Faculty External Honors
Physical Sciences
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Award Name | NRC Status | Agency Name | Estimated Deadline Month | Description | Sub-field |
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Gregori Aminoff Prize | Highly Prestigious | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Continuous | Recognizes a documented, individual contribution in the field of crystallography. | Earth Sciences |
Rolf Schock Prizes | Highly Prestigious | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Continuous | Funds four prizes in the fields of logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and music. | Mathematics |
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee | Highly Prestigious | National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation | Continuous | Honors the men and women whose patented inventions have changed our world. | Multidisciplinary |
Membership | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Engineering | Continuous | Election to National Academy of Engineering membership is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. | Multidisciplinary |
ASME Medal | Highly Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | March | Recognizes ??eminently distinguished engineering achievement.? | Mechanical Engineering |
Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Engineering | April | Recognizes an outstanding bioengineering achievement in widespread use that improves the human condition. | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering |
Arthur M Bueche Award | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Engineering | April | Honors an engineer who has shown dedication in science and technology, as well as active involvement in determining U.S. science and technology policy, promoting technological development, and contributing to the enhancement of the relationship between industries, government, and universities. | Materials Science and Engineering |
Bernard M Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Engineering | April | Recognizes new modalities and experiments in education that develop effective engineering leaders. | Materials Science and Engineering |
Charles Stark Draper Prize | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Engineering | April | Honors those who have contributed to the advancement of engineering and to improve public understanding of the importance of engineering and technology. | Materials Science and Engineering |
Simon Ramo Founders Award | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Engineering | April | Honors an outstanding NAE member or foreign member who has upheld the ideals and principles of the NAE through professional, educational, and personal achievement and accomplishment. | Materials Science and Engineering |
The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal | Highly Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Presented to individuals on the basis of outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure or behavior of the atmosphere. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics | Highly Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Awarded every 3 years for an outstanding contribution to applied mathematics. | Applied Mathematics |
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics | Highly Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Awarded every 3 years for an outstanding contribution to applied mathematics. | Applied Mathematics |
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship | Highly Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | The Russell Lecturer is normally chosen annually on the basis of a lifetime of eminence in astronomical research. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
J C Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Honors excellence in the field of aeronautical engineering. | Aerospace Engineering |
Arctowski Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the study of solar physics and solar terrestrial relationships. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Henry Draper Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Honors a recent, original investigation in astronomical physics, of importance and benefit to science to merit such recognition. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
James Craig Watson Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Presented every 2 years for outstanding contributions to the science of astronomy. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded biennially for contributions to chemistry, either in fundamental science or its application, that clearly satisfy a societal need. | Chemistry |
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Presented annually to honor innovative research in the chemical sciences that contributes to a better understanding of the natural sciences and to the benefit of humanity. | Chemistry |
G K Warren Prize | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Recognizes distinguished accomplishment in fluviatile geology and closely related aspects of the geological sciences. | Earth Sciences |
NAS Award in the Evolution of Earth and Life | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Honors important services to geology and paleontology. | Earth Sciences |
NAS Award in Mathematics | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded biennially for exceptional contributions to the mathematical sciences by a mid-career mathematician. | Mathematics |
Gibbs Brothers Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
John J Carty Award for the Advancement of Science | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded every two years, to recognize noteworthy and distinguished accomplishments in any field of science within the National Academy of Science??s charter. | Multidisciplinary |
NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Recognizes authors, whose reviews have synthesized extensive and difficult material, rendering a significant service to science and influencing the course of scientific thought. | Multidisciplinary |
NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded for original scientific work of intrinsic scientific importance and with significant, beneficial applications in industry. | Multidisciplinary |
NAS Public Welfare Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good. | Multidisciplinary |
Alexander Agassiz Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded for an original contribution in the science of oceanography. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
J Lawrence Smith Medal | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded every three years for investigations of meteoric bodies. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
Arthur L Day Prize and Lectureship | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded to a scientist making lasting contributions to the study of the physics of the Earth. | Physics |
Comstock Prize in Physics | Highly Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Awarded to recognize a North American resident for a recent innovative discovery or investigation in electricity, magnetism, or radiant energy. | Physics |
Priestley Medal | Highly Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes distinguished services to chemistry. | Chemistry |
Fields Medal | Highly Prestigious | International Mathematical Union | December | Recognizes outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement. | Mathematics |
Carl Sagan Memorial Award | Prestigious | American Astronautical Society | Continuous | Given to an individual who has demonstrated leadership in research or policies advancing exploration of the Cosmos. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Space Flight Award | Prestigious | American Astronautical Society | Continuous | Given annually to the person whose outstanding efforts and achievements have contributed most significantly to the advancement of space flight and space exploration. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Karl Terzaghi Lecture | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | Continuous | The Executive Director will invite a distinguished engineer to deliver a "Terzaghi Lecture" at an appropriate meeting of the Society. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Norman Hackerman Young Author Awards | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | Continuous | Awarded for the best paper published in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society (JES) for the volume year preceding the award. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Presidential Awards | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | Continuous | Given to individuals whose contributions in computing fall within the goals of the ACM. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Old Guard Prizes | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Continuous | Awarded annually for the best four contenders at the Old Guard Oral Presentation Competition during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE). | Mechanical Engineering |
Gold Medal | Prestigious | Acoustical Society of America | Continuous | Presented to a member of the Society, without age limitation, for contributions to acoustics. | Multidisciplinary |
Honorary Fellow | Prestigious | Acoustical Society of America | Continuous | A person who has attained eminence in acoustics or who has rendered outstanding service to acoustics may be elected to Honorary Fellowship. | Multidisciplinary |
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) | Prestigious | President of the United States of America | Continuous | Recognizes and honors outstanding scientists and engineers at the outset of their independent research careers. | Multidisciplinary |
Silver Medal | Prestigious | Acoustical Society of America | Continuous | Presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the science of psychological and physiological acoustics, as evidenced by publication of research results in professional journals or by other accomplishments in the field. | Multidisciplinary |
Von Bekesy Medal | Prestigious | Acoustical Society of America | Continuous | Presented for outstanding contribution to the science of psychological and physiological acoustics. | Multidisciplinary |
Rockwell Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | Continuous | Recognizes long-term or lifetime achievement in research, technology development, or education in the fields of radiation protection, shielding or dosimetry. | Nuclear Engineering |
Presidential Citation | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | Continuous | The President of the Society, may present one or more presidential citations to individuals who, in their opinion, have demonstrated outstanding effort in some manner for the benefit of the American Nuclear Society and/or the nuclear community. | Nuclear Engineering |
Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award | Prestigious | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | Continuous | Given in odd-numbered years at the Annual Meeting if there is a suitable recipient. | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
AIAA Foundation Award for Excellence | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | January | Acknowledges outstanding achievements by individuals or groups in the aerospace community. | Aerospace Engineering |
J Leland Atwood Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | January | Bestowed annually upon an aerospace engineering educator in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession. | Aerospace Engineering |
A M Turing Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Presented annually to an individual who has made lasting contributions of a technical nature to the computing community. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Allen Newell Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Presented to an individual selected for career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Andrew S Grove Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state devices and technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes exceptional contributions to the development and/or advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineering. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Cledo Brunetti Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to nanotechnology and technologies for microsystem miniaturization. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to advancing components, electronic packaging, or manufacturing technologies. The award consists of a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Control Systems Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to control systems engineering, science, or technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Daniel E Noble Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Donald O Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to solid-state circuits. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Electromagnetics Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the theory and/or application of electromagnetics. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Eric E Sumner Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to communications technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Eugene L Lawler Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Recognizes an individual or a group who have made a significant contribution through the use of computing technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Frank Rosenblatt Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms and systems. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Frederik Philips Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the management of research and development resulting in effective innovation in the electrical and electronics industry. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Grace Murray Hopper Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Awarded to the outstanding young computer professional of the year, selected on the basis of a single recent major technical or service contribution. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Gustav Robert Kirchoff Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes an outstanding contribution to the fundamentals of any aspect of electronic circuits and systems that has a long-term significance or impact. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to electric transmission and distribution. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Internet Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes exceptional contributions to the advancement of Internet technology for network architecture, mobility, and/or end-use applications. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
