Academic Awards
Below are national and international research organizations and societies seeking nominations for medical research awards that recognize faculty achievements in medical research. This database is searchable by keyword including disease and organization.
Please contact the Office of the Associate Dean of Research at the school with questions or suggestions about additional medical award opportunities not listed below.
| Type of Disease/Field | Society | Award Description | Deadline | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advocacy of Research | Research!America | Advocacy Awards recognize individuals and organizations whose leadership efforts have been notably effective in advancing our nation’s commitment to research. | June | No monetary amount determined |
| Age‐Related Macular Degeneration. | Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) | David F. Weeks Award for Outstanding AMD Research. To recognize and celebrate an excellent researcher focused on age‐related macular degeneration. | May | $40,000 |
| AIDS │ Mental Health │ Psychological | American Psychological Association | AIDS Leadership Award . Two categories: Emerging Leader and Distinguished Leader. Successful candidates will have made significant contributions in the areas of policy/advocacy, research, service provision, and/or teaching/mentoring. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Audiology │ Hearing │ Speech-language | American Speech-Languague-Hearing Foundation | Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award honors an individual’s outstanding contributions to CSD over a period of at least 20 years | April | Commemorative art object |
| Audiology │ Hearing │ Speech-language | American Speech-Languague-Hearing Foundation | Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement recognizes a significant accomplishment in clinical practice within the past six years in audiology and/or speech-language pathology. | April | $2,500 |
| Audiology │ Hearing │ Speech-language | American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation | Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools recognizes an individual’s exemplary commitment and contribution to the delivery of audiology and/or speech-language pathology services within a school setting. | April | $2,500 |
| Basic Parasitology | Immunoparasitology |
American Committee of Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology (ACMCIP) | William Trager Award recognizes a fundamental breakthrough in molecular, cellular or immunoparasitology. | May | $1,000 |
| Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) | Biology and Biomedicine | Information and Communication Technologies | Ecology and Conservation Biology | Climate Change | Economics, Finance and Management | Humanities and Social Sciences | Music and Opera |
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. This award recognizes basic research and creative work of excellence, as embedded in theoretical advances, models and fundamental perspectives for an improved understanding of the natural, social and artificial or technological worlds, technological innovations and development. | June | €400,000 |
| Behavioral Medicine | Society of Behavioral Medicine | Distinguished Scientist Award. Award is based on total career achievement. Nominees must have achieved scholarly distinction (i.e., made a series of distinguished empirical contributions or contributed substantially to the development of new theories or methods). Recipients are invited to give a master lecture at SBM’s annual meeting. | To be announced | No monetary amount determined |
| Behavioral Medicine | Society of Behavioral Medicine | Early Career Investigator Award. This award recognizes an early-career nominee’s total career achievements, including the publication of a representative paper. | To be announced | No monetary amount determined |
| Behavioral Pharmacology | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) | P B Dews Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology. To recognize outstanding lifetime achievements in research, teaching, and professional service in the field of Behavioral Pharmacology and to honor Peter Dews for his seminal contributions to the development of behavioral pharmacology as a discipline. | September | $1,000 |
| Biochemistry | Biochemical Society | Centenary Award. Awarded annually to a biochemist of distinction from any part of the world. | 2019 date To be announced | £3,000 prize money |
| Biochemistry | 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. | To be announced | $5,000 |
| Biological Physics Research | American Physical Society | Max Delbruck Prize in Biological Physics. To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in biological physics research. | June | $10,000 |
| Biochemistry | Biophysics | Chemistry | Materials Science | Physics | National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | Award for Scientific Discovery honors recent accomplishment or discovery in basic research that is expected to have a significant impact. | October | $50,000 prize, and $50,000 to support the recipient’s research. |
| Biomedical Research and Medicine | Albany Medical Center | The Albany Medical Center Prize provides national and international recognition to a physician, biomedical scientist, or group of physicians or scientists, who have made extraordinary and sustained leadership contributions to improving health care and patient care; or who pursued innovative biomedical research with demonstrated translational benefits applied to improved patient care. | March | $500,000 |
| Biomedical Sciences | Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) | Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences is an award presented by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health to recognize outstanding achievement by a promising young scientist in biomedical research. | September | $100,000 |
| Biomedical Sciences | Canada Gairdner Prize | Canada Gairdner International Award recognizes outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine with the goal of contributing through research to increased understanding of human biology and disease. | October | $100,000 |
| Biomedical Sciences | Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) | Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences. The award honors outstanding medical research related to health and disease. The research recognized may be in the fields of basic discovery, clinical research, health outcomes research, and patient- and population-based outcomes research. It should have a positive impact on medicine and on the health of patients and populations. | January | $5,000 |
| Biomedical Sciences | Vilcek Foundation | Vilcek Prizes For Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. The award to young foreign-born biomedical scientists who demonstrate outstanding early achievement. Eligible work may be in basic, applied, and/or translational biomedical science. | June | $50,000 |
| Biomedical Sciences | 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. | September | $50,000, |
