Science and engineering prizes

The Albert Einstein World Award for Science is an yearly award given by the World Cultural Council "as a means of recognition, and as an incentive to scientific and technological research and development", with special consideration for researches which "have brought true benefit and well being to mankind". ...more on Wikipedia about "Albert Einstein World Award of Science"

The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal is the highest award for atmospheric science of the American Meteorological Society. It is presented to individual scientists, who receive a medal. Named in honor of meteorology and oceanography pioneer Carl-Gustaf Rossby, who was also its second ( 1953) recipient. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal"

The Claude E. Shannon Award of the IEEE Information Theory Society was instituted to honor consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory. Each Shannon Award winner is expected to present a Shannon Lecture at the following IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claude E. Shannon Award"

The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copley Medal"

The Crafoord Prize was established in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, the inventor of the artificial kidney, and his wife Anna-Greta Crafoord. Administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the aim of the prize is to reward and promote basic research in scientific disciplines that fall outside the categories of the Nobel Prize. These fields include mathematics, geoscience, bioscience (particularly in relation to ecology and evolution), and astronomy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crafoord Prize"

The Darwin Medal is given by the Royal Society on even years to a biologist or a husband and wife team of biologists. The award is given for "work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked." ** ...more on Wikipedia about "Darwin Medal"

The Dirac Medal of the ICTP is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics(ICTP) in honour of physicist P.A.M. Dirac. The award, given each year on August 8 (Dirac's birthday), was first awarded in 1985. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dirac Prize"

The Enrico Fermi Award is a U.S. government "Presidential" award honoring scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy. It is administered by the U.S. government's Department of Energy. The recipient receives $375,000, a certificate signed by the President and the Secretary of Energy, and a gold medal featuring the likeness of Enrico Fermi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enrico Fermi Award"

Fritz Pregl Prize is awarded annually since 1931 by the Austrian Academy of Sciences from the funds left at its disposal by the Nobel prize-winning chemist Fritz Pregl to an Austrian scientist for distinguished achievements in chemistry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fritz Pregl Prize"

The Gödel Prize is a prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science, named after Kurt Gödel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gödel Prize"

Winners of the Ho-Am Prize in Engineering: ...more on Wikipedia about "Ho-Am Prize in Engineering"

Winners of the Ho-Am Prize in Science (from 1991 to 1993, the Ho-Am Prize in Science & Technology): ...more on Wikipedia about "Ho-Am Prize in Science"

The Hughes Medal, named for microphone inventor David Edward Hughes, is one of several medals awarded by the Royal Society, England's reigning academy of science. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hughes Medal"

The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually "for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology." The achievements may be theoretical, technological, or entrepreneurial, and need not have been made immediately prior to the date of the award. ...more on Wikipedia about "IEEE John von Neumann Medal"

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The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is an biannual award given at the IJCAI conference to reasearcher in artificial intelligence as a recognition of excellence of their career. The recipients of this award have been: ...more on Wikipedia about "IJCAI Award for Research Excellence"

The John Maynard Smith Prize is a prize given by the European Society for Evolutionary Biology on odd years to an outstanding young researcher. It was first awarded in 1997 and is named after the evolutionary biologist John Maynard Smith ( 1920- 2004). ...more on Wikipedia about "John Maynard Smith Prize"

The John von Neumann Theory Prize of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS, previously The Institute of Management Science, TIMS, and the Operations Research Society of America, ORSA) is awarded annually to an individual (or sometimes group) who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "John von Neumann Theory Prize"

The Keith Medal is a prize awarded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy, for a scientific paper published in the society's scientific journals, preference being given to a paper containing a discovery, either in mathematics or earth sciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Keith Medal"

The Leeuwenhoek Medal, established in 1877 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, (KNAW), in honor of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, is granted every ten years to the scientist judged to have made the most significant contribution to microbiology during the preceding decade. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leeuwenhoek Medal"

The Linnean Medal (formerly referred to as the Gold Medal) of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or (as has been common since 1958) to one of each in the same year. The medal was of gold until 1976, and is for the preceding years often referred to as "the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society". ...more on Wikipedia about "Linnean Medal"

The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Two medals are awarded annually: one to a Russian and one to a foreign scientist. The Lomonosov Gold Medal should not be confused with the Lomonosov Award, introduced in 1866. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lomonosov Gold Medal"

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The Lovelace Medal, established by the British Computer Society in 1998, is presented to individuals who have advanced Information Systems or added significantly to their understanding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lovelace Medal"

The Marcel Benoist Foundation was founded originally to make an annual monetary award to a scientist of Swiss nationality or resident of Switzerland who has made the most useful scientific discovery, with emphasis on those affecting human life. Since 1997 candidates in the humanities have also been eligible. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marcel Benoist Prize"

The Max Planck medal is an award for extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics. It is awarded annually by the German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft). ...more on Wikipedia about "Max Planck medal"

The National Medal of Technology is an honor granted by the President of the United States to inventors and innovators that have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology. The award may be granted to a specific person, to a group of people or to an entire organization or corporation. It is the highest honor the United States can confer for achievements related to technological progress. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Medal of Technology"

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