James L Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes an outstanding contribution to the advancement of speech and/or audio signal processing. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Joseph F Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions in electrical measurements. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Kiyo Tomiyasu Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the integration of computers and communications. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of consumer electronics technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Nikola Tesla Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the generation and utilization of electric power. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Recognizes outstanding service contributions to the Association. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Paris Kanellakis Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Honors specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Photonics Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding achievements in photonics. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Richard Harold Kaufmann Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Robotics and Automation Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes contributions in the field of robotics and automation. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Software System Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | January | Awarded to an institution or individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
William E Newell Power Electronics Award | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to power electronics. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Gerald C Pomraning Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | January | Recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contribution s toward the advancement of the fields of mathematics and/or computation in support of advancing the understanding of these topics of interest to members of ANS. | Mathematics |
Melvin R Green Codes and Standards Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | January | Recognizes outstanding contributions to: (1) the development, promulgation, or management of documents, objects, or devices used in ASME programs of technical codification, standardization, and conformity assessment, or (2) the acceptance of ASME Codes and Standards within the United States or internationally. | Mechanical Engineering |
Performance Test Codes Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | January | Awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of ASME Performance Test Codes, including the Supplements on Instruments and Apparatus. | Mechanical Engineering |
Andrew Gemant Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Physics | January | Recognizes the accomplishments of a person who has made significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics. | Physics |
Gottfried E Noether Award (Noether Senior Scholar Award) | Prestigious | American Statistical Association | January | Recognizes distinguished researchers and teachers and to support the field of nonparametric statistics. | Statistics and Probability |
Gottfried E Noether Award (Noether Young Scholar Award) | Prestigious | American Statistical Association | January | Recognizes distinguished researchers and teachers and to support the field of nonparametric statistics. | Statistics and Probability |
Aerospace Power Systems Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for a significant contribution in the broad field of aerospace power systems, specifically as related to the application of engineering sciences and systems engineering to the production, storage, distribution, and processing of aerospace power. | Aerospace Engineering |
Air Breathing Propulsion Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented to an individual for sustained, meritorious accomplishment in the arts, sciences, and technology of air breathing propulsion systems. | Aerospace Engineering |
Daniel Guggenheim Medal | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Honors persons who make notable achievements in the advancement of aeronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Dr John C Ruth Digital Avionics | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented to recognize outstanding achievement in technical management and/or implementation of digital avionics in space or aeronautical systems, including system analysis, design, development or application. | Aerospace Engineering |
Dryden Lectureship Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | The Lecture emphasizes the great importance of basic and applied research to the advancement in aeronautics and astronautics and is a salute to research scientists and engineers. | Aerospace Engineering |
Durand Lectureship for Public Service | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for notable achievements by a scientific or technical leader whose contributions have led directly to the understanding and application of the science and technology of aeronautics and astronautics for the betterment of mankind. | Aerospace Engineering |
Energy Systems Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for a significant contribution in the broad field of energy systems, specifically as related to the application of engineering sciences and systems engineering to the production, storage, distribution, and conservation of energy. | Aerospace Engineering |
Space Automation and Robotics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for leadership and technical contributions by individuals and teams in the field of space automation and robotics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Space Operations and Support Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for outstanding efforts in overcoming space operations problems and assuring success, and recognizes those teams or individuals whose exceptional contributions were critical to an anomaly recovery, crew rescue, or space failure. | Aerospace Engineering |
Space Processing Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for significant contributions in space processing or in furthering the use of microgravity for space processing. | Aerospace Engineering |
Space Science Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented to an investigator who distinguished himself through the achievement in studies of the physics of atmospheres of celestial bodies, or of the matter, fields, and dynamic and energy transfer processes occurring in space or experienced by space vehicles. | Aerospace Engineering |
Space Systems Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented to recognize outstanding achievements in the architecture, analysis, design, and implementation of space systems. | Aerospace Engineering |
Wyld Propulsion Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | February | Presented for outstanding achievement in the development or application of rocket propulsion systems. | Aerospace Engineering |
Allan P Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Presented to a member of AIChE for significant contributions to chemical engineering through publications. | Chemical Engineering |
Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Recognizes an individual's outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied chemical engineering research. | Chemical Engineering |
Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Recognizes outstanding progress in the field of chemical engineering. | Chemical Engineering |
Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Recognizes outstanding contributions in the chemical engineering field. | Chemical Engineering |
Lawrence B. Evans Award in Chemical Engineering Practice | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Recognizes an individual for substantial lifetime achievement in one or more aspects of industrial chemical engineering practice. | Chemical Engineering |
R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Recognizes an individual's significant and new contribution in chemical reaction engineering. | Chemical Engineering |
William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | February | Presented to a member of AIChE who has made an outstanding contribution to chemical engineering literature. | Chemical Engineering |
Collingwood Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | February | Awarded annually to the author or authors of a paper (1) describing an engineering work with which the author(s) have been directly connected, or (2) recording investigations contributing to engineering knowledge to which the author(s) have contributed some essential part, and (3) containing a rational digest of results. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | February | Awarded annually to members who are judged to have attained significant professional achievement. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Arthur L Day Medal | Prestigious | Geological Society of America, The | February | Recognizes outstanding distinction in the application of physics and chemistry to the solution of geologic problems, with no restriction to the particular field of geologic research. | Earth Sciences |
Charles Schuchert Award | Prestigious | Paleontological Society | February | Awarded to a Member early in his or her career whose paleontological work reflects excellence and quality. | Earth Sciences |
Doris Curtis Outstanding Woman in Science Award | Prestigious | Geological Society of America, The | February | Awarded to a woman that has impacted the field of the geosciences in a major way based on her Ph.D. research. | Earth Sciences |
Harry Fielding Reid Medal | Prestigious | Seismological Society of America | February | Awarded for outstanding contributions in seismology or earthquake engineering. | Earth Sciences |
John C Frye Memorial Award | Prestigious | Geological Society of America, The | February | Awarded to the best paper on environmental geology published either by GSA or by one of the state geological surveys. | Earth Sciences |
Paleontological Society Medal | Prestigious | Paleontological Society | February | Awarded to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology. | Earth Sciences |
Penrose Medal | Prestigious | Geological Society of America, The | February | Awarded in recognition of eminent research in pure geology, for outstanding original contributions or achievements that mark a major advance in the science of geology. | Earth Sciences |
The Charles F Richter Early Career Award | Prestigious | Seismological Society of America | February | Honors outstanding contributions to the goals of the Society by a member early in her or his career. | Earth Sciences |
Young Scientist Award (Donath Medal) | Prestigious | Geological Society of America, The | February | Awareded to a young scientist (35 or younger) for outstanding achievement in contributing to geologic knowledge through original research that marks a major advance in the earth sciences. | Earth Sciences |
Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | February | Recognizes outstanding papers in the area of discrete mathematics. | Mathematics |
Burt L Newkirk Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Given to one who has made notable contributions to the field of tribology in research or development. | Mechanical Engineering |
Dixy Lee Ray Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes significant achievements and contributions in the broad field of environmental protection. | Mechanical Engineering |
George Westinghouse Medals | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished service in the power field of mechanical engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
Hoover Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity. | Mechanical Engineering |
Internal Combustion Engine Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished contribution over a substantial period of time, in advancing the art of engineering in the field of internal combustion engines; or in directing the efforts and accomplishments of those engaged in engineering practice in the design, development, application, and operation of internal combustion engines. | Mechanical Engineering |
James Harry Potter Gold Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished service in the science of thermodynamics and its application in mechanical engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
James N Landis Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Presented for outstanding personal performance in the design, construction, or management of major steam-electric stations using nuclear or fossil fuels. | Mechanical Engineering |
M Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal of ASME/SME | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Honors an individual who has played a significant role in improving the productivity and efficiency of the manufacturing operation. | Mechanical Engineering |
Machine Design Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes eminent achievement or distinguished service in the field of machine design. | Mechanical Engineering |
Marshall B Peterson Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Given biennially in recognition of early-career achievement in research as demonstrated by papers published in scientific journals of ASME and promise for pursuit of research in tribology. | Mechanical Engineering |
Mayo D Hersey Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Bestowed on an individual in recognition of distinguished and continued contributions over a substantial period of time to the advancement of the science and engineering of tribology. | Mechanical Engineering |
Old Guard Early Career Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes outstanding early career engineers who have advanced quickly in their professional careers, have participated in advancing their education, have shown leadership in ASME activities and have volunteered actively in their communities. | Mechanical Engineering |
Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control and Acoustics | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Given in recognition of eminent achievement and extraordinary merit in the field of noise control and acoustics. | Mechanical Engineering |
Prime Movers Committee Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the literature of thermal electric station practice or equipment which are available through public presentation and publication. | Mechanical Engineering |
Rufus Oldenburger Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes lifetime achievements in automatic control. | Mechanical Engineering |
Thomas A Edison Patent Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes creativity of a patented device or process that has the potential of significantly enhancing some aspect of mechanical engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