| Biomedical Science | Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation | Albert Lasker Award for Special Achievement in Medical Science. For research accomplishments and scientific statesmanship that engender the deepest feelings of awe and respect. | November | No monetary amount announced. |
| Biomedical Science | Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation | Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award. For a fundamental discovery that opens up a new area of biomedical science. | November | No monetary amount announced. |
| Biomedical Science | Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation | Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award. For a major advance that improves the lives of many thousands of people. | November | No monetary amount announced. |
| Biomedicine | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards | BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. This award recognizes basic research and creative work of excellence, as embedded in theoretical advances, models and fundamental perspectives for an improved understanding of the natural, social and artificial or technological worlds, technological innovations and development. | June | €400,000 |
| Biopharmaceutical Science | Tang Prize Foundation | Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science. Awarded in recognition of original biomedical science and pharmaceutical research that has led to significant advances towards preventing, diagnosing and treating major human diseases and improving the human health. | September | Approx. US$1.33 million |
| Biophysics | Biophysical Society | Distinguished Service Award. Established by the Biophysical Society, honors service in the field of biophysics and contributions beyond achievements in research. | May | $1,000 |
| Biophysics | Biophysical Society | Michael and Kate Barany Award for Young Investigators. Award recognizes an outstanding contribution to biophysics by a person who has not achieved the rank of full professor at the time of nomination. | May | $2,000 |
| Biophysics | Biophysical Society | Founders Award. Established by the Society, is given to scientists for outstanding achievement in any area of biophysics. These achievements are often reflected in the acceptance of and use by others in the field, either promptly or over a period of years. | May | $1,000 |
| Biophysics | Biophysical Society | Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award. Award is given to a woman who holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research within the purview and interest of the Biophysical Society. | May | $2,000 |
| Biophysics | National Academy of Sciences | Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics. The award recognizes outstanding contributions made to the field of biophysics. | Every three years. Next October 7, 2024. | $20,000 |
| Biophysics | Tel Aviv University | The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics to acknowledge exceptional achievements and contributions to research in the field of biophysics.. | March | $100,000 |
| Birth Defects | March of Dimes Foundation | Prize in Developmental Biology . Awarded to investigators whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies our understanding of birth defects | October | $250,000 |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research | AACR-Waun Ki Hong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Translational and Clinical Cancer Research. | September | No monetary award determined |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | AACR-American Cancer Society Award for Research Excellence in Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. This award recognizes outstanding research accomplishments in cancer epidemiology, biomarkers, and prevention. | August | $5,000 |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | AACR-GHA Clowes Memorial Award. This award recognizes outstanding recent accomplishments in basic cancer research. | To be announced | No monetary award determined |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | AACR-Joseph H Burchenal Clinical Research Award. This award recognizes outstanding achievements in clinical cancer research. | October | $10,000 |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | AACR-Cancer Research Institute Lloyd J. Old Award in Cancer Immunology recognizes an active ctive scientist whose outstanding and innovative research has had a major impact on the cancer field and has the potential to stimulate new directions in cancer immunology. | September | |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | AACR Margaret Foti Award for Leadership and Extraordinary Achievements in Cancer Research. This award recognizes an individual whose leadership and extraordinary achievements have made a major impact in cancer research. | September | |
| Cancer | American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) | Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research. This award is presented to a scientist of international renown who has made a major scientific discovery in basic or translational cancer research. | August | €75,000 |
| Cancer | Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation | Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research. Biennially prize for cancer research upon a scientist who has made extraordinary contributions to basic oncological research. | January | $1,000 |
| Cancer | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research. This prize 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. | June | $150,000 |
| Cancer | National Foundation Cancer Research | Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research. The prize is designed to stimulate continued investment in pioneering research that will produce scientific breakthroughs and lead to a deeper understanding of the scientific concepts underlying the genetics and molecular makeup of cancer. | September | $25,000 |
| Cancer | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | Women Who Conquer Cancer (WWCC) Mentorship Awards seek to recognize and promote the work of women mentors in oncology and, ultimately, narrow career gender disparities through the mentorship and professional development of women oncology professionals. | January | Recognition at the Conquer Cancer Grants & Awards Ceremony during the ASCO Annual Meeting |
| Cancer | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Sjöberg Prize. The Sjöberg Prize is an annual international prize in cancer research awarded to individual researchers or research groups. | To be announced | One Million US dollars |
| Cardiovascular Disease | American Heart Association (AHA) | Young Hearts Meritorious Achievement Award. The award recognizes a person whose achievements have made a significant impact in the field of cardiovascular disease in the young and have helped to further the mission of the council. | February – June | $1,000 |
