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Chronological List of Distinguished Achievement Awards


Alphabetical list of Distinguished Achievement Awards

Honorary Societies

 

Distinguished Achievement Awards

Chronological List

January:
David E. Rumelhart Prize ( human cognition) (Jan. 12, 2012)
Columbia University: The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry (Jan. 31, 2012)

February:
Welch Award in Chemistry (Feb. 1, 2012)
International Society for Eye Research (ISER) Prizes (Feb. 1, 2012)
Lasker Foundation Lasker Awards (Feb.1, 2012)
The Royal Dublin Society RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence (Irish born) (Feb.)

March:
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics: Innovative Physical Techniques in Biology (March)
Indiana University School of Medicine Steven C. Beering Award (by invitation) (March)
American Philosophical Society: Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation (March)
Mc Gill University: Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases  (March 16, 2012)
Balzan Prize topics 2012 include: Jurisprudence, Musicology, Solid Earth Sciences, Epigenetics (March 15, 2012)
The Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research   (March 15, 2012)
The Keio Medical Science Prize (March)
The Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease (March 20, 2012)
The Franklin Institute Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (topic: photonic source technology) (LOI to nominate: March 31, 2012)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation   (March 31, 2012)


April:
University of Michigan Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science (April 1, 2012)
National Academy of Engineering: the Charles Stark Draper Prize, the Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, etc. (April 2, 2012)
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Maxwelll Finland for Scientific Achievement (April TBA) and 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 (stem cells) (May)
The New York Academy of Medicine Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize (May)
Drexel University -Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award (May)
Associaton of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Awards -Various award mechanisms (May)
The Institute of Medicine Gustav O. Lienhard Award and Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health (May)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: The International Prize for Biology (by invitation) (May)
Lighthouse International: Pisart Vision Award (May)
James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation-- The Fries Prize and the Elizabeth Fries Health Education Award (May 21, 2012)


June:
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (formerly NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (June TBA)
Society for Neuroscience Research  Julius Axelrod Prize  (June TBA)
BBVA Foundation, in collaboration with the Spanish Council for Scientific Research Frontiers of Knowledge Awards (June TBA)

July:
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (July TBA)

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

September:
Gyecological Cancer Foundation (GCF) /Claudia Cohen Research Foundation Prize for Outstanding Gynecologic Cancer
Researcher (Sept.)
AACR-Landon Prizes for Basic and Translational Research (Sept.)
The Susan G. Komen Foundation Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction in Basic Science and Clinical Research (Sept.)
March of Dimes Research Prize in Developmental Biology (Sept.)
Pezcoller Foundation–AACR International Award for Cancer Research (Sept.)
USC/John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement  (Sept.)
Harvard University Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (Sept.)


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


November:
NSF/NSB Public Service Award (Nov. TBA)
NSF/NSB Vannevar Bush Award (Nov. TBA,)
NSF/NSB Presidential Medal of Science Award (Nov. TBA)
NSF NSB A. T. Waterman Award (Nov. TBA)
Baylor University/The Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching (Nov. TBA)
AACR- American Association for Cancer Research Team Science Award (Nov. TBA)
AACR- American Association for Cancer Research Lifetime Achievement Award (Nov. TBA)
American Academy of Neurology Potamkin Prize for Research in Pick's, Alzheimer's, and Related Diseases (Nov. TBA)
American Association for Cancer Research--Lifetime Achievement Award (Nov. TBA)


December:
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letter: $1M The Kavli Prizes (Astrophysics, Neuroscience, Nanoscience (Dec. 1, 2011)
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (Dec. 5, 2011)
The Jewish Guild for the Blind The Bressler Prize in Vision Science (Dec. 31, 2011)
Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation: The Genetics Prize, The Neuroscience Prize (Dec. 15, 2011)



Alphabetical list of Distinguished Awards

AAMC
AAMC Awards
Abraham Flexner Award-extraordinary contributions to the medical education community ($10,000)
The Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences honors outstanding biomedical research related to health and disease ($5,000)
David E. Rogers Award-The award recognizes a medical school faculty member who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people ($10,000)
Herbert W. Nickens Award- This award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and the health care of the American people. ($10,000)
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award honors a medical school faculty physician (M.D. or DO degree) who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students. ($10,000)
Deadline: May
 

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.  
Amount of award:  $500,000
Deadline: Dec. 5, 2011

 


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.


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. 
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.
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.
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.
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.
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


BBVA Foundation, in collaboration with the Spanish Council for Scientific Research
Frontiers of Knowledge Awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of lasting impact for their originality, theoretical significance and ability to push back the frontiers of the known world. These international awards span eight categories: Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics), Biomedicine, Ecology and Conservation Biology, Information and Communication Technologies, Economics, Finance and Management, Contemporary Music, Climate Change and Development Cooperation.
An institution may nominate an unlimited number of candidates, but no candidate may be nominated for more than one award category. Self-nominations are not allowed.
Amount of award:  400,000 Euros (approx= $568,879)
Deadline: June

Balzan Foundation
Balzan International Prize
Topics for 2012 include: Jurisprudence, Musicology, Solid Earth Sciences, Epigenetics
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, 2012

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.


Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
(formerly NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Prizes webpage >>
Deadline: June
Ruane Prize for Outstanding Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research ($50K)
Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Cognitive Neuroscience Research $40K
Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Prize for Schizophrenia Research
Bipolar Mood Disorder Prize $50K
Deadline: June
Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research ($50K)

 

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, 2012


David E. Rumelhart Prize
David E. Rumelhart Prize is awarded annually to an individual or collaborative team making a significant contemporary contribution to the theoretical foundations of human cognition. Contributions may be formal in nature: mathematical modeling of human cognitive processes, formal analysis of language and other products of human cognitive activity, and computational analyses of human cognition using symbolic or non-symbolic frameworks all fall within the scope of the award.
Amount of award: $100,000
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2012

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: May


The Franklin Institute
2012 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
Theme: Photonic Source Technology
The Franklin Institute seeks nominations for the 2011 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant scientific contributions to our understanding of the structure and function of genomes. Nominations may recognize efforts including, but not limited to: functional genomics, comparative genomics, studies of complex diseases, and personalized medicine. Nominations should clearly indicate the scientific impact(s) of the nominee’s work, whether innovative, technical, conceptual, and/or integrative.
Award amount: $250,000
Deadlines:
Notice of intent to nominate: March 31, 2012
Complete nomination: May 31, 2012

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. 

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.

Gyecological Cancer Foundation (GCF) /Claudia Cohen Research Foundation Prize for Outstanding Gynecologic Cancer Researcher
This annual prize will be awarded to an individual in recognition of his or her outstanding contributions to research improving the
care of women with gynecologic cancer. The awardees will have made important contributions that improve
gynecologic cancer patient care, including early detection.  (Download the research booklet from the sponsor's website.)
Amount of award: $50,000
Deadline: Sept.

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.

Indiana University School of Medicine
Steven C. Beering Award honors an internationally recognized individual for outstanding contributions to the advancement of biomedical or clinical science.
Amount of award: $25,000
Deadline: March (by letter of invitation to Dr. Pizzo)

The Institute of Medicine
Gustav O. Lienhard Award for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in the United States.
Amount of award:   $40,000
Deadline:  May 9, 2011

The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Award in Mental Health recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health
Amount of award: $20,000
Deadline:  May 9, 2011


International Society for Eye Research (ISER)
Four ISER prizes:
Endre A. Balazs Prize (experimental eye research)
Ernst H. Bárány Prize (ocular pharmacology)
The Ludwig von Sallmann Prize (significant contribution to vision research and ophthalmology
The Retina Research Foundation's Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research ($50K)
Deadline for each prize: Feb. 1, 2012


James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation
Fries Prize for Improving Health
http://friesfoundation.org/friesprize.html
Amount of award: $60,000
Deadline:   May 21, 2012
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 21, 2012
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 2011 is Developmental Biology.
Amount of award: 10 Million Yen (= $118,110 U.S.)
Deadline: May 13, 2011


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: $43,500
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2011

The Keio University Medical Science Fund
The  Keio Medical Science Prize is awarded to researchers in recognition of their outstanding achievements in basic medicine, clinical medicine, or life sciences closely related to medicine.
Amount of award:  $10 million  (conversion approx.= $220,000 US)
Deadline:  March


Lasker Foundation
2012 Lasker Awards
The Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award honors scientists whose fundamental investigations have provided techniques, information, or concepts contributing to the elimination of major causes of disability and death.
The Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award honors investigators whose contributions have improved the clinical treatment of patients.
The Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science honors scientists whose contributions to research are of unique magnitude and have immeasurable influence on the course of science, health, or medicine, and whose professional careers have engendered within the biomedical community the deepest feelings of awe and respect.
Deadline:  Feb. 1, 2012

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.


Lighthouse International
Pisart Vision Award is a significant U.S. prize honoring an individual or individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to the prevention, cure, or treatment of severe vision impairment or blindness.
Amount of award: $30,000
Deadline:  May 23, 2011


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.


McGill University (Montreal)
Louis and Artur Lucian Award for outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases
Amount of award:  $60,000 (Canadian)
Deadline: March 16, 2012


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 29, 2011

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
NAE Call for Nominations
Deadline for all award nominations: April 2, 2012




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:  March 31, 2012


National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
http://nfid.org/fellow/index.shtml

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 TBA

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 TBA


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.

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.

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.

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.
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, 2011



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. 1, 2011


Ochsner Clinical Foundation
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease
Download nomination guidelines PDF file
An annual award will be presented to one to three investigators without regard to age, race,
gender, or nationality for outstanding and exemplary original scientific investigations that relate
tobacco consumption with disease. This scientific work may be clinical, fundamental, epidemiological
or prevention in scope. The prime criterion for award selection is its scientific context and impact on
this major health threat.
Amount of award: $15,000
Deadline:   March 20, 2012


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

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


The Prince of Asturias Foundation in Spain
The Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research: The individual, institution or group of individuals or institutions whose findings or research work represent a relevant contribution to the progress of mankind in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine or Environmental, Earth or Space Sciences, or to their associated techniques and technology. (See the guidelines for other non-scientific categories.)
$68,750 prize.
Deadline:  March 15, 2012




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 stem cell research)
Amount of award:   $10,000
Deadline:  May 1, 2011


The Royal Dublin Society
RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence (Irish born) will be awarded to any Irish-born scientist (regardless of the passport they currently hold), or pure mathematician, based abroad whose research has made an internationally recognized contribution to their field of study. The Medal will carry with it a cash prize of €20,000.
Deadline:   Feb.


The Sackler Prize
The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics: Innovative Physical Techniques in Biology - is intended to encourage dedication to science, originality and excellence, by awarding outstanding international scientists of age 45 or younger.
Amount award: $50,000
Deadline: March

The Shaw Prize Foundation in Hong Kong
The Shaw 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:   Invitations are sent to nominators. Dec. TBA


Society for Neuroscience Research
Julius Axelrod Prize
Amount of award: $25,000
Deadline: June 17, 2011
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: Sept. 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 Michigan
Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science
This award is presented annually by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan. It is meant to recognize work in the crucial field of translational research being conducted by the clinician-scientist who has done the most to transform laboratory discoveries into clinical applications for patients suffering from disease.
Amount of award: $100,000
Deadline: April 1, 2012


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.

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.


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, 2012


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

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.



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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