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Chronological List of Distinguished Achievement Awards


Alphabetical list of Distinguished Achievement Awards

Honorary Societies

Distinguished Achievement Awards

Chronological List

January:
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (Jan. TBA)
Columbia University: The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry (TBA)

February:
Welch Award in Chemistry (Feb. 1, 2010)
Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards (Feb.TBA)
Pasarow Foundation Awards (Feb. TBA)

March:
American Philosophical Society: Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation (March TBA)
Mc Gill University: Louis and Artur Lucian Award (March TBA)
Drexel University -Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award (March TBA)
Balzan Prize (March TBA)
The Keio Medical Science Prize (March TBA)


April:
Internal Society for Eye Research (ISER) Prizes (April TBA)
National Academy of Engineering the Charles Stark Draper Prize, the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, etc. (April TBA)
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
    Maxwelll Finland for Scientific Achievement (April TBA)
    The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of  Human  Kind (April TBA)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Paul Marks Prize in Cancer Research (April TBA)

May:
Robarts Research Institute: J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine (May TBA)
The New York Academy of Medicine Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize (May TBA)
AAMC Awards -Various award mechanisms (May 1, 2009)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: The International Prize for Biology-Genetics (May TBA)
James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation-- The Fries Prize and the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award (May 22, 2009)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation (May 29, 2009)
Society for Neuroscience Research  Julius Axelrod Prize  (May 29, 2009)

June:
The Susan G. Komen Foundation Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science and Clinical Research (June TBA)
The Institute of Medicine Gustav O. Lienhard Award (June 5, 2009)
The Institute of Medicine Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health (June 19, 2009)

July:
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (July 31, 2009)

August:
Wolf Prizes in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics (Aug.31, 2009)

September:
AACR-Landon Prizes for Basic and Translational Research (Sept. TBA)
March of Dimes Research Prize in Developmental Biology (Sept. 15, 2009)
Pezcoller Foundation–AACR International Award for Cancer Research (Sept. 15, 2009)
USC/John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement  (Sept.15, 2009)
Harvard University Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (Sept. 21, 2009)


October:
Gairdner Foundation International Award (Oct. 1, 2009)
The Gairdner Foundation Canada Gairdner Global Health Award (Oct. 1, 2009)
Unniversity of Pittsburgh Dickson Prize in Medicine (Oct. 5, 2009)
AACR- Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research (Oct. 15, 2009)
Lemelson-MIT Prize (Oct. 6, 2009)
Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainabliity (Oct. 6, 2009)


November:
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences:
The Dr. H. P. Heineken Prize in Biochemistry and Biophysics (Nov. 1, 2009)
the Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize in Medicine (Nov. 1, 2009)
NSF/NSB Public Service Award (Nov. 4, 2009)
NSF/NSB Vannevar Bush Award (Nov. 4, 2009)
NSF/NSB Presidential Medal of Science Award (Nov. 5, 2009)
NSF NSB A. T. Waterman Award (Nov. 5, 2009)
Baylor University/The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching (Nov. 1, 2010)
AACR- American Association for Cancer Research Team Science Award (Nov. 16, 2009)
AACR- American Association for Cancer Research Lifetime Achievement Award (Nov. 16, 2009)
American Academy of Neurology Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases (Nov. 2, 2009)
American Association for Cancer Research--Lifetime Achievement Award (Nov.16, 2009)

December:
The Jewish Guild for the Blind The Bressler Prize in Vision Science (Dec. 31, 2009)
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation: The Genetics Prize, The Neuroscience Prize, The Women's Rights Prize, The Justic Prize (Dec. 15, 2009)
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letter: The Kavli Prize (Dec. 15, 2009)


Alphabetical list of Distinguished Awards

AAMC
http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/start.ht
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 1, 2009
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: TBA
AAMC Abraham Flexner Award -extraordinary contributions to the medical education community
Amount of award:  $10,000   Deadline:  May 1, 2009
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 1, 2009
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 1, 2009

