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The "Albert Einstein" World Award of Science was created as a means of recognition, and as an incentive to scientific and technological research and development. It takes into special consideration those researches, which have brought true benefit and well being to mankind.
The recipient of the award is elected by the Interdisciplinary Committee, which is constituted of world renowned scientists, among them 25 Nobel laureates.
The award consists of a Diploma, a Commemorative medal, and 10, 000 U$ dollars. more
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Alexander Agassiz Medal |
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The Alexander Agassiz Medal is awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for an original contribution in the science of oceanography. It was established by Sir John Murray in honor of his friend Alexander Agassiz. more
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America's Space Prize |
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America's Space Prize is a US$50 million orbital spaceflight competition established and funded by hotel entrepreneur Robert Bigelow. The prize will be awarded to the first US-based privately-funded team to design and build a reusable manned capsule capable of flying 5 astronauts to a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space module. There must be two flights within 60 days. The teams must be based in the United States of America. more
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Association for Computing Machinery |
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The Association for Computing Machinery, or ACM, was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is currently around 78,000. Its headquarters are in New York City. more
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Automotive X Prize |
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The goal of the Automotive X PRIZE (AXP) is to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change. more
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Award for the Advancement of Free Software |
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The Free Software Foundation Award for the Advancement of Free Software is annually presented by the Free Software Foundation to a person who has made a great contribution to the progress and development of free software, through activities that accord with the spirit of free software. Once an individual has been honored with an FSF award, they cannot win it again. more
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Balzan Prize |
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The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavors for peace and the brotherhood of man. more
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Charles Stark Draper Prize |
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It is a goal of the National Academy of Engineering to honor those who have contributed to the advancement of engineering and to improve public understanding of the importance of engineering and technology.
The Draper Prize is awarded annually, the recipient receives a $500,000 cash award, and the prize recognizes achievements in all engineering disciplines. NAE members and non-members worldwide are eligible to receive the Draper Prize. more
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Codie awards |
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The CODiE awards is a yearly award issued by the Software and Information Industry Association for excellence in software development primarily among its members.
Since its inauguration, the Codie Awards program has attempted to showcase the software and information industry's products and services and to honor excellence for corporate achievement and philanthropic efforts. It is the only peer-recognition awards program of the software industry, providing the opportunity for companies to earn the praise of their competitors.
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Copley Medal |
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The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. more
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Demidov Prize |
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Demidov Prize used to be a national scientific prize in the Russian Empire awarded annually to the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
In 1831 Pavel Nikolaevich Demidov, representative of the famous Demidov family, established a scientific prize after his name. The Petersburg Academy of Sciences was chosen as an awarding institution. In 1832 the president of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences Sergei Uvarov awarded the first prizes. The Demidov Prize was a national scientific award, the most prestgious in Russia. more
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Donald E. Knuth Prize |
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The Prize is named in honor and recognition of the extraordinary accomplishments of Prof. Donald Knuth, Emeritus at Stanford University. Prof. Knuth is best known for his ongoing multivolume series, The Art of Computer Programming, which played a critical role in establishing and defining Computer Science as a rigorous, intellectual discipline. Prof. Knuth has also made fundamental contributions to the subfields of analysis of algorithms, compilers, string matching, term rewriting systems, literate programming, and typography. His TeX and MF systems are widely accepted as standards for electronic typesetting. more
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EFF Pioneer Award |
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The EFF Pioneer Award is an annual prize for people who have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers. Until 1998 it was presented at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.; thereafter it was presented at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference. In 2007 it was presented at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. more
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Enrico Fermi Award |
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The Enrico Fermi Award is a U.S. government "Presidential" award honoring scientists of international stature for their lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy. It is administered by the U.S. government's Department of Energy. The recipient receives $375,000, a certificate signed by the President and the Secretary of Energy, and a gold medal featuring the likeness of Enrico Fermi. more
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Herbrand Award |
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The Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Deduction is an award given by CADE Inc. (although it predates the formal incorporation of CADE) to honour persons or groups for important contributions to the field of automated deduction. The award is named after the French scientist Jacques Herbrand and given at most once per CADE or IJCAR conference. It comes with an endowment of US$ 1000. Anyone can be nominated, the award is awarded after a vote among CADE trustees and former recipients, usually with input from the CADE/IJCAR programme committee. more
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Ho-Am Prize |
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The Ho-Am Prize is a Korean annual award awarded to "those who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind," often referred to as the Korean equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
It is funded by Samsung and named after their former chairman, Byung-Chull Lee (Ho-Am is his pen name which means filling up a space with clear water as lakes do, and being unshakeable as a large rock).
The prize is currently awarded in five fields: Science, Engineering, Medicine, Art, Community Service.