| Cardiovascular Sciences | Ohio State University | Schottenstein Prize in Cardiovascular Sciences . The recipient will be a leader in cardiovascular sciences, a physician or biomedical scientist who has made extraordinary and sustained leadership contributions to improving health care. | Biennial award. 2018 date to be announced | $100,000 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | American College of Cardiology (ACC) | Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award recognizes young physician scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of cardiovascular disease and who have amassed an impressive body of scientific research in either the basic or clinical domains. | July | $1,000 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | American College of Cardiology (ACC) | Distinguished Award were established to recognize outstanding individuals making contributions to the cardiovascular profession. . | September | No monetary award |
| Cardiovascular | American Heart Association (AHA) | Melvin L Marcus Young Investigator Award in Basic Cardiovascular Sciences. This award has historically recognized physiological research and research in large-mammal studies, and encompasses functional studies in genetically engineered mice or mammals that are the recipients of cell or gene therapy. | May | $1,500 |
| Cardiovascular | American Physiological Society (APS) | Cardiovascular Section Awards/Carl J. Wiggers Award. The Wiggers award is presented to a scientist who is a Fellow of the Cardiovascular Section of the APS, who has made outstanding contributions to cardiovascular research throughout their career, has been an active and committed member of the section, and who will attract outstanding new members to the Cardiovascular Section from the United States and abroad. | January | $1,000 |
| Cardiovascular | American Physiological Society (APS) | Cardiovascular Section Awards/Clinical Science Young Investigator Award. Award sponsored by Portland press recognizes an outstanding junior investigator involved in cardiovascular research. | November | $1,000 |
| Cardiovascular | American Physiological Society (APS) | Cardiovascular Section Awards/New Investigator Award. This award recognizes outstanding investigators in the early stages of their career who have made meritorious contributions to the scientific areas represented by the Cardiovascular Section of the APS. | April | $1,000 |
| Cardiovascular | American Heart Association (AHA) | Louis N and Arnold M Katz Basic Science Research Prize. The Prize encourages new investigators to continue research careers in basic cardiovascular science. This award historically has recognized research involving biochemical, cellular, molecular and genetic sciences, and now includes whole animal studies, especially those related to the creation of new genetic lines. | June | $1,500 |
| Cell Molecular | American Physiological Society (APS) | Cell and Molecular Physiology Section Awards/New Investigator Award. Recognizes an outstanding investigator in the early stages of his/her career who have made meritorious contributions to the area represented by the Cell Section. | December | $1,000 |
| Cell Molecular | American Association for the Advancement of Science | The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. The prize is awarded annually to one young scientist for outstanding life science research for which he/she was awarded a doctoral degree in the previous two years. | July | US$30,000 for the grand prize winner, US$10,000 for each of the category winners. |
| Central Nervous System | American Physiological Society | Central Nervous System Section Awards/New Investigator Award. The award recognizes an outstanding investigator in the early stages of his/her career. | November | $250,000 |
| Chemical Sciences | Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. | Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences. The prize is awarded to an individual in a selected area of chemistry to recognize exceptional and original research that has advanced the field in a major way. | February | $250,000 |
| Chemical Sciences | Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. | Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences. | February | $100,000 |
| Chemical Sciences | Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. | Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program supports the research and teaching careers of talented young faculty in the chemical sciences at undergraduate institutions. | May | $75,000 |
| Chemical Sciences | National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | NAS Award in Chemical Sciences honors contributions to chemistry that clearly satisfy a societal need. The 2025 award will be presented to a chemist working in academia, government, and nonprofit organizations. | October | $20,000 prize |
| Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) | IFCC Distinguished Clinical Chemist Award. This award recognizes specifically an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the science of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine or the application of clinical chemistry to the understanding or solution of medical problems. | January | No monetary award announced |
| Chemistry | Welch Foundation | Welch Award in Chemistry. To foster and encourage basic chemical research and to recognize, in a substantial manner, the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of mankind. | January | $500,000 |
| Chemistry and Physics | Tel Aviv University | The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in the Physical Sciences. The prize is awarded alternatively in the fields of Chemistry and Physics, and is intended to encourage dedication to science, originality and excellence by rewarding outstanding young scientists, under 45 years of age | December | $100,000 |
| Child Development Research | Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) | Early Career Research Contributions Awards . Awards made to person or persons who distinguish themselves as researchers and scholars, as evidenced through research, publications, and scholarly activity. | Opens in Summer of 2018 | No monetary award announced. |
| Clinical Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine | IFCC Henry Wishinsky Award for Distinguished International Services. This award honors an individual who has made unique contributions to the promotion and understanding of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine throughout the world. | January | No monetary amount announced. |
| Clinical Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine | IFCC Award for Significant Contributions in Molecular Diagnostics. This award honors an individual who has made unique contributions to the promotion and understanding of molecular biology and its application In Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine worldwide. | January | No monetary amount announced. |
| Clinical Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine | IFCC Young Investigator Award. This award recognizes and encourages the academic and professional development of a young investigator (under 40 years of age) who has demonstrated exceptional scientific achievements in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine in his/her career. | January | No monetary amount announced. |