William T Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Presented to an individual or team of individuals for developing or contributing significantly to an innovative manufacturing technology, the implementation of which has resulted in substantial economic and/or societal benefits. | Mechanical Engineering |
Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Presented to an engineering graduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering twenty years or more following graduation with a baccalaureate degree. | Multidisciplinary |
Gustus L Larson Memorial Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Presented for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering, within ten to twenty years following graduation with a baccalaureate degree. | Multidisciplinary |
Nadai Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Awarded in recognition of significant contributions and outstanding achievements which broaden the field of materials engineering. | Multidisciplinary |
Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Recognizes outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following graduation with a baccalaureate degree. | Multidisciplinary |
Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February | Provides an opportunity for a leader in pure and/or applied science or engineering to present to the Society a lecture on a subject of broad interest to engineers. | Multidisciplinary |
Aamuel S. Wilks Memorial Award | Prestigious | American Statistical Association | February | Recognizes outstanding contributions to statistics. | Statistics and Probability |
Statistics in Physical Engineering Sciences Award | Prestigious | American Statistical Association | February | Recognizes outstanding collaborative efforts between statisticians and chemists throughout the physical and engineering sciences. | Statistics and Probability |
WJ Youden Award in Interlaboratory Testing | Prestigious | American Statistical Association | February | Recognizes the authors of publications that make outstanding contributions to the design and/or analysis of interlaboratory tests or describe ingenious approaches to the planning and evaluation of data from such tests. | Statistics and Probability |
Walter J and Angeline H Crichlow Trust Prize | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | March | Presented to a single nominee for a specific achievement or body of work that became significant during the immediate past 15 years. | Aerospace Engineering |
Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal | Prestigious | Astronomical Society of the Pacific | March | Awarded for a lifetime of outstanding research in astronomy. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Klumpke-Roberts Award | Prestigious | Astronomical Society of the Pacific | March | Awarded for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award | Prestigious | Astronomical Society of the Pacific | March | Awarded for important research results based upon development of groundbreaking instruments and techniques. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Charles A Whitten Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Awarded to a senior scientist in recognition of outstanding achievement in research on the form and dynamics of the Earth and planets. | Earth Sciences |
Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award | Prestigious | Soil Science Society of America | March | Recognizes a mid-career soil scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the areas of soil physics. | Earth Sciences |
Emil Truog Soil Science Award | Prestigious | Soil Science Society of America | March | Recognizes a recent Ph.D. degree recipient who has made an outstanding contribution to soil science as evidenced by his/her Ph.D. thesis or dissertation. | Earth Sciences |
Harry H Hess Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Recognizes outstanding achievements in research on the constitution and evolution of the Earth and other planets. | Earth Sciences |
Inge Lehmann Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth??s mantle and core. | Earth Sciences |
James B Macelwane Medalists | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Given to early career scientists in recognition of their significant contributions to Earth and space science. | Earth Sciences |
John Adam Fleming Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Recognizes original research and technical leadership in geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, space physics, and/or related sciences. | Earth Sciences |
Robert E Horton Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Recognizes outstanding contributions to hydrology. | Earth Sciences |
Roger Revelle Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Recognizes outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences, atmosphere-ocean coupling, atmosphere-land coupling, biogeochemical cycles, climate or related aspects of the Earth system. | Earth Sciences |
Soil Science Applied Research Award | Prestigious | Soil Science Society of America | March | Recognizes outstanding achievement in applying research principles to solve practical problems in soil science. | Earth Sciences |
Walter H Bucher Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Recognizes original contributions to the basic knowledge of crust and lithosphere. | Earth Sciences |
William Bowie Medalists | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Awarded to one honoree in recognition of outstanding contributions to fundamental Earth and space science and for unselfish cooperation in research. | Earth Sciences |
Eckert-Mauchly Award | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | March | Given for contributions to computer and digital systems architecture. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Best Information Science Book | Prestigious | Association for Information Science and Technology | March | Recognizes a book that has made a meaningful contribution to the field of information science and which was published in the preceding calendar year. | Information Science |
John Wiley Best JASIST Paper | Prestigious | Association for Information Science and Technology | March | Recognizes the best refereed paper published in the volume year of the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) preceding the ASIS&T annual meeting. | Information Science |
Edward F Obert Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | March | Recognizes an outstanding paper on thermodynamics presented during the preceding two calendar years. | Mechanical Engineering |
Henry Hess Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | March | Given for best original technical paper presented to or published by the Society during the two calendar years prior to the year of award. | Mechanical Engineering |
Holley Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | March | Awarded for outstanding and unique act(s) of an engineering nature, accomplishing a noteworthy and timely public benefit. | Mechanical Engineering |
Melville Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | March | Awarded to the best original paper (not published elsewhere) which has been published in the ASME Transactions during the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the award. | Mechanical Engineering |
Worcester Reed Warner Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | March | Awarded to an individual for outstanding contribution to the permanent literature of engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
Cisler Medal | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Awarded to an individual in recognition of outstanding scientific or engineering research achievements, or the management associated with the design, development, or deployment of fast reactor technologies. | Nuclear Engineering |
Edward Teller Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes pioneering research and leadership in the use of laser and ion-particle beams to produce unique high-temperature and high-density matter for scientific research and for controlled thermonuclear fusion. | Nuclear Engineering |
Fellow of ANS | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Awarded to ANS members for outstanding accomplishment in any one of the areas of nuclear science and engineering. | Nuclear Engineering |
Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes outstanding achievement in which engineering knowledge has been effectively applied to yield an engineering concept, design, safety improvement, method of analysis or product utilized in nuclear power research and development or commercial application. | Nuclear Engineering |
Mishima Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes outstanding contributions in research and development work on nuclear fuels and materials. | Nuclear Engineering |
Ray Goertz Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes and honors Robotics and Remote Systems Division (RRSD) members who have made outstanding contributions to the field of remote technology. | Nuclear Engineering |
Samuel Untermyer II Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes pioneering work in the development of safe, water-cooled nuclear power reactors. | Nuclear Engineering |
Special Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes an individual or individuals for especially meritorious contributions in research and/or developing understanding in important areas of current activity. | Nuclear Engineering |
Walter H Zinn Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | March | Recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to the advancement or implementation of nuclear technology. | Nuclear Engineering |
Maurice Ewing Medal | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | March | Given annually to one honoree in recognition of significant original contributions to the ocean sciences. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | March | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of plasma physics. | Physics |
John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research | Prestigious | American Physical Society | March | Recognizes a particular recent outstanding achievement in plasma physics research. | Physics |
Science Communication Awards | Prestigious | American Institute of Physics | March | Recognizes some of the best science writing of the previous year. | Physics |
Outstanding Statistical Application Award | Prestigious | American Statistical Association | March | Recognizes a paper that is an outstanding application of statistics in any substantive field. | Statistics and Probability |
Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism Section/William Gilbert Award | Prestigious | American Geophysical Union | April | Recognizes outstanding and unselfish work in magnetism of Earth materials and of the Earth and planets, including geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, and electromagnetism. | Earth Sciences |
Gordon Bell Prize | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | April | Awarded each year to recognize outstanding achievement in high-performance computing. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Gordon E Moore Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Solid State Science and Technology | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | April | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding and technological applications of solid state materials, phenomena, and processes. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Vittorio de Nora Award | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | April | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of electrochemical engineering and technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
David Turnbull Lectureship | Prestigious | Materials Research Society | April | Recognizes the career contribution of a scientist to fundamental understanding of the science of materials through experimental and/or theoretical research. | Materials Science and Engineering |
MRS Medal | Prestigious | Materials Research Society | April | Recognizes an exceptional achievement in materials research in the past ten years. | Materials Science and Engineering |
Von Hippel Award | Prestigious | Materials Research Society | April | Recognizes brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional scientific disciplines. | Materials Science and Engineering |
Carl B Allendoerfer Award | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | April | Awarded to authors of expository articles published in Mathematics Magazine. | Mathematics |
George Polya Award | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | April | Given for articles of expository excellence published in The College Mathematics Journal. | Mathematics |
Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | April | Recognizes authors of articles of expository excellence published in The American Mathematical Monthly. | Mathematics |
Trevor Evans Award | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | April | Presented to an author or authors of an exceptional article that is accessible to undergraduates and published during the preceding year in Math Horizons. | Mathematics |
Engineer-Historian Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | April | Recognizes outstanding published work or works by an engineer dealing with the history of mechanical engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
Eugene P Wigner Reactor Physicist Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | April | Honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the field of reactor physics. | Nuclear Engineering |
Paul F Forman Engineering Excellence Awards | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | April | Recognizes team technical achievements in optical engineering. | Physics |
