural activity through physical (electrical, magnetic, optical) stimulation of targeted sites in the nervous system with implications for translational medicine |
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| Value | up to US$25,000 and has their submission essay published in Science. |
| Eligibility |
Entrants must be a Junior Investigator with an advanced degree received in the last 10 years and must be 45 years or younger as of 1 January 2024. Entrant must have performed or directed the work described in the submission essay. The research must have been performed during the previous three years. |
SIAM Fellows Program
Deadline: October 18
| Description | This Fellowship honours Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) members who are recognized by their peers as distinguished for their contributions to the discipline. The program aims to support the achievement of SIAM members to leadership positions in their own institutions and in the broader society. |
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| Value | Fellowship status |
| Eligibility |
Candidates must be a current regular member of SIAM who has been a regular member for at least seven of the past ten years. Candidates are expected to have been a member of the profession for at least fifteen years. |
Simon-Widmer Award - Swiss Chemical Society
Deadline: November 30
| Description | To honour distinguished scientists for their contribution to fundamental and applied analytical science and the education of analytical scientists. |
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| Value | CHF 5,000 |
| Eligibility | Self-nominations are not admitted. |
Sloan Research Fellowships
September 15
| Description | The Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders. |
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| Value |
USD $75,000 - Two-year period to cover costs of equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, trainee support, summer salary, or any other activity directly related to the Fellow's research. |
| Eligibility | Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, computer science, earth system science, economics, mathematics, molecular biology, neuroscience, physics, or a related field. Candidates must hold a tenure track (or equivalent) position at a college, university, or other degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada that includes a regular teaching obligation. |
Society of Women Engineers
Deadline: March 1
| Description | The Society of Women Engineers strives to advance and honour the contributions of women at all stages of their careers as well as recognize the successes of SWE members, individuals, allies, and employers who enhance the engineering profession through contributions to industry, education, and the community. |
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| Value | Certificate |
| Eligibility |
Varies by award |
SPIE Awards Program - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
Deadline: August 8 (anticipated)
| Description | SPIE has a variety of programs that recognize excellence in the field of the optics and photonics. |
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| Value | up to $10,000 USD |
| Eligibility |
Both self-nominations, and nominations by others are accepted. Nominations are due July 1st. Recommendation letters are due no later than July 15th. Nominations submitted after July 1, 2024 will be eligible for the 2026 Award year. Nominations are eligible for a 3 year period. |
Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences
Deadline: NOI - June 22; Internal - July 6; Sponsor - August 31 (anticipated)
| Description | The Steacie Prize is named in memory of E.W.R. Steacie, a physical chemist and former President of the National Research Council of Canada, to whom much is owed for the development of science in Canada. The Prize is awarded annually to a young scientist or engineer in Canada (typically under 40 years of age). |
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| Value |
$10,000 |
| Eligibility | The Steacie Prize is a Canadian award of $10,000 presented once a year to a scientist or engineer of 40 years of age or less for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada. The winner is selected by a distinguished panel which is appointed annually by the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fund, a private foundation dedicated to the advancement of science and engineering in Canada. Nominations of candidates should be made by a colleague, and should include a description and evaluation of the nominee’s work, together with a curriculum vitae, a publication list, and a list of referees. |
Stockholm Water Prize
Deadline: September 18 (anticipated)
| Description |
This is the most prestigious prize for outstanding achievements in water-related activities. It recognizes women, men and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources. The main achievements of the candidate should be within one or both of the following categories:
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| Value | approximately $135,000 CDN (1 million SEK) and a crystal sculpture. |
| Eligibility | A candidate for the Stockholm Water Prize shall have attained outstanding achievements of lasting significance for sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources. The results achieved by the candidate shall have proven impact or great potential and provide stimulation for further important contributions to the conservation and protection of water resources and to improved health and well-being of the planet’s inhabitants and ecosystems. |
Swedish Steel Prize
Deadline: January 18
| Description | SSAB invites entries for the Swedish steel prize. This is awarded to the method or product that best displays how the properties of the steel has contributed to a significant innovation. |
