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Honorary Societies

ASCI-American Society of Clinical Investigation
Membership to the ASCI is by election only and is considered an extraordinary honor in academic medicine and industry. Each year, ASCI members nominate those they feel have had significant accomplishments at a relatively early age — 45 or younger — in their careers.

American Association for the Advancement of Science

IOM-Institute of Medicine    
Election to the Institute of Medicine is one of the most distinguished achievements accorded to those in fields related to medicine and health, reflecting both an honor and obligation to work on behalf of the organization, its governance, and its studies. With their election, members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer time on a broad range of activities on health policy issues.

National Academy of Science
Election to membership in the National Academy of Sciences is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer. Academy membership recognizes those who have made distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Nominations can be submitted throughout the year only by NAS members.

Distinguished Achievement Awards

Alphabetical list of Distinguished Awards

AAMC
http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/start.htm
Herbert W. Nicksens, M.D. Award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care.
Amount of award:  $10,000    Deadline: May 2, 2008
The Humanism in Medicine Award recognizes a medical school faculty physician who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students.  Amount of award: $5,000   Deadline:  April 14, 2008
AAMC Abraham Flexner Award -extraordinary contributions to the medical education community
Amount of award:  $10,000   Deadline:  May 2, 2008
AAMC The Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease.
Amount of award:  $5,000    Deadline: May 2, 2008
AAMC The David E. Rogers Award is granted annually to a member of a medical school faculty who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people   Amount of award:  $10,000   Deadline:  May 2, 2008

Albany Medical Center
http://www.amc.edu/prize_in_medicine.htm
Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research   For a scientist, or group, whose work has lead to significant advances in the fields of research with demonstrated translational benefits applied to improved patient care.   Established in 2001
Amount of award:  $500,000
Deadline: Jan. 5, 2008

 

Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
http://www.laskerfoundation.org/awards/nominate.html
Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards:
Basic Medical Research $100K and $100K Clinical Medical Research
Honors the scientist whose contribuutions, directly or indirectly, have led in a pioneering way to a major improvement in the clinical management or treatment of patients Clinical Medical Research $50K and Special Achievement in Medical Science ($100K)
Deadline:  Feb. TBA (Nominations open Nov. 2008)

The Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health
http://www.ochsner.org/body.cfm?id=31
This award honors individuals for their outstanding achievements relating the role of tobacco consumption to the pathogenesis of disease. $15,000 will be presented to one to three clinical and/or basic science investigators. The scientific work may be clinical, fundamental, epidemiological or preventive in scope.
Deadline:  March 31, 2008


American Academy of Neurology
Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases
This award recognizes major contributions to the understanding of the causes, prevention, treatment, and cure for Pick's, Alzheimer's, and related diseases.
Amount of award: $100,000
Deadline:   Nov. TBA

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

The Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research recognizes significant, fundamental contributions to laboratory research.
The Dorothy P. Landon-AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research recognizes extraordinary achievement in translational cancer research
$100,000 for each award
Deadline:  Aug. 25, 2008
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/landon-prizes.aspx

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement
Deadline: Nov. 3, 2008
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/lifetime-achievement-award.aspx

American Philosophical Society
Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation recognizes outstanding achievement in patient-oriented research.
Amount of award: $20,000.
Deadline: March 15, 2008

American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of an ASCI member in advancing knowledge in a specific field and in mentoring future generations of life-science researchers. The Award recipient receives an unrestricted $10,000 grant
Deadline: Dec.