| Clinical Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine | IFCC Henry Wishinsky Award for Distinguished International Services. This award honors an individual who has made unique contributions to the promotion and understanding of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine throughout the world. | January | No monetary amount announced. |
| Clinical Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine | IFCC Award for Significant Contributions in Molecular Diagnostics. This award honors an individual who has made unique contributions to the promotion and understanding of molecular biology and its application In Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine worldwide. | January | No monetary amount announced. |
| Clinical Chemistry | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine | IFCC Young Investigator Award. This award recognizes and encourages the academic and professional development of a young investigator (under 40 years of age) who has demonstrated exceptional scientific achievements in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine in his/her career. | January | No monetary amount announced. |
| Computational Neuroscience | Society for Neuroscience | Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience. | June | $25,000 |
| Computer Sciences | National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) | Michael and Sheila Held Prize honors outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts of computer science, such as the design and analysis of algorithms and complexity theory. | October 7, 2024 | $100,000 |
| Cytopathology | American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) | Cytotechnologist Award for Outstanding Achievement. Presented annually to a Cytotechnologist member in recognition of meritorious service or accomplishment in the field of Cytopathology. | March | $1,500 |
| Diabetes Disease | Suzuki Diabetes Foundation | Manpei Suzuki International Prize for original and excellent achievements in diabetes research. | July 1 | $150,000 |
| Drug Metabolism | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) | ASPET Division for Drug Metabolism Early Career Achievement Award. The award has been established to recognize excellent original research by early career investigators in the area of drug metabolism and disposition. | September | $1,000 |
| Drug Discovery | Society for Medicines Research (SMR) | SMR Drug Discovery Award. To recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions, achievements and inventions in the world of drug discovery and development. | To be announced | No monetary award announced. |
| Endocrinology | American Physiological Society (APS) | Endocrinology and Metabolism Section Awards/New Investigator Award. Recognizes an outstanding investigator in the early stages of his/her career. Candidates should be investigators who have made meritorious contributions to the area represented by the Endocrinology & Metabolism Section. | November | $1,000 |
| Endocrinology | Society for Endocrinology | Transatlantic Medal. Awarded annually to a North American endocrinologist judged to have made significant contributions to the discipline. The award of this Medal was instituted to promote connections between endocrinology in the United Kingdom and North America. | June | Medal |
| Endocrinology | Society for Endocrinology | Dale Medal. The Medal is the highest accolade bestowed by the Society awarded annually to a member of the scientific community in recognition of outstanding studies which have changed our understanding of endocrinology in a fundamental way. | June | Medal |
| Epilepsy | American Epilepsy Society | Basic Science Research Award. These awards are designed to encourage and reward active basic science investigators whose research contributes importantly to understanding and conquering epilepsy. | January | $10,000 |
| Epilepsy | American Epilepsy Society | Clinical Science Research Award. These awards are designed to encourage and reward active clinical investigators whose research contributes importantly to understanding and conquering epilepsy. | June 1, 2017 | $10,000 |
| Epilepsy | International League Against Epilepsy | Michael Prize. It is an international award for the best scientific and clinical research promoting the further development in epileptology. | December | €20,000 |
| Gastroenterology | American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) | William Beaumont Prize in Gastroenterology. Recognize a senior investigator who has made a major contribution ( a single accomplishment or series of accomplishments) that has significantly advanced care of patients with digestive diseases through clinical or translational research. | To be announced | $5,000 |
| Gastrointestinal and Liver | American Psychological Association | Gastrointestinal and Liver Section Awards/Takeda Distinguished Research Award. APS recognizes an outstanding investigator who is internationally recognized for his/her contribution to research in areas represented by the Section | February | No monetary amount determined |
| Gastrointestinal and Liver | American Psychological Association | Gastrointestinal and Liver Section Awards/New Investigator Award. Award recognizes an outstanding investigator in the early stages of his/her career. | February | $1,000 |
| Gerontological | Gerontological Society of America | M Powell Lawton Award. Sponsored by The Polisher Research Institute of the Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for Jewish Life, recognizes outstanding contributions from applied gerontological research that have benefited older people and their care. | February | $2,500 |
| Human Genetics | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) | Curt Stern Award. This award is presented yearly for outstanding scientific achievements in human genetics that have occurred during the last 10 years. | April | $10,000 |
| Genetics | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) | Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award. This career development research award is intended to inspire and support new generations of women in the field of genetics. | 2018 date to be determined | $75,000 over three years |
| Genetics | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) | William Allan Award. The award is presented annually to recognize substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics, carried out over a sustained period of scientific inquiry and productivity. | April | $25,000 |
| Genetics | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) | Early-Career Award. This award recognizes scientists who are in the early stages of their careers as independent investigators. | April | $10,000 |
| Genetics | American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) | Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research. ASHG honors excellence in research conducted by predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees (including genetic counseling trainees) through merit-based awards that recognize highly competitive abstracts submitted and presented at the ASHG Annual Meeting. | March | No monetary amount determined |
| Genetics | Genetics Society of America | George W. Beadle Award. The award honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers. | September | $10,000 |