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Hubbard Medal |
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The Hubbard Medal is awarded by the National Geographic Society for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research. The medal is named for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, first National Geographic Society president. more
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IEEE Edison Medal |
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On 21 October 1879, Mr. Edison succeeded in producing the first practical incandescent electric light bulb - - the beginning of modern illumination.
Twenty-five years later, on 11 February 1904, a group of Mr. Edison's friends and associates created a medal in his name, to commemorate the achievements of a quarter of a century in the art of electric lighting. In their words: 'The Edison Medal should, during the centuries to come, serve as an honorable incentive to scientists, engineers, and artisans to maintain by their works the high standard of accomplishment set by the illustrious man whose name and feats shall live while human intelligence continues to inhabit the world.
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers four years later, entered into an agreement with the founders to award the medal, the award now carries the designation of the IEEE.
The award consists of a gold medal, small gold replica, certificate and honorarium.
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IEEE Nikola Tesla Award |
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The IEEE Nikola Tesla Award is an annual award given each year to a team or to an individual that has made an outstanding contribution to the generation or utilization of electric power. It is awarded by a Technical Field Awards Council of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).The Award is named in honor of Nikola Tesla, an electrical engineer, a distinguished Yugoslav-American inventor, and a pioneer in many fields, who is most renowned for the development of the coil that bears his name and the a-c induction motor.
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Japan Prize |
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The Japan Prize is awarded to people from all parts of the world whose original and outstanding achievements in science and technology are recognized as having advanced the frontiers of knowledge and served the cause of peace and prosperity for mankind.
? Fields of study for the prize encompass all categories of science and technology, with two fields designated for the prize each year in consideration of developments in science and technology.
? Each Japan Prize laureate receives a certificate of merit and a commemorative medal. A cash award of 50 million yen is also presented for each prize category. The award is intended for a single person, in principle, but small groups of researchers are also eligible.
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Knuth Prize |
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The Donald E. Knuth Prize is a prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science, named after Donald E. Knuth.
The prize is awarded by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computing Theory (ACM SIGACT) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers's Technical Committee on the Mathematical Foundations of Computing (IEEE). Prizes are awarded in alternation at the ACM Symposium on the Theory of Computing and at the IEEE Conference on Foundations of Computer Science which are among the most prestigious conferences in theoretical computer science.
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Lemelson-MIT Prize |
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The Lemelson-MIT Prize, endowed in 1994 by Jerome H. Lemelson, and administered through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is awarded to inventors from the United States for outstanding achievement. The winner receives $500,000, making it the largest cash prize for invention in the U.S. more
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Lenin Prize |
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The Lenin Prize was one of the highest awards in the Soviet Union. It was created on June 23, 1925 and was awarded until 1934. On August 15, 1956 it was reestablished, and continued to be awarded on every even year until 1990, on April 22 (V.I. Lenin's birthday), to individuals in the fields of science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. more
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Lomonosov Gold Medal |
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The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Two medals are awarded annually: one to a Russian and one to a foreign scientist. The Lomonosov Gold Medal should not be confused with the Lomonosov Award, introduced in 1866. more
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Longitude prize |
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The Discovery of the Longitude is of such Consequence to Great Britain for the safety of the Navy and Merchant Ships as well as for the improvement of Trade that for want thereof many Ships have been retarded in their voyages, and many lost..." Parliament, in 1714, voted to offer a reward (10,000 pounds for any method capable of determining a ship's longitude within one degree; 15,000 pounds, within 40 minutes, and 20,000 pounds within one half a degree) "for such person or persons as shall discover the Longitude. more
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Marcel Benoist Prize |
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The Marcel Benoist Prize, offered by the Marcel Benoist Foundation, is a monetary prize that has been offered annually since 1920 to a scientist of Swiss nationality or residency who has made the most useful scientific discovery. Emphasis is placed on those discoveries affecting human life. Since 1997, candidates in the humanities have also been eligible for the prize.
The Marcel Benoist Foundation was established by the will of the French lawyer Marcel Benoist, a resident of Lausanne, who died in 1918. It is managed by a group of trustees comprised of Swiss ministers and heads of the main Swiss universities.
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Marconi Prize |
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The Marconi Prize is an annual award recognizing advancements in communications awarded by the Marconi Foundation. The Prize includes a $100,000 honorarium and a work of sculpture, and honorees are called Marconi Fellows. The Society and Prize are named in honor of Guglielmo Marconi, a Nobel laureate and one of the of pioneers of radio. more
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Millennium Technology Prize |
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The prize celebrates innovations that have a favourable impact on quality of life and wellbeing. In particular, the prize seeks to highlight innovations that assist and enrich our everyday lives today as well as in the future.
The prize is awarded every second year. Nominations for the prize can be made by academies, universities, research institutes and industrial organizations. Candidates are sought from across the world and all fields of technology.