Balzan Foundation
Balzan International Prize (2008 topics: Preventive Medicine, including Vaccination
- Science of Climate Change) Topics vary each year.   Half of all prize money is channelled towards the development of research and to young scholars.
Amount of award:  1 million Swiss francs= US $996,169.64
Deadline:  March 15, 2008

Baylor University
The The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching recipient will teach in residence at Baylor University for one semester during the 2006 fall or 2007 spring semester, (travel expenses and furnished apartment provided).This award program is designed to honor great teachers, to stimulate discussion in the academy about the value of teaching, and to encourage departments and institutions to value their own great teachers.
Amount of Award: $200,000 and $25,000 to their home department
Deadline:  Nov. 1, 2008

Columbia University
The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry   The Award honors a scientific investigator, or group of investigators, whose contributions to knowledge in either of biology or biochemistry are deemed worthy of special recognition.
Amount of award: Honorarium and citation.
Deadline: January 31, 2008

Gairdner Foundation
International Award    The Awards are for basic biomedical and clinical research and recognize and reward individuals whose seminal discoveries and major scientific contributions constitute tangible and significant achievement in biomedical sciences
Amount of award:  $30,000CN
Deadline: Oct. TBA

Harvard Medical School
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize    Awarded to one or more scientists who have made significant disocveries leading to the prevention, cure or treatment of a disease or disorder that afflicts humankind.
Amount of award:  $150,000
Deadline:  Sept. TBA

The Institute of Medicine
Gustav O. Lienhard Award for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in the United States.  Award recipients are selected on the basis of two principal criteria: (1) achievement in the area of personal health services; (2) achievement of national scope.
Amount of award:   $25,000
Deadline:  May 5, 2008

The Institute of Medicine
The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health is awarded annually to individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health services, research, or public policy. The aim of the Sarnat Award is to recognize contributions to improve understanding or treatment for mental disorders (basic biomedical or clinical research); innovations in mental health services (counseling, clinical care, prevention, amelioration of symptoms, or promotion of mental health); or public policy change that fosters science or improves mental health services.
Amount of award: $20,000
Deadline:  May 16, 2008



James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation
Fries Prize for Improving Health
http://friesfoundation.org/friesprize.html
Amount of award: $60,000
Deadline:   May 23, 2008
This prize is for major accomplishments in health improvement, unrestricted as to field, with emphasis upon recent contributions to health in the United States, and with the general criteria of the greatest good for the greatest number. It is intended for that individual who has done the most to improve health, as judged by an expert and prestigious Selection Jury. It is awarded for achievement, rather than potential. The Prize could be awarded to an educator, a scientist, a program inventor, an activist, an public figure, a private citizen, or any other person who has made a significant contribution to improvement of the public health.

Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award
Amount of award: $25,000
Deadline: May 23, 2008
http://friesfoundation.org/healthedaward.html
The Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award is for a health educator who has made a substantial contribution to advancing the field of health education or health promotion through research, program development, or program delivery. 


Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)
International Prize for Biology
This prize is award to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of research in fundamental biology. The speciality within the field of biology chosen for 2008 is Genetics.
Amount of award: 10 Million Yen ($83,486.4 US)
Deadline: May 18, 2008

The Jewish Guild for the Blind
The Bressler Prize in Vision Science This prize is open to all professionals in the field of vision science who have published research or clinical work that has contributed significantly to the advancement of vision care, the treatment of eye disease or the rehabilitation of people with vision impairment or blindness.
Deadline: Dec.

The Keio University Medical Science Fund
The  Keio Medical Science Prize is awarded to researchers in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the field of medical sciences or life sciences in the hope that it will ultimately contribute to the peace and prosperity of humankind.
Amount of award:  $20 million  (conversion approx.= $180,000 US)
Deadline:  March 20, 2008

Lemelson-MIT Program
$500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
Improving Life Through Invention
$100,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Sustainabillity
Honoring a Lifetime of Inventive Contributions to Society
Deadline: Oct. (nominations for 2009 accepted beginning in the late spring of 2008)

March of Dimes
Prize in Developmental Biology
Amount of award:  $250,000
Deadline: Sept. 2008 TBA

McGill University (Montreal)
Louis and Artur Lucian Award for outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases
Amount of award:  $50,000 (Canadian)
Deadline: March 15, 2008