| Genetics | Genetics Society of America | Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal . This award recognizes the full body of work of an exceptional geneticist. Recipients of the Medal will have made substantial contributions to genetics throughout a full career. | July 1, 2017 | $3,000 |
| Genetics | Genetics Society of America | Edward Novitski Prize . The prize recognizes an extraordinary level of creativity and intellectual ingenuity in the solution of significant problems in genetics research. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Genetics | Gruber Foundation | Genetics Prize is presented to a leading scientist, or up to three, in recognition of groundbreaking contributions to any realm of genetics research. | December | $500,000 |
| Genetics | Genetics Society of UK | Genetics Society Medal. Award that recognizes outstanding research contributions to genetics. | April | Medal |
| Gravitational Physics | American Physical Society | Einstein Prize. To recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. | June | $10,000 |
| Hypertension | American Heart Association (AHA) | Irvine Page – Alva Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is presented each year to an individual who has had a lifetime of outstanding achievements in the field of hypertension and has served as a role model through service, research and teaching. | June | $2,000 |
| Hypertension | American Heart Association (AHA) | Excellence Award for Hypertension Research. This award honors excellence in research and discoveries in the field of hypertension as well as a researcher’s contributions. | June | Honorarium amount not announced. |
| Immunology & Surgery | University of Pittsburgh | Thomas E. Starlz Prize in Surgery and Immunology. Outstanding national and international leaders who have made significant contributions to the fields of organ transplantation and immunology | May | $10,000 |
| Immunology & Science | Michelson Medical Research Foundation | Science Prize for Immunology focuses on transformative research in human immunology, with trans disease applications to accelerate vaccine and immunotherapeutic discovery. | October 1 | One $30,000 grand prize, and two $10,000 runner-up awards for research conducted in the past 3 years |
| Infectious Disease | American Society for Microbiology (ASM) | Young Investigator Awards. Recognize and reward early career scientists for research excellence and potential in microbiology and infectious disease. | June | No monetary award announced. |
| Infectious Diseases | National Foundation for Infectious Diseases | Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement. To honor scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases and public health. | June | No monetary amount determined |
| Laser Science | American Physical Society | Arthur L Schawlow Prize in Laser Science. To recognize outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. | July | $10,000 |
| Life Sciences | Breakthrough Prizes | Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences. Each year, up to five Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences are awarded. One prize per year is for work contributing to the understanding of Parkinson’s Disease & Neurodegenerative Disorders. | April | $3 Million |
| Life Science and Medicine | Shaw Prize Foundation in Hong Kong | Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine. This prize honors 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. | Begins in September | $1.2 Million |
| Liver | American Liver Association | Distinguished Scientist Achievement Award honoring a scientist who has made a major contribution to liver disease research in basic science. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Lupus | Lupus Research Alliance | Lupus Insight Prize is awarded to an outstanding investigator who has developed a novel research insight in a scientific domain relevant to lupus. | January | $100,000 |
| Magnetic Resonance | International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) | Gold Medal. Awarded for major research contributions to the field of Magnetic Resonance within the scope of the Society’s purposes. | February | No monetary amount announced. |
| Mass Spectrometry | American Society for Mass Spectrometry | Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award recognizes a focused or singular achievement in fundamental or applied mass spectrometry, in contrast to awards that recognize lifetime achievement. | November | $10,000 |
| Medical Education & Health Care | Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) | Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship award recognizes an outstanding assistant-level faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in addressing inequity in medical education and health care; demonstrates efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States; and is committed to a career in academic medicine. | Abril | $25,000 |
| Medicine | Keio University Medical Science Fund | Keio Medical Science Prize. Recognition to the outstanding and creative achievements of researchers in the field of medical and life sciences, in particular those contributing to scientific developments in medicine. | March | Medal and monetary award |
| Medicine | University of Pittsburgh | Dickson Prize in Medicine. Nominees for the should be actively engaged in innovative, paradigm-shifting biomedical research that is worthy of significant and broad attention. | October | $50,000 |
| Medicine | Warren Alpert Foundation | Warren Alpert Foundation Prize. Awarded to one or more scientists, physicians and researchers whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of or ability to treat disease. | November | $500,000 |
| Medicine | A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute | Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science. 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. | February | $100,000 |
| Medicine | RDS – Ireland’s Philanthropic Society | RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence (Irish born) . It is now awarded biennially – alternating between a scientist based in Ireland and an Irish scientist based abroad. | September | €20,000. |
| Medicine │ Sciences | King Faisal Prize | King Faisal Prize in Medicine and Sciences. If a nomination is being submitted via the online portal, the Office of Research MUST be notified to obtain login credentials. | March | The award consists of a heavily decorated diploma in Arabic script, a 200-gram 24-carat gold medal, and $200,000 in prize money. |
| Medicine | Agriculture | Mathematics | Chemistry and Physics | Wolf Prize in the Sciences | Wolf Prize in the Sciences . Wolf Prize in the Sciences honors outstanding scientists for their achievements for the benefit of mankind and brotherly relations among peoples, regardless of nationality, race, color, religion, sex, or political views. Five Wolf prizes are awarded annually. | September | $100,000 |
| Medicine | American Society for Clinical Investigation | Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine. Honors a physician-scientist who has moved science forward with achievements notable for innovation, creativity and potential for clinical application. | September | $20,000 |