The prize is conferred by the Millennium Prize Foundation. Today's Finland is a welfare state at the global forefront of competitiveness and high tech production.
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National Medal of Science |
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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. more
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National Medal of Technology |
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The National Medal of Technology is an honor granted by the President of the United States to inventors and innovators that have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology. The award may be granted to a specific person, to a group of people or to an entire organization or corporation. It is the highest honor the United States can confer for achievements related to technological progress. more
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Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility |
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The Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility was established in 1987 in honor of Norbert Wiener to recognize contributions by computer professionals to socially responsible use of computers. It is awarded annually by CPSR. more
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Perkin Medal |
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The Perkin Medal is an award given annually by the American section of the Society of Chemical Industry to a scientist residing in America for an "innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development." It is considered the highest honor given in the US industrial chemical industry.
Sir William Henry Perkin (1838-1907) at the age of 18 created the world's first synthetic aniline dye, which revolutionised colour chemistry and opened up new possibilities for a whole range of industries; most notably, textiles and clothing. more
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Pirelli International Award |
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The Pirelli Internetional Award is the world's first Internet multimedia award aimed at the diffusion of scientific and technological culture worldwide.
Internet multimedia is a broad field that covers any interactive audio visual format that is electronically transmissible. It extends beyond simple websites to include all digital interactive information delivery products and processes such as flash animations, CD-ROMs, WAP and even email attachments.
Awards are granted every calendar year to the best multimedia presentations that concern one of three main themes for the diffusion of science and technology: multimedia oriented toward physics, chemistry, mathematics and life sciences, and the enabling information and communication technologies that package, deliver, present and define multimedia itself. The award was established in the belief that the diffusion of social, economic and technological advances are as important as their discovery. As the name indicates, it is sponsored by the Pirelli corporation.
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Prince of Asturias Awards |
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The Prince of Asturias Awards (Spanish: Premios Pr?ncipe de Asturias, Asturian: Premios Pr?ncipe d'Asturies) is a series of annual prizes given in Spain by the Fundaci?n Pr?ncipe de Asturias to individuals, entities, organizations or others from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, or public affairs. The awards are presented in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias at a ceremony presided by Felipe, Prince of Asturias. The Prince of Asturias Awards were established in 1981. more
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Rumford Medal |
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In 1796, Benjamin Thompson, known as Count Rumford, gave $5000 separately to the Royal Society of London and the other by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to give awards every two years for outstanding scientific research on heat or light.
The Rumford Medal is restricted to scientists working in Europe. It is awarded in even years in recognition of an outstandingly important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter made by a scientist working in Europe, noting that Rumford was concerned to see recognized discoveries that tended to promote the good of mankind. The medal is of silver gilt and a gift of ?1000 is associated with it.
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Rutherford Medal |
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The Rutherford Medal is the highest award instituted by the Royal Society of New Zealand at the request of the Government to recognise and honour those who have made exceptional contributions to New Zealand society and culture through activities in the broad fields of science, mathematics, social science, and technology. The medal is funded by the New Zealand Government and administered on contract by the Royal Society of New Zealand. more
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Shaw Prize |
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The Shaw Prize is an international award to honor individuals who are currently active in their respective fields and who have achieved distinguished and significant advances, who have made outstanding contributions in culture and the arts, or who in other domains have achieved excellence. The award is dedicated to furthering societal progress, enhancing quality of life, and enriching humanity's spiritual civilization. Preference will be given to individuals whose significant work was recently achieved.
The prize is divided into the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences. Each prize is awarded annually in the amount of US $1,000,000.
The Shaw Prize is an international award managed and administered by The Shaw Prize Foundation based in Hong Kong.
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State Science and Technology Prizes |
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The State Science and Technology Prizes is the highest honor in People's Republic of China in science and technology, in order to recognize citizens and organizations who have made remarkable contributions to scientific and technological progress, and to promote the development of science and technology. The State Council enacted the Regulations on the State Science and Technology Prizes and established five State prizes in science and technology: State Highest Science and Technology Award, State Natural Science Award, State Technological Invention Award, State Scientific and Technological Progress Award, International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China. more
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The Nobel Prize |
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Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award. more
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Timoshenko Medal |
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The Timoshenko Medal was established in 1957 and is conferred in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics. Instituted by the Applied Mechanics Division, it honors Stephen P. Timoshenko, world-renowned authority in the field, and it commemorates his contributions as author and teacher. more
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Tony Kent Strix Award |
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The Strix Award is presented in memory of Dr Tony Kent, a past Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists, who died in 1997. Tony Kent made a major contribution to the development of information science and information services both in the UK and internationally, particularly in the field of chemistry. The name 'Strix' was chosen to reflect Tony's interest in ornithology, and as the name of the last and most successful information retrieval packages that he created. more
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