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research  Recognizes significant contributions to the basic understanding and treatment of cancer. This is the first major prize for most of the winners, who are no more than 45 years old.
Amount of award:   $150,000 (awarded to up to 3 investigators)
Deadline: April TBA

Metlife Foundation
Award for Medical Research (Alzheimers Research
Amount of award: $50,000 (personal) and $200,000 (laboratory research)
Deadline:  TBA

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
http://nfid.org/fellow/awards.html

The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement, developed in 1988, now recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health.Some of the criteria on which selection is based include:* Excellence in clinical and/or research activities* Participation in the training of future leaders in the field* Positive impact on the health of humankind.
Deadline:  April 15, 2008

National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Human Kind. Criteria are based on legislative or administrative contributions, humanitarian service; and or public education activities.
Deadline: Aprll 15, 2008

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Deadline for all award nominations: April 4, 2008
(Nomination period for 2009 begins next January)

• Charles Stark Draper Prize
  Amount of award: $500,000
  Recognized as one of the world's preeminent awards for engineering achievement, this prize honors an engineer whose accomplishment has significantly impacted society by improving the quality of life, providing the ability to live freely and comfortably, and/or permitting the access to information.
  
  
• Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize
  Amount of award: $500,000
  The Russ Prize recognizes engineering achievement that has had a significant impact on society and has contributed to the advancement of the human condition through widespread use. Currently, the Russ Prize recognizes achievement in bioengineering. Therefore, an auxiliary purpose of the Russ Prize is to encourage the engineering and medical/biological professions to work closely together.
• Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology
  Amount of award: $500,000 (half granted to recipient and the other half to the institution)
  The purpose of the Gordon Prize is to recognize new modalities and experiments in education that develop effective engineering leaders. The focus is on innovations such as curricular design, teaching methods, and technology-enabled learning that strengthen students' capabilities and desire to grow into leadership roles
  

National Medal of Technology and Innovation
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation recognizes those who have made lasting contributions to America's competitiveness, standard of living, and quality of life through technological innovation, and to recognize those who have made substantial contributions to strengthening the Nation's technological workforce.
Deadline:  May 30, 2008

National Science Foundation (NSF) / National Science Board (NSB)

Presidential Medal of Science Award
The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959 as a Presidential Award to be given to individuals "deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences." In 1980 Congress expanded this recognition to include the social and behavioral sciences.
Deadline: Nominations accepted between June 1, 2008 & December 5, 2008

Alan T. Waterman Award
http://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/waterman.jsp
Amount of award: the awardee receives a grant of $500,000 over a three year period for scientific research or advanced study in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, social, or other sciences at the institution of the recipient's choice.
Deadline:  Nominations accepted between June 1, 2008 & December 5, 2008
The annual award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation.Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and must be 35 years of age or younger or not more than 7 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. degree by December 31 of the year in which they are nominated. Candidates should have demonstrated exceptional individual achievements in scientific or engineering research of sufficient quality to place them at the forefront of their peers. Criteria include originality, innovation, and significant impact on the field.

The New York Academy of Medicine
http://www.nyam.org/grants/rudin.shtml
The Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize of The New York Academy of Medicine was established in 1995 and is funded by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation. The prize is awarded by the Academy for the most outstanding glaucoma work published during the previous year.
Amount of award: $50,000
Deadline: June 1, 2008

Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
International Awards: The Genetics Prize, The Neuroscience Prize
Amount of awards: $500,000
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2008 (nominations now being accepted)

The Genetics Prize
A gold medal and $500,000 cash prize is awarded for fundamental insights in the field of genetics. These may include original discoveries in genomic organization, function, regulation, variation, and transmission.

The Neuroscience Prize
A $500,000 cash prize is awarded to a leading scientist, or group of scientists, for distinguished work in the field of the brain, nervous system and the spinal cord.