| Membrane Protein | Biophysical Society | Anatrace Membrane Protein Award. The award was established to recognize an outstanding investigator who has made a significant contribution to the field of membrane protein research. | May | $3,000 |
| Microbiology | National Academy of Sciences | Selman A Waksman Award in Microbiology. Award is a prize that is presented to recognize a major advance in the field of microbiology. | October | $20,000 |
| Microbiology and Biotechnology | Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) | Charles Thom Award. To honor researchers for their exceptional merit in industrial microbiology and biotechnology, and their independent of thought and originality that added appreciably to scientific knowledge. | March | $1,000 |
| Microbiology and Biotechnology | Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) | SIMB Young Investigator. This award aims to encourage young investigators to continue their research and to recognize and support their efforts at the beginning of their career. | March | Inscribed plaque |
| Molecular Biological | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) | William C Rose Award. Recognizes outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research and a demonstrated commitment to the training of younger scientist, as epitomized by the late Dr. Rose. | July | $3,000 |
| Molecular Biology | National Academy of Sciences | NAS Award in Molecular Biology. The NAS Award is supported by Pfizer Inc. and recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist (defined as no older than 45) who is a citizen of the United States | October | $25,000 |
| Molecular Biology | Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) | Award for Excellence in Molecular Diagnostics. AMP Award recognizes lifetime pioneering and special achievements by professionals in the fields of molecular biology, molecular pathology, pathology, genetics, microbiology and basic medical sciences, especially as these achievements relate to molecular diagnostics and molecular medicine. | June | Honoraria amount not determined |
| Molecular Sciences | Elsevier | Ahmed Zewail Prize in Molecular Sciences. The Prize is awarded on a biennial basis to an individual scientist who has made significant and creative contributions, particularly those of a fundamental nature, to any of the disciplines of molecular sciences. | To be announced | The award consists of a monetary amount, a gold medal and a certificate |
| Molecule Biophysics | Biophysical Society | Kazuhiko Kinosita Award in Single Molecule Biophysics. The award recognizes outstanding researchers for their exceptional contributions in advancing the field of single molecule biophysics. | May | $2,000 |
| Multiple Sclerosis | American Academy of Neurology (AAN) | The John Dystel Prize for Multiple Sclerosis Research . Recognizes outstanding contributions to research in the understanding, treatment or prevention of multiple sclerosis. | October | $40,000 |
| Multiple Sclerosis | Robarts Research Institute | J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine. Prize will be granted to a scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the area of Discovery and Innovation in Multiple Sclerosis. | May | $25,000 |
| Nephrology | American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | Homer Smith Award. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions which fundamentally affect the science of nephrology, broadly defined, but not limited to, the pathobiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms and genetic influences on the functions and diseases of the kidney. | January | No monetary amount determined |
| Nephrology | American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | John P Peters Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made substantial research contributions to the discipline of nephrology and have sustained achievements in one or more domains of academic medicine including clinical care, education and leadership. | January | No monetary amount determined |
| Nephrology | American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | Young Investigator Award. The award is presented annually to an individual with an outstanding record of achievement and creativity in basic or patient-oriented research related to the functions and diseases of the kidney. | January | $5,000 |
| Nephrology | American Society of Nephrology (ASN) | President’s Medal. ASN awards to individuals who have helped advance ASN’s mission to “lead the fight against kidney disease by educating health professionals, sharing new knowledge, advancing research, and advocating the highest quality care for patients.” | January | No monetary amount determined |
| Neurobiology | Eppendorf | The international Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. Awarded annually to one young scientist for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology conducted by him/her during the past three years. | June | $25,000 |
| Neuropharmacology | Society for Neuroscience | The Julius Axelrod Prize awarded to a scientist with distinguished achievements in the broad field of neuropharmacology (or a related area) and exemplary efforts in mentoring young scientists. | June | $25,000 |
| Neuroscience | McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT | The Edward M. Scolnick Prize Neuroscience is awarded annually by the McGovern Institute to recognize outstanding advances in the field of neuroscience. | December | $150,000 |
| Neurosciences | Gruber Foundation | Neuroscience Prize. Individuals from anywhere in the world who have conducted highly distinguished research in the field of the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral nervous system. | December | $500,000 |
| Neurosciences | Society for Neuroscience | Donald B Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience. Behavioral neuroscience is defined for these purposes as neuroscience research involving behavioral variables or oriented toward the solution of behavioral problems. | June | $2,500 |
| Neurosciences | Society for Neuroscience | Young Investigator Award. The award recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions by a young neuroscientist who has demonstrated scholarly independence. | May | $15,000 |
| Neurosciences | Kavli Prize | Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. Awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding of the brain and nervous system, including molecular neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neurogenetics, developmental neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, and related facets of the brain and nervous system. | To be announced | $1 Million |
| Neurosciences | National Academy of Science | NAS Award in the Neurosciences. The NAS Award in the Neurosciences is awarded every three years to recognize extraordinary contributions to the progress of the neuroscience fields, including neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, developmental neuroscience, neuroanatomy, and behavioral and clinical neuroscience. | October | $25,000 |