Albany Medical Center
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. 9, 2009

 

Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Albert Lasker Medical Research Awards
The Lasker Medical Research Awards will be offered in two categories in 2009:
Basic Medical Research Award-honors scientists who have made fundamental investigations that open new areas of biomedical science
Clinical Medical Research Award-honors scientists whose contributions, directly or indirectly, have led in a pioneering way to a major improvement in the clinical management or treatment of patients.
Deadline:  Feb. 2, 2009



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. 2, 2009


American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

AACR-The Landon Prizes for Basic andTranslational Cancer Research
Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research
Dorothy P. Landon-AACR Prize for Translational Cancer Research recognizes extraordinary achievement in translational cancer research
$100,000 for each award
Deadline:  Sept. TBA
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/landon-prizes.aspx

AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement
These contributions, whether they have been in research, leadership, or mentorship, must have had a lasting impact on the cancer field and must have demonstrated a lifetime commitment to progress against cancer.
Deadline: Nov. 16, 2009
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/lifetime-achievement-award.aspx

AACR-Pezcoller Foundation–AACR International Award for Cancer Research
To recognize a scientist who has made a major scientific discovery in basic cancer research OR who has made significant contributions to translational cancer research;
who continues to be active in cancer research and has a record of recent, noteworthy publications; and whose ongoing work holds promise for continued substantive contributions to progress in the field of cancer
Amount of award: 75,000 Euro
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2009
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/pezcoller-aacr-international-award.aspx

AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research
The Award will be given for outstanding, novel, and significant chemistry research, which has led to important contributions to the fields of basic cancer research; translational cancer research; cancer diagnosis; the prevention of cancer; or the treatment of patients with cancer. Such research may include, but is not limited to, drug discovery and design; structural biology; proteomics, metabolomics and biological mass spectrometry; chemical aspects of carcinogenesis; imaging agents and radiotherapeutics; and chemical biology.
Award: $10,000 honorarium
Deadline: Oct. 15, 2009
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/chemistry-in-cancer-research-award.aspx

AACR-Team Science Award
The AACR Team Science Award will recognize an outstanding interdisciplinary research team for its innovative and meritorious science that has advanced or likely will advance our fundamental knowledge of cancer or a team that has applied existing knowledge to advance the detection, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of cancer.
Amount of award: $50,000
Deadline: Nov. 16, 2009
http://www.aacr.org/home/scientists/scientific-achievement-awards/team-science-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, 2009

Balzan Foundation
Balzan International Prize
Topics vary each year. 2009 Topics: Cognitive Neurosciences, Science of New Materials, History of Science and Literature since 1500. The subject areas in which the awards are granted are rotated, and this special characteristic of the Balzan Prize ensures the promotion and recognition of new or emerging fields of study or research that may have been overlooked by other international awards. Prize winners must destine half of the prize to finance research projects that are preferably carried out by young scholars or scientists.
Amount of award: 1 million Swiss francs= US
Deadline:  March 15, 2009

Baylor University
The The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching recipient will teach in residence at Baylor University for one semester during the 2010 fall or 2011 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, 2010

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 2010 TBA

 

Drexel University School of Medicine
Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award
In its inaugural year, this award recognizes excellence in translational research - rigorous academic work that tangibly translates into intellectual progress and social good. In this inaugural year, the 2009 award will be given to a faculty member from a U.S. institution who has demonstrated a record of outstanding achievement in translational research in biomedical engineering or life sciences.
Amount of Award: $100,000
Deadline: March 23, 2009

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:  $100,000CN
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009

The Gairdner Foundation
Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
This award is given in recognition of individual whose seminal scientific work constitutes a discovery or a highly tangible achievement toward improving our knowledge of and application to global health, and also to generate scientific momentum in the field as well as augmenting public awareness.
Amount of award: $100,000 (CAN)
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009


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:  $200,000
Deadline:  Sept. 21, 2009