The Women's Rights Prize
Individuals or groups that have made contributions, often at personal or professional risk, to furthering the rights of women and girls in any area, and to advancing gender equity

Robarts Research Institute
J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine   This year's Taylor Prize will be granted to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the area of Molecular/Cellular Neurobiology
Amount of award:   $10,000
Deadline:  May 1, 2008



The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Amount of each prize: $150,000
Deadline: Jan. 1, 2008

• The Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize
  To be eligible for the Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics, nominees should be active researchers who are expected to continue their research activities for at least ten years. Their achievements in the field of biochemistry and biophysics, including the biochemical and biophysical aspects of microbiology and the physiology of seed germination, are outstanding. Their achievements should be a source of inspiration to many others.
  
• The Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for Medicine
  To be eligible for the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine, nominees should be active scientists who are expected to continue their research activities for at least ten years. Their achievements in the field of medical research are outstanding and have potential clinical application or have already led to an important clinical application.
  

The Shaw Prize Foundation in Hong Kong
http://www.shawprize.org/en/
The Prize honours individuals, regardless of race, nationality and religious belief, who have achieved significant breakthrough in academic and scientific research or application, and whose work has resulted in a positive and profound impact on mankind. 3 prizes will be offered: Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences
Amount of award:  $1 million
Deadline: TBA

Society for Neuroscience Research
Julius Axelrod Prize
Amount of award: $25,000
Deadline: May 15, 2008
The Julius Axelrod Prize was established to honor a scientist with distinguished achievements in the broad field of neuropharmacology or a related area and exemplary efforts in mentoring young scientists.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation
Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science and Clinical Research
Amount of award: $20,000
Deadline: June 2008 TBA
Komen's Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction recognizes leading scientists for their lifetime achievements in advancing research concepts and for clinical application in the fields of breast cancer research, screening or treatment.  The Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction is given in two categories.

The Basic Science award is presented to a researcher who has added substantively to our understanding of the basic biology of, or development of, methodologies that further our ability to unravel the genetic and molecular basis of breast cancer.

The Clinical Research award is presented to a clinician who has significantly furthered the identification of new prevention, detection or treatment approaches for breast cancer and its translation into clinical care. The Brinker Award has grown in prominence in the breast cancer community and is a marquee award for Komen.

University of Pittsburg
http://www.health.pitt.edu
Dickson Prize in Medicine (leading American investigator in biomedical research) (Strong preference for researcherrs doing pioneering, paradigm-shifting work that is not yet highly rewarded as it undoubtedly will be someday.)
Amount of award:   $50,000
Deadline:  TBA

University of Southern California
John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement   Prizes are awarded for any one of the following:  the protection, maintenance, improvement or understanding of an ecological or an environmental condition anywhere in the world; the discovery, further development, improvement, or understanding of known or new sources of energy; medical discoveries or achievement with such worldwide implications that they significantly benefit environmental aspects of human health.
Self nominations are not accepted.
Amount of award:   $200,000
Deadline:  Sept. 15, 2008


The Welch Foundation
Welch Award in Chemistry- -any person can be considered for the award who has made important chemical research contributions which have a significant, positive influence on mankind. The award is intended to recognize contributions that have not previously been rewarded in a similar manner.
Amount of award:   $300,000
Deadline:  Feb. 1, 2008


Wiley Foundation
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences This prize is intended to recognize contributions that have opened new fields of research, or advanced novel concepts or their applications in a particular biomedical discipline.
Amount of award:   $25,000
Deadline:  July 31, 2008

Wolf Prize
Wolf Prizes in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics
The following limitations are imposed by our Rules : a person cannot be nominated by himself/herself; the prize is awarded to individuals, not institutions, and it is presented to the recipient in person in Jerusalem. The nominators are therefore requested not to propose any candidate who, to the best of their knowledge, may not be able to attend the Ceremony.
Amount of award:  $100,000
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2008

Additional online resource:
International Congress of Distinguished Awards (2006 roster)

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