Alfred Noble Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | May | Given for a technical paper of exceptional merit for publication in any of their technical publications. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Special Awards | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Presented to individuals, teams of individuals, or organizations not appropriately recognized by more specifically defined awards and who have made important contributions to the science or practice of meteorology or related aspects of oceanography or hydrology, or to the Society. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the theory, teaching, and/or application of knowledge about interactions between the atmosphere and biological systems. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advance of Applied Meteorology | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Granted for contributions to the direct application of meteorological or climatological knowledge to the fulfillment of industrial or agricultural needs or in research and development of scientific knowledge, which can meet such needs. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Banner I Miller Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Given for an outstanding contribution to the science of hurricane and tropical weather forecasting published in a journal with international circulation during the 48 months prior to the deadline for nominations. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Given to an individual in recognition of research achievement that concerns the observation, theory, and modeling of atmospheric motions on all scales. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The David and Lucille Atlas Remote Sensing Prize | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Granted biennially to individuals in recognition of advances in the science and technology of remote sensing, and its application to knowledge of the earth, oceans, and atmosphere, and/or to the benefit of society. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Francis W Reichelderfer Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Given in recognition of distinguished contributions to the provision of operational environmental services to the public. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Helmut E Landsberg Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Recognizes an individual or team for exemplary contributions to the fields of urban meteorology, climatology, or hydrology. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Henry G Houghton Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Given to an individual in recognition of research achievement in the fields of physical meteorology, physical climatology, atmospheric chemistry, or hydrology. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Henry Stommel Research Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Granted to researchers in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the understanding of the dynamics and physics of the ocean. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Jule G Charney Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Granted to individuals in recognition of highly significant research or development achievement in the atmospheric or hydrologic sciences. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Nicholas P Fofonoff Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Given to an individual in recognition of research achievement in the field of physical oceanography. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Sverdrup Gold Medal | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to the scientific knowledge of interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
The Verner E Suomi Award | Prestigious | American Meteorological Society | May | Granted to individuals in recognition of highly significant technological achievement in the atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
Fluid Dynamics Prize | Prestigious | American Institute of Physics | May | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievement in fluid dynamics research. | Physics |
AIAA-ASC James H. Starnes Jr Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | June | Recognizes continued significant contribution to and demonstrated promotion of the field of structural mechanics over an extended period of time emphasizing practical solutions, to acknowledge high professionalism, and to acknowledge the strong mentoring of and influence on colleagues, especially younger colleagues. | Aerospace Engineering |
Bocher Memorial Prize | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Awarded for a notable paper in analysis published during the preceding six years. | Applied Mathematics |
Annie J Cannon Award in Astronomy | Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding research and promise for future research by a postdoctoral woman researcher. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Beatrice M Tinsley Prize | Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | Recognizes an outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics, of an exceptionally creative or innovative character. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics | Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding mid-career work in the field of astrophysics. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Helen B Warner Prize for Astronomy | Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | Awarded annually for a significant contribution to observational or theoretical astronomy during the five years preceding the award. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation | Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | Awarded for the design, invention, or significant improvement of instrumentation (not software) leading to advances in astronomy. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy | Prestigious | American Astronomical Society | June | Awarded annually for outstanding achievement, over the past five years, in observational astronomical research based on measurements of radiation from an astronomical object. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
H Bolton Seed Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | June | Awarded for outstanding contributions to teaching, research, and/or practice in geotechnical engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Karl Terzaghi Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | June | Given to an author of outstanding contributions to knowledge in the fields of soil mechanics, subsurface and earthwork engineering, and subsurface and earthwork construction. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Ralph B Peck Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | June | Presented for outstanding contributions to the geotechnical engineering profession through the publication of a thoughtful, carefully researched case history or histories, or the publication of recommended practices or design methodologies based on the evaluation of case histories. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Alexander Graham Bell Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes outstanding contributions to telecommunications. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Dennis J Picard Medal for Radar Technologies and Applications | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in advancing the fields of radar technologies and their applications. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Edison Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
IEEE/RSE James Clerk Maxwell Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes groundbreaking contributions that have had an exceptional impact on the development of electronics and electrical engineering, or related fields. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Jack S Kilby Signal Processing Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes outstanding achievements in signal processing. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
John von Neumann Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Medal of Honor | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes an exceptional contribution(s) or an extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Richard W Hamming Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes exceptional contributions to information sciences, systems, and technology. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Robert N Noyce Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes exceptional contributions to the microelectronics industry. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Simon Ramo Medal | Prestigious | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | June | Recognizes exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
David P Robbins Prize | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Awarded 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. | Mathematics |
E H Moore Research Article Prize | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Awarded for an outstanding research article to have appeared in one of the AMS primary research journals. | Mathematics |
Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Recognizes a notable research work in algebra that has appeared in the last six years. | Mathematics |
Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Recognizes a notable research work in number theory that has appeared in the last six years. | Mathematics |
Joseph L Doob Prize | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Recognizes a single, relatively recent, outstanding research book that makes a seminal contribution to the research literature, reflects the highest standards of research exposition, and promises to have a deep and long-term impact in its area. | Mathematics |
Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and Physics | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Honors a work or group of works, published in the preceding six years, that brings mathematics and physics closer together. | Mathematics |
Levi L Conant Prize | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Recognizes the best expository paper published in either the Notices of the AMS or the Bulletin of the AMS in the preceding five years. | Mathematics |
Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Awarded for a notable research work in geometry or topology that has appeared in the last six years. | Mathematics |
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | June | Recognizes an outstanding contribution to mathematics research by a woman in the previous six years. | Mathematics |
ASME SY Zamrik Pressure Vessels and Piping Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | June | Bestowed for outstanding contributions in the field of pressure vessel and piping technology. | Mechanical Engineering |
Gas Turbine Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | June | Given in recognition of an outstanding individual--or multiple--author contribution to the literature of combustion gas turbines or gas turbines thermally combined with nuclear or steam power plants. | Mechanical Engineering |
Frederick W Lanchester Prize | Prestigious | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | June | Awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English in the past five years. | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding scholarly achievements in the history of physics. | Physics |
Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding achievement in computational physics research. | Physics |
Arthur L Schawlow Prize in Laser Science | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. | Physics |
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding publications in the field of mathematical physics. | Physics |
David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes an outstanding contributor to the field of materials physics, who is noted for the quality of his/her research, review articles and lecturing. | Physics |
Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding work in atomic physics or surface physics. | Physics |
Dirac Medal | Prestigious | Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics | June | Awarded to scientists who have made significant contributions to theoretical physics. | Physics |
Earle K Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes notable contributions to the field of molecular spectroscopy and dynamics. | Physics |
Einstein Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. | Physics |
Fellow | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | June | Fellows are members have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through distinguished contributions to education, research, engineering, business and society. | Physics |
Francis M Pipkin Award | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Honors exceptional research accomplishments by a young scientist in the interdisciplinary area of precision measurement and fundamental constants and to encourage the wide dissemination of the results of that research. | Physics |
Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences. | Physics |
George E Duvall Shock Compression Science Award | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes contributions to understanding condensed matter and non-linear physics through shock compression. | Physics |
George E Valley Jr Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes one individual in the early stages of his or her career for an outstanding scientific contribution to physics that is deemed to have significant potential for a dramatic impact on the field. | Physics |
Hans A Bethe Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding work in theory, experiment or observation in the areas of astrophysics, nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, or closely related fields. | Physics |
Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding interdisciplinary research in chemistry and physics. | Physics |
J J Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievement in particle theory. | Physics |
James C Mcgroddy Prize for New Materials | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievement in the science and application of new materials. | Physics |
John H Dillon Medal | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding research accomplishments by young polymer physicists who have demonstrated exceptional research promise early in their careers. | Physics |
Joseph F Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes physicists who have been instrumental in the development of measurement techniques or equipment that have impact on the physics community by providing better measurements. | Physics |
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes a most outstanding contribution to physics. | Physics |
Lars Onsager Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding research in theoretical statistical physics including the quantum fluids. | Physics |
Maria Goeppert Mayer Award | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and enhance outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career. | Physics |
Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievement in biological physics research. | Physics |
Oliver E Buckley Condensed Matter Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding theoretical or experimental contributions to condensed matter physics. | Physics |
Polymer Physics Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes outstanding accomplishment and excellence of contributions in polymer physics research. | Physics |
Robert R Wilson Prize for Achievement in the Physics of Particle Accelerators | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievement in the physics of particle accelerators. | Physics |