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| Value | 100,000 krSEK Lower: 100,000 krSEK. The winner also receives a diploma, a statuette and intense media exposure. |
| Eligibility |
Individuals, companies and institutions worldwide may enter. |
NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation
Deadline: December 6
| Description |
The Synergy Awards for Innovation honour partnerships of strong, complementary and collaborative teams who have generated new knowledge and accelerated the application of research results to create benefits for Canada and Canadians. The awards recognize outstanding teams who have combined their expertise and resources to create partnerships resulting in significant impacts. |
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| Value |
$200,000 research grant – eligible partners receive $50,000 voucher valid for the cash portion of their required contribution to a new research partnerships project |
| Eligibility |
A partnership between one or more eligible Canadian universities and one or more non-academic partner organizations. The highlighted research partnership must focus on natural sciences or engineering. |
Tang Prize in Sustainable Development
August 1 (anticipated; biennially in even years)
| Description | The Tang Prize in Sustainable Development recognizes those who have made extraordinary contributions to the sustainable development of human societies, especially through groundbreaking innovations in science and technology. The University of Waterloo may submit one nomination. |
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| Value | Approximately $1.4 Million USD. Additionally, laureates may receive a grant of up to USD $0.35 million |
| Eligibility |
Candidates should be individuals and/or organization that have made extraordinary contributions to the sustainable development of human societies, especially through groundbreaking innovations in science and technology. Up to three laureates, if necessary, can share the award. |
Tweedie New Researcher Award
Deadline: December 1
| Description | To fund travel to present the "Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture" at the IMS New Researchers Conference. |
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| Value | Up to $2000 USD per award, to be reimbursed against receipts |
| Eligibility | A new researcher is one who received their doctoral degree in one of the five calendar years preceding the year of nomination, or in the year of nomination, meaning, for the 2022 award with nomination deadline December 1, 2021, any of the years 2016–2021. The IMS gives the award committee latitude to consider nominees with extenuating circumstances that may have delayed professional achievements. Nominees should be members of the IMS at the time of nomination. |
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Deadline: August 9
| Description |
Prizes are awarded for outstanding achievements in any one of the following:
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| Value | $250,000 USD and a gold medallion. |
| Eligibility |
Living individuals or public or private institutions of any nation are eligible for nomination. Persons or institutions eligible to make nominations include, but are not limited to: any individuals or entity in fields such as biology, oceanography, geology, medicine, public health, chemistry, physics, engineering and social sciences. The work of the nominee(s) is expected to:
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USERN Prize
Deadline: June 1 (anticipated)
| Description | USERN prize is an international award, established by the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), which would be annually bestowed to junior scientists or researchers less than 40 years of age for any novel advancement or achievement in scientific education, research, or serving the humanity in five scientific fields including Formal Sciences, Physical-Chemical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. |
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| Value |
$5,000 USD statuette, medal |
| Eligibility |
All junior scientists and researchers less than 40 years of age who has conducted a novel research, educational, or humanity service program or proposed a novel theory proceeded with a scientific approach could apply for the prize through the registration link in USERN website. |
VinFuture Prize
Deadline: April 17 (anticipated)
| Description |
The VinFuture Prize is set up to honour breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations that create meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people. The Prize aims to recognize exceptional inventors and researchers from global academic universities, research labs, and industry. VinFuture Prizes will recognize breakthroughs across all fields of science, technology and engineering that have already delivered impact or show the potential to deliver impact for real-world problems that align with at least one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ADDITONAL PRIZES ❖ VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators from Developing Countries: Awarded only to researchers or innovators working in a developing country organization. In case of a nomination involving a team, then all the team members should be working in developing countries. The centre of gravity of their work should be in developing countries. The list of developing countries is available here. ❖ VinFuture Special Prize for Female Innovators: Awarded only to female researchers or innovators, with no restriction on nationality, age, social status, or economic background of the nominees. ❖ VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields: Emerging field is defined as any field that is non-traditional and its researchers may come from different disciplines. |