| Nervous System | National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | Pradel Research Award. The award is presented annually to recognize mid-career neuroscientists whose work is making major contributions to our understanding of the nervous system. | October | $50,000 |
| NMR Research | ENC | Laukien Prize. The prize is intended to recognize cutting-edge experimental NMR research with a high probability of enabling beneficial new applications. | October | $20,000 |
| Ophthalmology and Visual Science. | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) | ARVO Achievement Awards honor individuals for exceptional contributions to ophthalmology and visual science. | January and March | Medal, complimentary ARVO registration, hotel, travel and per diem |
| Pain Research | International Association for the Study of Pain | John J. Bonica, prize is presented every two years to an individual who has made a major contribution to pain research or therapy. | May | $3,000 |
| Pediatric Research | American Pediatric Society & Society for Pediatric Research | Mary Ellen Avery Neonatal Research Award. The award shall recognize the lifetime achievement of a pediatric investigator who has made important contributions to neonatal health through basic or translational research. | July | The award includes a 15-minute scientific presentation at the PAS Meeting, a $1,000 honorarium and plaque, complimentary registration, economy airfare up to $750, two nights at the PAS hotel, and an invitation to join the Selection Committee. |
| Pediatric Research | American Pediatric Society & Society for Pediatric Research | Douglas K Richardson Award. This award is established in perpetuity to honor the contributions of the late Dr. Douglas K. Richardson to children’s health services research and the Society for Pediatric Research and is open to pediatric health services researchers of any specialty. | September 30 | The award includes coverage for economy-level travel, up to 4 nights of hotel accommodation, PAS Meeting registration, and an honorarium given post-meeting. |
| Pediatric Research | American Pediatric Society (APS) & Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) | E Mead Johnson Award in Pediatric Research. Award honors the foundational contributions of E. Mead Johnson (1852 – 1934) to the field of infant nutrition and child health research | September 30 | The award includes coverage for economy-level travel, up to 4 nights of hotel accommodation, PAS Meeting registration, and an honorarium given post-meeting. |
| Pediatric Research | American Pediatric Society (APS) & Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) | Young Investigator Award. The highly prestigious Award honors the early achievements of scientists and physician-scientists engaged in a discovery-based career addressing diseases that affect children. | September 30 | The annual award includes economy-level travel expenses, up to 4 nights of hotel accommodation, PAS Meeting registration, and an honorarium given after the event. |
| Pharmacy | Pharmacology | Pharmacy Education | Pharmaceuticals | American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) ASHP Research and Educational Foundation (ASHP Foundation) | Pharmacy Residency Excellence Awards | June | The awards recipients are recognized at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and via other media that highlights their accomplishments. |
| Pharmacology | British Pharmacological Society | JR Vane Medal biennial prize rewards outstanding achievement and leadership in non-clinical pharmacology. | March | Winners receive a medal and £2,000 and have the opportunity to give a lecture at a Society meeting |
| Pharmacology Research | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) | John J Abel Award in Pharmacology. The award named after the founder of ASPET, was established in 1946 to stimulate fundamental research in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics by young investigators. | September | $5,000 |
| Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and Related Diseases | 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. | To be announced | $100,000 |
| Plasma Physics | American Physical Society | John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. To recognize a particular recent outstanding achievement in plasma physics research. | April | $5,000 |
| Polyarthritis | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | Crafoord Prize. The prize is intended to promote international basic research in the disciplines Mathematics and Astronomy, Geosciences, Biosciences (with particular emphasis on ecology) and Polyarthritis (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis). | Spring | The prize of SEK 6 millions. |
| Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) | Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation | Lillian Jean Kaplan International Prize for Advancement in the Understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). The Prize recognizes individual(s) whose seminal scientific work constitutes tangible achievement toward improving knowledge and treatment of PKD. | To be announced | $50,000 |
| Protein | Protein Society | Protein Science Young Investigator Award. The award, formerly known as The Irving Sigal Young Investigator Award, recognizes a scientist in the first 8 years of an independent career who has made an important contribution to the study of proteins. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Protein | Protein Society | Stein and Moore Award. Award is given to recognize eminent leaders in protein science who have made sustained high impact research contributions to the field. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Protein | Protein Society | Christian B. Anfinsen Award. The award recognizes significant technological achievements and/or methodological advancements in protein research. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Protein | Protein Society | Hans Neurath Award. The award, sponsored by the Hans Neurath Foundation, seeks to honor individuals who have made a recent contribution of exceptional merit to basic protein research. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Protein | Protein Society | Emil Thomas Kaiser Award. The award recognizes a recent, highly significant contribution in applying chemistry to the study of proteins. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Protein | Protein Society | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Award. The award is granted in recognition of exceptional contributions in protein science which profoundly influence our understanding of biology. | September | No monetary amount determined |
| Psychological | American Psychological Association | Division 7-Developmental Psychology-Early Career Research Grant in Developmental Psychology. This grant supports the research of outstanding early career members who have not yet received any federal funding for research as a principal investigator or co-investigator. | March | $1,000 for lecture |