Tom W Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding experimental research in nuclear physics, including the development of a method, technique, or device that significantly contributes in a general way to nuclear physics research. | Physics |
WKH Panofsky Prize in Experimental Particle Physics | Prestigious | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements in experimental particle physics. | Physics |
Aerospace Design Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Recognizes design engineers who have made outstanding technical, educational or creative achievements that exemplifies the quality and elements of design engineering. | Aerospace Engineering |
Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Recognizes individuals that have made important and substantial contributions in the field of guidance, navigation and control. | Aerospace Engineering |
Aerospace Software Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented for outstanding technical and/or management contributions to aeronautical or astronautical software engineering. | Aerospace Engineering |
de Florez Award for Flight Simulation | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented for an outstanding individual achievement in the application of flight simulation to aerospace training, research, and development. | Aerospace Engineering |
F E Newbold V/Stol Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented to recognize outstanding creative contributions to the advancement and realization of powered lift flight in one or more of the following areas: initiation, definition and/or management of key V/STOL programs; development of enabling technologies including critical methodology; program engineering and design; and/or other relevant related activities or combinations thereof which have advanced the science of powered lift flight. | Aerospace Engineering |
Information Systems Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented for technical and/or management contributions in space and aeronautics computer and sensing aspects of information technology and science. | Aerospace Engineering |
Mechanics and Control of Flight Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented for an outstanding recent technical or scientific contribution by an individual in the mechanics, guidance, or control of flight in space or the atmosphere. | Aerospace Engineering |
Pendray Aerospace Literature Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented for an outstanding contribution or contributions to aeronautical and astronautical literature in the relatively recent past. | Aerospace Engineering |
Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented to an individual who has been responsible for an outstanding sustained technical or scientific contribution in aerospace structures, structural dynamics, or materials. | Aerospace Engineering |
Summerfield Book Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented to the author of the best book recently published (within the last five years) by AIAA. | Aerospace Engineering |
Survivability Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | July | Presented to an individual or a team to recognize outstanding achievement or contribution in design, analysis, implementation and/or education of survivability in an aerospace system. | Aerospace Engineering |
John von Neumann Lectureship | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | July | Awarded annually for distinguished contributions to applied mathematics and for the effective communication of these ideas to the community. | Applied Mathematics |
SIAM/ACM Award in Computational Science and Engineering | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | July | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the development and use of mathematical and computational tools and methods for the solution of science and engineering problems. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
John von Neumann Theory Prize | Prestigious | Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences | July | Awarded annually to a scholar who has made fundamental, sustained contributions to theory in operations research and the management sciences. | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
Herbert P Broida Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | July | Recognizes outstanding experimental advancements in the fields of atomic and molecular spectroscopy or chemical physics. | Physics |
I.I. Rabi Prize | Prestigious | American Physical Society | July | Recognizes and encourages outstanding research in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. | Physics |
Will Allis Prize for the Study of Ionized Gases | Prestigious | American Physical Society | July | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the study of ionized gases. | Physics |
Cottrell Scholars Award | Prestigious | Research Corporation for Science Advancement | July | The Cottrell Scholar Award honors and helps to develop outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills. | Physics |
Donald Q Kern Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemical Engineers | August | Recognizes an individual's expertise in a given field of heat transfer or energy conversion. | Chemical Engineering |
Martin S Kapp Foundation Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | August | Given to an individual on the basis of the best example of innovative or outstanding design or construction of foundations, earthworks, retaining structures, or underground construction. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Wallace Hayward Baker Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | August | Given in recognition of ingenious innovation in the field of ground modification. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Outstanding Young Investigator Award | Prestigious | Materials Research Society | August | Recognizes outstanding, interdisciplinary scientific work in materials research by a young scientist or engineer. | Materials Science and Engineering |
R Tom Sawyer Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | August | Bestowed on an individual who has made important contributions to advance the purpose of the Gas Turbine Industry and to the International Gas Turbine Institute over a substantial period of time. | Mechanical Engineering |
Radiation Science and Technology Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | August | Recognizes outstanding creative applications of radiation sciences and engineering principles. | Nuclear Engineering |
Reactor Technology Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | August | Awarded to an individual or individuals who have made original and excellent contributions to the advancement of reactor technology. | Nuclear Engineering |
Seaborg Medal | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | August | Recognizes outstanding scientific or engineering research achievements associated with the development of peaceful uses of nuclear science. | Nuclear Engineering |
Technical Achievement Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | August | Presented for a major contribution to the state of the art, an important publication, a major technical achievement, or a sustained record of accomplishment and technical excellence in the art or science of thermal hydraulics. | Nuclear Engineering |
Theos J Thompson Award For Reactor Safety | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | August | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear reactor safety. | Nuclear Engineering |
John Tyndall Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | August | Recognizes contributions to fiber optic technology. | Physics |
H. R. Lissner Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | September | Recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of bioengineering. | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering |
Van C Mow Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | September | Bestowed upon an individual who has demonstrated meritorious contributions to the field of bioengineering. | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering |
Chemical Pioneer Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemists | September | Recognizes chemists, chemical engineers, or their associates who have made outstanding contributions which have had a major impact on advances in chemical science and industry and/or the chemical profession. | Chemical Engineering |
Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award | Prestigious | National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers | September | Granted to a young scientist or engineer who has demonstrated excellence in scientific research and documented contributions to his/her field. | Chemical Engineering |
Percy L Julian Award | Prestigious | National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers | September | Presented for significant contributions in pure and/or applied research in science or engineering. | Chemical Engineering |
Construction Management Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | September | Given annually to an individual who has been a member for at least 5 years and who has made outstanding contributions to the field of construction management as a practitioner, educator, or researcher either in the form of written presentations, scholarly work, or notable performance. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Fluids Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | September | Bestowed to an individual for outstanding contributions over a period of years to the engineering profession and, in particular, to the field of fluids engineering through research, practice and/or teaching. | Mechanical Engineering |
Freeman Scholar Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | September | Awarded to a person of significant expertise in fluids engineering. | Mechanical Engineering |
Henry R Worthington Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | September | Bestowed for eminent achievement in the field of pumping machinery, systems and concepts. | Mechanical Engineering |
Yeram S Touloukian Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | September | Recognizes outstanding technical contributions in the field of thermophysical properties. | Mechanical Engineering |
Aeroacoustics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for an outstanding technical or scientific achievement resulting from an individual's contribution to the field of aircraft community noise reduction. | Aerospace Engineering |
Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for continued contributions and achievements toward the advancement of advanced aerodynamics flowfield and surface measurement techniques for research in flight and ground test applications. | Aerospace Engineering |
Aerodynamics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for meritorious achievement in the field of applied aerodynamics, recognizing notable contributions in the development, application, and evaluation of aerodynamic concepts and methods. | Aerospace Engineering |
Aerospace Communications Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for an outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace communications. | Aerospace Engineering |
Aircraft Design Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented to an individual or team for an original concept or career contributions leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology. | Aerospace Engineering |
Fluid Dynamics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the behavior of liquids and gases in motion as related to need in aeronautics and astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Goddard Astronautics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Bestowed for notable achievements in the field of astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Ground Testing Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for outstanding achievement in the development or effective utilization of technology, procedures, facilities, or modeling techniques for flight simulation, space simulation, propulsion testing, aerodynamic testing, or other ground testing associated with aeronautics and astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
James A Van Allen Space Environments Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented to recognize outstanding contributions to space and planetary environment knowledge and interactions as applied to the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Jeffries Aerospace Medicine and Life Sciences Research Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Recognizes the importance to aeronautics of scientific endeavors in the field of medicine. | Aerospace Engineering |
Lawrence B. Sperry Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for a notable contribution made by a young person, age 35 or under, to the advancement of aeronautics or astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Losey Atmospheric Sciences Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the atmospheric sciences as applied to the advancement of aeronautics and astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the development and/or application of techniques of multidisciplinary design optimization in the context of aerospace engineering. | Aerospace Engineering |
Otto C Winzen Lifetime Achievement Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for outstanding contributions and achievements in the advancement of free flight balloon systems or related technologies. | Aerospace Engineering |
Piper General Aviation Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for outstanding contributions leading to the advancement of general aviation. | Aerospace Engineering |
Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for outstanding contributions to the understanding of the physical properties and dynamical behavior of matter in the plasma state and lasers as related to need in aeronautics and astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Reed Aeronautics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for a notable achievement in aeronautics that represents a significant engineering advancement. | Aerospace Engineering |
Theodor W Knacke Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented to recognize significant contributions to the advancement of aeronautical or aerospace systems through research, development and application of the art and science of aerodynamic decelerator technology. | Aerospace Engineering |
Thermophysics Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented for an outstanding singular or sustained technical or scientific contribution by an individual in thermophysics, specifically as related to the study and application of the properties and mechanisms involved in thermal energy transfer and the study of environmental effects on such properties and mechanisms. | Aerospace Engineering |