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: June 5, 2009

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:  June 19, 2009


International Society for Eye Research (ISER)
Four ISER prizes:
Deadline for each prize: April TBA
     The Endre A. Balazs Prize
     This annual prize honors a distinguished scientist whose outstanding contributions provide      significant progress in the field of experimental eye research.
     Amount of award: $20,000

     The Ernst H. Bárány Prize
     This annual award is presented to a distinguished scientist who has made outstanding      contributions in research that increases our understanding of ocular pharmacology directly      related to or applicable to glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, or related      retinal diseases.
     Amount of award: $20,000

     The Ludwig von Sallmann Prize
     This prize is offered every two years to an individual who has distinguished himself or herself      by making a significant contribution to vision research and ophthalmology.
     Amount of award: $30,000 (the last deadline was April 1, 2008)

     The Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research
     The purpose of this award to foster greater awareness of the need for intensive study of the      retina, its role in the visual process, and the retinal diseases that threaten and/or destroy      eyesight by recognizing outstanding achievement and sustaining meritorious scientific      investigations worldwide.  The Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research is a U.S.      $50,000 award that comprises a personal honorarium for the recipient(s) and a research grant      awarded to his/her/their research institution to support the research for which the award was      received. (Offered every two years-the last deadline was April 1, 2008.)   Note: Because this is      also a research grant, please contact your Research Process Manager (RPM) if you plan to      submit a nomination.
     


James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation
Fries Prize for Improving Health
http://friesfoundation.org/friesprize.html
Amount of award: $60,000
Deadline:   May 22, 2009
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.


James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation
Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award
Amount of award: $25,000
Deadline: May 22, 2009
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 TBA


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.
Amount of award: $40,000
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2009

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.= $220,000 US)
Deadline:  March 18, 2009

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. 6, 2009


March of Dimes
Prize in Developmental Biology
Amount of award:  $250,000
Awarded to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies our understanding of birth defects
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2009

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, 2009


Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research 
The Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research recognizes a new generation of leaders in cancer research, who are making significant contributions to the understanding of cancer or are improving the treatment of the disease through basic or clinical research. The prize is intended to encourage young investigators who have a unique opportunity to help shape the future of cancer research.The prize is now awarded to up to three investigators every other year. Nominees are required to be age 45 or younger on the date of the submission deadline.
Amount of award:   $150,000 (awarded to up to 3 investigators)
Deadline: April 30, 2009

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 25, 2009

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 25, 2009

 

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Deadline for all award nominations: April 3, 2009




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.
The Medal is awarded annually to individuals, teams (up to four individuals), companies or divisions of companies for their outstanding contributions to the Nation's economic, environmental and social well-being through the development and commercialization of technological products, processes and concepts; technological innovation; and development of the Nation's technological manpower.
Deadline:  May 29, 2009

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

Public Service Award
The National Science Board Public Service Award honors individuals who and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States. These contributions may be in a wide variety of areas that have the potential of contributing to public understanding of and appreciation for science and engineering – including mass media, education and/or training programs, entertainment, etc.
Deadline: Nov. 4, 2009

Vannevar Bush Award
The Vannevar Bush Award honors truly exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy.
Deadline: Nov. 4, 2009

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: Nov. 5, 2009

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:  Nov. 5, 2009
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: May 1, 2009


Pasarow Foundation Awards
Weill Cornell Medical College-New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Three awards of $50,000 given directly to the recipient for exceptional basic, clinical or translational medical research. One award is provided for research that can be related to each of three areas--Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.
Deadline:   Feb. 9, 2009

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
The Kavli Prize
This prize will be awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience.
Amount of award: $1 million USD
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2009


Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation
International Awards: The Genetics Prize, The Neuroscience Prize
Amount of awards: $500,000
Deadline: Dec. 15, 2009

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 TBA. (The 2008 Award topic was Molecular/Cellular Neurobiology)
Amount of award:   $10,000
Deadline:  May TBA


The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Amount of each prize: $150,000
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2009

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 29, 2009
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
Deadline: June
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
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: Oct. 5, 2009

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, 2009


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



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.









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