| Psychotherapy Research | Society for Psychotherapy Research | Distinguished Career (Senior) Award. This award honors a long career and a substantial body of scientific work that constitutes a major and significant contribution to psychotherapy research. | December | No monetary amount determined |
| Psychotherapy Research | Society for Psychotherapy Research | Earlier Career (Junior) Award. The early career award is granted no more than 9 years after the person has completed his or her main research training | December | No monetary amount determined |
| Public Health | Geriatrics | Gerontology | Elderly Patients | Geriatric Mental Health | Archstone Foundation | Archstone Award for excellence in Program Innovation | May | $1,000 |
| Science | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society | The John P Mcgovern Science and Society Award. The award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to science and society. | October | $5,000 |
| Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. To honor scientists, engineers, and their organizations whose exemplary actions have demonstrated scientific freedom and/or responsibility in challenging circumstances. | June | $5,000 |
| Science | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society | The Walston Chubb Award for Innovation. The Walston Chubb Award for Innovation is designed to honor and promote creativity among scientists and engineers. | October | $4,000 |
| Science | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society | The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement is presented to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific research and has demonstrated an ability to communicate this research to scientists in other disciplines. | October | $10,000 |
| Science | World Cultural Council | Albert Einstein World of Science Award . To recognize scientists who have accomplished scientific and technological achievements which have brought progress to science and benefit to mankind. | March | $10,000 |
| Science | The Technion Web Development Group | The Harvey Prize . | April | $75,000 |
| Sciences or Engineering | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Alan T. Waterman Award 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. | September | $1 million over 5 years |
| Science │ Technology │ Engineering │ Mathematics (STEM) | National Science Foundation (NSF)│ White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) recognize those who have made significant contributions to mentoring and thereby support the future productivity of the U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics, (STEM) workforce. | December | Awardee receives a certificate signed by the President of the United States and a $10,000 award from NSF. Awardees are honored at an award ceremony which takes place in Washington, DC. |
| Science and Engineering | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who demonstrate excellence in their contribution to public engagement with science activities. | August | $5,000 |
| Sexology | The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) | Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award recognizes professionals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of sexology. The award is presented to honor scientific contributions in the areas of research, education, or therapy, and is not restricted to members of the Society. | April | No monetary award announced |
| Smoking and Disease | Ochsner Clinic Foundation | Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease. This award is for any candidate whom you believe should be honored for his or her outstanding scientific achievements relating to the role of tobacco consumption to the pathogenesis of disease. | March | $15,000 |
| Social Sciences, Law, and Theology. | Holberg Prize | Holberg Prize invites nominations for outstanding researchers. | June | $650,000 |
| Social Science | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society | Young Investigator Award. Award recognizes excellence in research and includes a certificate of recognition. | October | $5,000 |
| Stem Cell | New York Stem Cell Foundation | Robertson Stem Cell Prize. For extraordinary achievement in stem cell research. | May | $200,000 |
| Stem Cell Research | International Society for Stem Cell Research | Dr. Susan Lim Award for Outstanding Young Investigator supported by the Dr. Susan Lim Endowment for Education and Research Ltd., recognizes the exceptional achievements of an investigator in the early part of his or her independent career in stem cell research. | To be determined | $15,000 |
| Targeted Protein Degradation | Arvinas, Inc (AHA) | Early Career Research Award for an up-and-coming researcher in the field of targeted protein degradation | August | $25,000 |
| Thrombosis | American Heart Association (AHA) | Kenneth M Brinkhous Young Investigator Prize in Thrombosis. Recognizes outstanding endeavors by new investigators in fundamental and applied research in Thrombosis including the mechanism, detection, treatment, and prevention of thrombotic disorders. | January | $1,500 |
| Transplantation | American Society of Transplantation (AST) | Achievement Awards :
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January 31 | Award recipients will be recognized at the AST Awards Ceremony during the American Transplant Congress. Recipients are expected to attend the ATC; registration is not included as part of the AST award. |
| Vibrational Spectroscopy | Society For Applied Spectroscopy | Ellis R. Lippincott Award is presented in recognition of significant contributions in the field of vibrational spectroscopy. | October | $1,500 |
| Vision | Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation | Beckman – Argyros Award in Vision Research . The rewards one individual annually who has made and is continuing to make significant transformative breakthroughs in vision research; particularly through the development of an innovative technology or fundamental scientific breakthrough that has been applied to, aided and/or improved the vision sciences. | September | $500,000 |
| Vision | Helen Keller Foundation | Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research. Worldwide nominations are hereby requested that recognize research excellence as demonstrated by a number of significant contributions to vision science during the course of a career or for a single contribution of exceptional importance to vision science. | To be determined | No monetary award announced. |
| Vision | Lighthouse Guild | Bressler Prize in Vision Science . Open to established mid-career vision clinicians or scientists whose leadership, research and service have led to important advancements in the understanding of vision loss, treatment of eye disease or the rehabilitation of people with vision loss. | March | $25,000 |
| Vision | Lighthouse Guild | Pisart Award in Vision Science. Open to early-career vision clinicians or scientists, generally fewer than ten years following completion of last degree or training, whose noteworthy, innovative and scholarly contributions have the potential for substantial influence in the understanding of vision loss, treatment of eye disease or the rehabilitation of people with vision loss. | December | $30,000 |