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| Value | Grand Prize = $3,000,000 USD; Additional Prizes $500,000 USD each |
| Eligibility |
VinFuture Prizes will recognize breakthroughs across all fields of science, technology and engineering that have already delivered impact or show the potential to deliver impact for real-world problems that align with at least one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
Volvo Environmental Prize
Deadline: January 20 (anticipated)
| Description | The span of disciplines and activities for which nominations can be made is wide and includes all disciplines which have relevance to the environment. The research of nominees should be based on scientific grounds but must clearly show impacts outside of the specific discipline. An independent foundation awards the Volvo Environment Prize for outstanding scientific discoveries or innovations broadly within the environmental sphere. |
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| Value |
A diploma, a glass sculpture, and 1.5 Million SEK (approx. $185,000 CDN) |
| Eligibility | Recipients of the award can either be individuals or institutions; priority is given to an individual or a group of named individuals, rather than to institutions. |
Welch Award in Chemistry
Deadline: January 31 (last business day)
| Description | The purpose of The Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry is to foster and encourage basic chemical research and to recognize, in a substantial manner, the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of mankind. Any person can be considered for the award who has made important chemical research contributions, which have had a significant, positive influence on mankind. |
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| Value | $500,000 USD |
| Eligibility | In accordance with these principles, any person can be considered for the award who has made important chemical research contributions which have a significant, positive influence on mankind. The award is intended to recognize contributions that have not previously been rewarded in a similar manner. |
W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics
Deadline: June 3
| Description | The W.K.H. Panofsky Prize aims to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements by scientists in Experimental Particle Physics. |
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| Value |
$10,000; travel allowance; a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient |
| Eligibility | Candidates are scientists and can be of all nations regardless of the geographical site at which the work was accomplished. The prize shall ordinarily be awarded to one person but the prize may be shared when all recipients have contributed to the same accomplishment. Candidates are normally at an early stage of their career. |
Wolf Prizes
Deadline: November 1
| Description | The acclaimed Wolf Prize is awarded to outstanding scientists and artists from around the world, for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations amongst peoples. The scientific categories of the prize include Medicine, Agriculture, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. The Prize’s art categories include Painting and Sculpting, Music and Architecture. |
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| Value | The prize in each field consists of a certificate and a monetary award of $100,000. In the event of two or three recipients sharing the prize, the honorarium is divided equally. |
| Eligibility |
The Prize is awarded to individuals, not to institutions; A person cannot be nominated by him/herself; A Nobel Prize Laureate will not be considered, unless his/her nomination is proposed for an achievement entirely different from the one that won him/her the Nobel Prize; |
The WLA Pize (World Laureates Association Prize - WLA Foundation)
Deadline: June 15
| Description | The WLA Prize is an international science prize that aims to recognize and support eminent researchers and technologists worldwide for their contributions to science. It is intended to support global science and technology advancement, address the challenges to humanity, and promote society's long-term progress. Each year, the WLA Prize is awarded in two categories: the "WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics" and the "WLA Prize in Life Science or Medicine." |
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| Value | 10,000,000 RMB (Chinese Yuan) = approximately 1.8 Million CAD |
| Eligibility |
The nominee must:
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Women in Tech Global Awards
Deadline: July 31
| Description |
Candidates will be chosen based on the quality and experience. Categories include:
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| Value | The winner of each category will become a finalist for the Global Awards |
| Eligibility |
Candidates can either self-nominate or be nominated by someone else. |
Young Scientist Lectureship Award - International Society for Neurochemistry
Deadline: October 31
| Description | This recognizes research achievements by young scientists and supports them in attending the ISN-ESN 2025 Meeting in New York from August 19 – 22, 2025, where they will present a 30-minute lecture. |
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| Value | $3,500 USD |
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Neurochemistry is considered in its broadest context within molecular and cellular neuroscience. Up to two young scientists, up to 10 years after the year the doctoral degree was awarded (at the time of the proposal), may be given the ISN award consisting of an honorarium and paid trip to the ISN-ASN 2025 Meeting in New York, USA where they will need to present a 30-minute lecture (including discussion). |