von Karman Lectureship Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Presented to an individual who has performed notably and distinguished themself technically in the field of astronautics. | Aerospace Engineering |
Wright Brothers Lectureship Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | October | Awarded for the recent accomplishment of a significant "First in Aeronautical Engineering". | Aerospace Engineering |
George Pólya Prize for Mathematical Exposition | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded every two years to an outstanding expositor of the mathematical sciences. | Applied Mathematics |
George Pólya Prize in Applied Combinatorics | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded every four years to an individual for significant contributions to applications of combinatorics. | Applied Mathematics |
George Pólya Prize in Mathematics | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded in areas of interest to George P??lya not covered by SIAM??s other P??lya Prizes. | Applied Mathematics |
Germund Dahlquist Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded every two years to one individual for original contributions to numerical solution of differential equations and numerical methods for scientific computing. | Applied Mathematics |
J D Crawford Prize (SIAG/Dynamical Systems) | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to one individual for recent work on a topic in nonlinear science, based on publication in peer-reviewed journals. | Applied Mathematics |
James H Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to an individual in their early career for recent contributions to numerical analysis and scientific computing. | Applied Mathematics |
Jurgen Moser Lecture | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to one individual who has made distinguished contributions to nonlinear science. | Applied Mathematics |
Ralph E Kleinman Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Recognizes contributions that bridge the gap between high-level mathematics and engineering problems. | Applied Mathematics |
Richard C Diprima Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Recognizes an early career researcher in applied mathematics and is based on the doctoral dissertation. | Applied Mathematics |
SIAM Activity Group on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to the author or authors of the most outstanding paper, as determined by the selection committee, on a topic in partial differential equations. | Applied Mathematics |
SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to an individual in their early career for research contributions to mathematical control or systems theory. | Applied Mathematics |
SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Best Paper Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to the author or authors of the most outstanding paper on a topic in applicable linear algebra published in English in a peer-reviewed journal. | Applied Mathematics |
SIAM Activity Group on Optimization Best Paper Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded to the author or authors of the most outstanding paper, as determined by the selection committee, on a topic in optimization. | Applied Mathematics |
Theodore von Karman Prize | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded every five years for a notable application of mathematics to mechanics or engineering in the five to ten years preceding the award. | Applied Mathematics |
W T and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics | Prestigious | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | October | Awarded annually in the broadly-defined areas of differential equations and control theory. | Applied Mathematics |
Eugene M Emme Award | Prestigious | American Astronautical Society | October | Recognizes outstanding books that advance public understanding of astronautics. | Astrophysics and Astronomy |
Gold Medal Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Chemists | October | Given annually to a person who has stimulated activities of service to the science of chemistry or the profession of chemist or chemical engineer. | Chemistry |
Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | The award is given on the basis of noteworthy original contribution in hydraulics, hydrology (including climatology), planning, irrigation and drainage, hydroelectric power development, or navigation especially applicable to arid or semi-arid climates. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Arthur M Wellington Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded annually for papers on transportation on land, on the water, in the air, or on foundations and closely-related subjects, not including contributions in the form of reports and manuals. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
ASCE State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Papers published in a print issue of any ASCE publication including books published by ASCE in the twelve-month period ending with June of the year preceding the year of award are eligible. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Gene Wilhoite Innovations in Transmission Line Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | The award is given to an individual for significant contribution to the advancement of the arts and science of transmission line engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Hans Albert Einstein Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded to a member who has made a significant contribution to the engineering profession in the areas of erosion control, sedimentation and/or waterway development. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Lecture | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Recognizes outstanding contributions to hydraulics and waterways. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Hydraulic Structures Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded for significant contributions to the advancement of the art and science of hydraulic engineering as applied to hydraulic structures. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
J C Stevens Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Given to the best discussion of a paper, the discussion having been published in a print issue of an ASCE journal overseen by EWRI during the 12-month period ending with June of the year preceding the year of award. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
J James R Croes Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Recognizes a paper that makes a contribution to either practical or research aspects of engineering disciplines. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Julian Hinds Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded to the author(s) of that paper which is judged to be the most meritorious contribution to the field of water resources development. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Given to the author, or authors, of that paper which is judged to be of superior merit, dealing with a problem of flowing water, either in theory or practice. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Norman Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Recognizes a paper that makes a contribution to either practical or research aspects of engineering disciplines. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Royce J Tipton Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Recognizes contributions to the advancement of irrigation and drainage engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Rudolph Hering Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded to the author, or authors, of the paper which contains the most valuable contribution to the increase of knowledge in, and to the advancement of, the environmental branch of the engineering profession. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Samuel Arnold Greeley Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded to the author(s) of the paper that makes the most valuable contribution to the environmental engineering profession. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Simon W Freese Environmental Engineering Award and Lecture | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | The Executive Director of the Society will invite a distinguished person to prepare for publication and deliver the Simon W. Freese Environmental Engineering Lecture at an appropriate meeting of the Society. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Ven Te Chow Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Recognizes lifetime achievement in the field of hydrologic engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Walter L Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Given to members in any grade for notable achievements in research related to civil engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Wesley W Horner Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | October | Awarded to the author(s) of the paper that makes the most valuable contribution to the environmental engineering profession. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences (Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal) | Prestigious | National Academy of Science | October | Presented to encourage and reward individual achievement in advancing our knowledge of Cambrian or pre-Cambrian life and its history in any part of the world. | Earth Sciences |
Carl Wagner Memorial Award | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | October | Recognizes mid-career achievement, excellence in research areas of interest of the Society, and significant contributions in the teaching or guidance. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Charles W Tobias Young Investigator Award | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | October | Recognizes outstanding scientific and/or engineering work in fundamental or applied electrochemistry or solid-state science and technology by a young scientist or engineer. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Edward Goodrich Acheson Award | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | October | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the advancement of any of the objects, purposes or activities of The Electrochemical Society. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Olin Palladium Award | Prestigious | Electrochemical Society | October | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of electrochemical or corrosion science. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Beckenbach Book Prize | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | October | Recognizes the author(s) of a distinguished, innovative book published by the MAA and to encourage the writing of such books. | Mathematics |
Chauvenet Prize | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | October | Awarded to the author of an outstanding expository article on a mathematical topic. | Mathematics |
David P Robbins Prize in Algebra, Combinatorics, and Discrete Mathematics | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | October | Honors the author(s) of a paper reporting on novel research in algebra, combinatorics, or discrete mathematics. | Mathematics |
Earle Raymond Hedrick Lectureship | Prestigious | Mathematical Association of America | October | Presented to the Association a lecturer of known skill as an expositor of mathematics "who will present a series of at most three lectures accessible to a large fraction of those who teach college mathematics." | Mathematics |
Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award in Heat | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | October | Given to a young engineer that is under 36 years of age who is pursuing research in heat transfer. | Mechanical Engineering |
Daniel C Drucker Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | October | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering through research, teaching and service to the community. | Mechanical Engineering |
Heat Transfer Memorial Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | October | Bestowed on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of heat transfer. | Mechanical Engineering |
Soichiro Honda Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | October | Recognizes an individual for an outstanding achievement or a series of significant engineering contributions in developing improvements in the field of personal transportation. | Mechanical Engineering |
Timoshenko Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | October | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics. | Mechanical Engineering |
Warner T Koiter Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | October | Bestowed in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of solid mechanics with special emphasis on the effective blending of theoretical and applied elements of the discipline. | Mechanical Engineering |
John Fritz Medal | Prestigious | American Association of Engineering Societies | October | Presented each year for scientific or industrial achievement in any field of pure or applied science. | Multidisciplinary |
Kenneth Andrew Roe Award | Prestigious | American Association of Engineering Societies | October | Recognizes an engineer who has been effective in promoting unity among the engineering societies. | Multidisciplinary |
National Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Association of Engineering Societies | October | Presented for inspirational leadership and tireless devotion to the improvement of engineering education and to the advancement of the engineering profession, as well as to the development of sound public policies as an engineer-statesman. | Multidisciplinary |
Adolph Lomb Medal | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes noteworthy contributions made to optics at an early career stage. | Physics |
C.E.K. Mees Medal | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes an original use of optics across multiple fields. | Physics |
Charles Hard Townes Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes contributions to quantum electronics. | Physics |
David Richardson Medal | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes contributions to optical engineering, primarily in the commercial and industrial sector. | Physics |
Edgar D Tillyer Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes distinguished work in the field of vision. | Physics |
Ellis R Lippincott Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes contributions to vibrational spectroscopy. | Physics |
Emmett N Leith Medal | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes seminal contributions to the field of optical information processing. | Physics |
Frederic Ives Medal/Quinn Endowment Winners | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes overall distinction in optics. | Physics |
Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M Burley Prize | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes research accomplishments in the field of optical engineering. | Physics |
Max Born Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes contributions to physical optics. | Physics |
Nick Holonyak, Jr Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes contributions to optics based on semiconductor-based devices and optical materials, including basic science and technological applications. | Physics |
R W Wood Prize | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technological achievement or invention. | Physics |
Robert E Hopkins Leadership Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes an individual or group who has had a significant impact on the global optics and photonics community or has had a significant impact on society as a whole stemming from non-research oriented activities. | Physics |
The Joseph W Goodman Book Writing Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics, published in the last six years, that has contributed significantly to research, teaching, or the optics and photonics industry. | Physics |
William F Meggers Award | Prestigious | Optical Society of America | October | Recognizes outstanding work in spectroscopy. | Physics |
AIAA/AAAE/ACC Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award | Prestigious | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | November | Presented to the nominee(s) judged to have contributed most significantly in recent years to the enhancement of relationships between airports and/or heliports and their surrounding environments via exemplary innovation that might be replicated elsewhere. | Aerospace Engineering |
ACS Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages the use of computers in the advancement of the chemical and biological sciences. | Chemistry |
ACS Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Encourages creativity in research and technology or methods of analysis to provide a scientific basis for informed environmental control decision-making processes, or to provide practical technologies that will reduce health risk factors. | Chemistry |
ACS Award for Creative Invention | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes a single inventor for the successful application of research in chemistry and/or chemical engineering that contributes to the material prosperity and happiness of people. | Chemistry |
ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of the chemistry of fluorine. | Chemistry |
ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages creative work in synthetic organic chemistry. | Chemistry |
ACS Award for Team Innovation | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Highlights the value and importance of technical teams and teamwork to the chemical and allied industries by recognizing a multidisciplinary team for successfully moving an innovative idea to a product in commercial use now. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to the science of analytical chemistry, pure or applied, carried out in the United States or Canada. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements in the science or technology of plastics, coatings, polymer composites, adhesives, and related fields. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Chromatography | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the fields of chromatography. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding scientific contributions to colloid chemistry. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding contributions to chemical research in the industrial context. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages fundamental research in the field of inorganic chemistry. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes a recent advancement that is having a major impact on research in organometallic chemistry. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding fundamental contributions and achievements in the field of polymer chemistry. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out in North America by young men and women. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Separations Science and Technology | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes the development of novel implementations of modern advancements in the field of separation science and technology with particular emphasis on industrial applications. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages creative work in the chemistry of materials. | Chemistry |
ACS Award in Theoretical Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes innovative research in theoretical chemistry that either advances theoretical methodology or contributes to new discoveries about chemical systems. | Chemistry |
Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding and creative contributions to fundamental discoveries or inventions in ultrafast science & technology in areas of physics, chemistry, biology, or related fields. | Chemistry |
Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding contributions to bioorganic or bioinorganic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding contributions to research in medicinal chemistry. | Chemistry |
Arthur C Cope Award | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of organic chemistry, the significance of which has become apparent within the five years preceding the year in which the award will be considered. | Chemistry |
Arthur C Cope Scholar Award | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Charles Lathrop Parsons Award | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding public service by a member of the ACS. | Chemistry |
E B Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding discoveries in the chemistry of medicinally active substances. | Chemistry |
E Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding accomplishments in fundamental or applied spectroscopy in chemistry. | Chemistry |
E V Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Stimulates fundamental research in industrial and engineering chemistry, the development of chemical engineering principles and its application to industrial processes. | Chemistry |
Elias J Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis By a Young Investigator | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes original and insightful work by a young investigator that has had significant impact on the field of synthetic organic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourage outstanding achievements in the analysis, structure elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products. | Chemistry |
F Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes distinguished work in synthetic inorganic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Francis P Garvan - John M Olin Medal | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists. | Chemistry |
Frank H Field and Joe L Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding achievement in the development or application of mass spectrometry. | Chemistry |
Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the field of silicon chemistry and, by such example, to stimulate the creativity of others. | Chemistry |
Gabor A Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding theoretical, experimental, or developmental research resulting in the advancement of understanding or application of catalysis. | Chemistry |
George A Olah Award in Hydrocarbon Or Petroleum Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes, encourages, and stimulates outstanding research achievements in hydrocarbon or petroleum chemistry. | Chemistry |
Glenn T Seaborg Award for Nuclear Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages research in nuclear and radiochemistry or their applications. | Chemistry |
Herbert C Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding and creative contributions to research in synthetic methods. | Chemistry |
Ipatieff Prize | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding chemical experimental work in the field of catalysis or high pressure. | Chemistry |
Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourage outstanding interdisciplinary research in chemistry and physics. | Chemistry |
James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Encourages and rewards outstanding contributions to physical organic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes distinguished contributions to the understanding of the chemistry and physics of liquids. | Chemistry |
Nakanishi Prize | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and stimulates significant work that extends chemical and spectroscopic methods to the study of important biological phenomena. | Chemistry |
Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Encourages and rewards outstanding research in physical chemistry. | Chemistry |
Ralph F Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding achievements in the chemistry, biochemistry, and biophysics of peptides. | Chemistry |
Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes and encourages outstanding contributions to research in organic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry | Prestigious | American Chemical Society | November | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of biomimetic chemistry. | Chemistry |
Alfred M Freudenthal Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Presented to an individual in recognition of distinguished achievement in safety and reliability studies applicable to any branch of civil engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
ASCE President's Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | The award recognizes the accomplishments and contributions of eminent engineers to the profession, the Society or the public. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to an individual who has made a definite contribution to the advancement of lifeline earthquake engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Computing in Civil Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member who has made an outstanding contribution to the application of computers to the practice of civil engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Ernest E Howard Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member who has made a definite contribution to the advancement of structural engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Francis C Turner Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | The award is based on the nominee's contributions to the advancement of the knowledge and practice of transportation engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Frank M Masters Transportation Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | The award is given to a member for the best example of innovative or noteworthy planning, design, or construction of transportation facilities. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Harland Bartholomew Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to the person who is judged worthy of special commendation for contributions to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Harold R Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member who has made outstanding contributions to cold regions engineering or to a basic understanding of cold environments. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Innovation in Sustainable Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a civil engineering project in recognition of creativity in the form of innovative sustainability. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
International Coastal Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of coastal engineering in the manner of engineering design, teaching, professional leadership, construction, research, planning, or a combination thereof. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Jack E Cermak Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded for outstanding contributions to research and/or practice in wind engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
James Laurie Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded annually to a member of the Society who has made a definite contribution to the advancement of transportation engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
John G Moffatt-Frank E Nichol Harbor and Coastal Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member of ASCE who has made a definite contribution in the fields of harbor and coastal engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
John O Bickel Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to the author or authors of the best original article or paper published in a print issue of an ASCE journal. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Maurice A Biot Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to an individual who has made outstanding research contributions to the mechanics of porous materials. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Moisseiff Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Given to an important paper published in a print issue of an ASCE journal dealing with the board field of structural design. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Nathan M Newmark Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers who, through contributions in structural mechanics, has helped substantially to strengthen the scientific base of structural engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Peurifoy Construction Research Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member of ASCE or the Construction Institute who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of construction engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Phillip R Hoffman Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to an engineer who has made a definite contribution to the field of grid energy storage development and advancement. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Raymond C Reese Research Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to the author or authors of a paper in a print issue of an ASCE journal in the twelve-month period ending with June of the year preceding the year of the award that describes a notable achievement in research related to structural engineering and which indicates how the research can be used. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Rickey Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Given to an individual for achievement in the general field of hydroelectric engineering,. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Robert H Scanlan Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to an individual in recognition of distinguished achievement in engineering mechanics based upon scholarly contributions to both theory and practice. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Robert Horonjeff Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Given annually to a person or persons who during the period preceding the award become worthy of special commendation for contributions to the field of air transport engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Roebling Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Recognizes and honors an individual who has made an outstanding contribution toward the advancement of construction engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Shortridge Hardesty Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to an individual who has contributed substantially in applying fundamental results of research to solution of practical engineering problems in the field of structural stability. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Stephen D Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Recognizes outstanding achievements in pipeline engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Stephen D Bechtel, Jr Energy Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a member of ASCE who has made a definite contribution to the advancement of the energy field in research, planning, design or construction. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Surveying and Mapping Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to the individual who has made a definite contribution during the year to the advancement of surveying and mapping. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
T Y Lin Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Encourages the preparation of meaningful papers in the designated field prestressed concrete. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Theodore von Karman Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Recognizes distinguished achievement in engineering mechanics, applicable to any branch of civil engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Thomas A Middlebrooks Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to the author(s) of a paper published by the Society which shall be judged worthy of special commendation for its merit as a contribution to geotechnical engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Thomas Fitch Rowland Prize | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to papers whose author or authors describe in detail accomplished works of construction or which are valuable contributions to construction management and construction engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Walter P Moore, Jr Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to a structural engineer who has demonstrated technical expertise in and dedication to the development of structural codes and standards. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Wilbur S Smith Award | Prestigious | American Society of Civil Engineers | November | Awarded to the person who, during the fiscal year preceding the year of the award, shall be judged worthy of special commendation for contributions to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in highway engineering. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
J Hall Taylor Medal | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | November | Presented for distinguished service or eminent achievement in the field of codes and standards pertaining to the broad fields of piping and pressure vessels which are sponsored or undertaken by ASME. | Mechanical Engineering |
ACM Senior Member | Prestigious | Association for Computing Machinery | December | Recognizes those ACM members with at least 10 years of professional experience and 5 years of continuous Professional Membership who have demonstrated performance through technical leadership, and technical or professional contributions. | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize | Prestigious | International Mathematical Union | December | Honors scientists whose mathematical research has had an impact outside mathematics ?? either in technology, in business, or simply in people's everyday lives. | Mathematics |
Centennial Fellowships | Prestigious | American Mathematical Society | December | The primary selection criterion for the Centennial Fellowship is the excellence of the candidate's research. | Mathematics |
Rolf Nevanlinna Prize | Prestigious | International Mathematical Union | December | Recognizes outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences. | Mathematics |
Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | December | Presented for the best current original paper or papers which has/have been presented before ASME and/or published by ASME during the 2 calendar years immediately preceding the year of the award. | Mechanical Engineering |
Frank Kreith Energy Award | Prestigious | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | December | Honors an individual for significant contributions to a secure energy future with particular emphasis on innovations in conservation and/or renewable energy. | Mechanical Engineering |
George C Laurence Pioneering Award | Prestigious | American Nuclear Society | December | Recognizes lifetime achievements in the development of reactor safety philosophy. | Nuclear Engineering |
Award for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering | Prestigious | Institute of Industrial Engineers | December | Honors a single innovative technical contribution to the industrial engineering profession that may be recognized in any of several forms, including theory, design, application, implementation and leadership, to name a few. | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
David F Baker Distinguished Research Award | Prestigious | Institute of Industrial Engineers | December | Recognizes outstanding research in the profession. | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
Medallion Award | Prestigious | Institute of Industrial Engineers | December | Recognizes individuals that have made a notable impact on the industrial engineering profession. | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering |
The Boltzmann Award | Prestigious | International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Commission on Statistical Physics | TBD | Honors outstanding achievements in Statistical Physics. | Physics |
Fellow | - | American Society of Mechanical Engineers | Continuous | The ASME Committee of Past Presidents confers the Fellow grade of membership on worthy candidates to recognize their outstanding engineering achievements. | Multidisciplinary |
Fellow Award | - | Society for Glycobiology | Continuous | The designation of Fellow is conferred on Society members who have performed exceptional service in advocating the conservation of soil, water, and related natural resources. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
President's Service Award | - | Society for American Archaeology | Continuous | Recognizes those members who have made significant contributions by serving the Society and its members. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
James Lee Wilson Award | - | Rhodes Trust, The | January | Bestowed in recognition of excellence in sedimentary geology by a young scientist. | Earth Sciences |
Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians | - | Simons Foundation | January | The goal of the program is to substantially increase collaborative contacts between accomplished, active mathematicians in the United States. | Mathematics |
Fellow | - | Geological Society of America, The | February | Recognizes a sustained record of distinguished contributions to the geosciences and the Geological Society of America. | Earth Sciences |
Rip Rapp Archaeological Geology Award | - | Geological Society of America, The | February | Recognizes outstanding contributions to the interdisciplinary field of geoarchaeology. | Earth Sciences |
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society | - | American Mathematical Society | March | Recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics. | Mathematics |
Fellow | - | Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers | March | IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation. | Multidisciplinary |
ASA Fellows | - | American Statistical Association | March | Recognizes statisticians who are worthy of nomination based on their contributions to the profession, to the association, and to society at large. | Statistics and Probability |
Founders Award | - | American Statistical Association | March | Recognizes members who have rendered distinguished service to the association. | Statistics and Probability |
A L Patterson Award | - | American Crystallographic Association | April | Recognizes outstanding research in the structure of matter by diffraction methods. | Chemistry |
ACS Fellows | - | American Chemical Society | April | Recognizes members of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society. | Chemistry |
Louise Hay Award | - | American Society for Public Administration, The | April | Awarded to women contributing to mathematics education. | Mathematics |
Fellow | - | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection | May | AIMBE brings together Fellows from academia, industry, government and scientific societies to form a highly influential community advancing medical and biological engineering. | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering |
ACI Young Member Award for Professional Achievement | - | American Concrete Institute (ACI) | May | Recognizes the contributions of younger members of the Institute for professional achievement. | Industrial Engineering |
The Charles E Anderson Award | - | American Meteorological Society | May | Given to an individual in recognition of outstanding contributions to the promotion of diversity in the atmospheric or related sciences and broader communities through education and community service. | Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology |
CARB-Horace S. Isbell Award | - | American Chemical Society | June | Acknowledges excellence in and promise of continued quality of contribution to research in carbohydrate chemistry. | Chemistry |
Walter P Moore, Jr Faculty Achievement Award | - | American Concrete Institute (ACI) | June | Recognizes new faculty members for excellence and innovation in the teaching of concrete design, materials, or construction. | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach | - | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes the humanitarian aspect of physics and physicists created through public lectures and public media, teaching, research, or science related activities. | Physics |
Fellow | - | American Physical Society | June | Recognizes members who may have made advances in physics through original research and publication, or made significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. | Physics |
Karl Meyer Lectureship Award | - | Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations | July | Awarded to a well-established scientist with a currently active research program who has made widely recognized major contributions to the field of Glycobiology. | Chemistry |
Southeastern Section/Jesse W. Beams Award | - | American Physical Society | August | Recognizes especially significant or meritorious research in physics, the major portion of which was carried out while the recipient was resident in the ten-state region of the Southeast. | Physics |
Best Information Systems Publications Award | - | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | September | Recognizes the breadth of high quality work that is being published in the information systems discipline. | Information Science |
ACM Fellows | - | Association for Computing Machinery | September | 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. | Information Science |
Distinguished Fellow | - | American Council on Consumer Interests | October | Awarded to certain members who have given long and meritorious service to the ICDD. | Chemistry |
Fellow | - | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | October | Recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the information systems discipline in terms of research, teaching and service. | Information Science |
LEO Award | - | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | October | Recognizes truly outstanding individuals in the field of information systems. | Information Science |
Technology Awards, VISION Award | - | American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | October | Given to those who have contributed to the technology vision for the association. | Information Science |
Award of Merit | - | American Forage and Grassland Council | November | Granted to an individual member for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM International committee activities. | Information Science |
Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences | - | The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation | December | The Dreyfus Prize, awarded biennially, recognizes an individual for exceptional and original research in a selected area of chemistry that has advanced the field in a major way. | Chemistry |
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award | - | National Society for Histotechnology | November | The SAE Teetor Program stimulates contacts between younger engineering educators and practicing engineers in industry and government. | Multidisciplinary |
School of Mathematics/ Members | - | Institute for Advanced Study | December | The IAS School of Mathematics welcomes applications from mathematicians and theoretical computer scientists at all career levels. | Mathematics |
Albert Einstein World Award of Science | - | World Cultural Council (WCC) | December | Recognizes scientific and technological research and development. | Multidisciplinary |
Outstanding Young Researcher Award | - | American Society of Naturalists | December | Recognizes excellence in research by outstanding young ethnic Korean Physicist in North America. | Physics |
COPSS Award: Elizabeth L Scott Award | - | American Statistical Association | December | Recognizes an individual who exemplifies the contributions of Elizabeth L. Scott??s lifelong efforts to further the careers of women in academia. | Statistics and Probability |
COPSS Award: Florence Nightingale David Award | - | American Statistical Association | December | Granted to a female statistician who serves as a role model to other women by her contributions to the profession through excellence in research, the leadership of multidisciplinary collaborative groups, statistics education, or service to the professional societies. | Statistics and Probability |
Enrico Fermi Award | - | Department of Energy | TBD | Recognizes exceptional scientific, technical, policy, and/or management achievements related to the broad missions of the U.S. Department of Energy and its programs.ÿ | Multidisciplinary |