List of prizes, medals, and awards
A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc.
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science - true benefit and well being to mankind (World Cultural Council)
- Balzan Prize - international prize for humanities, natural sciences, and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace
- Bruce Medal - outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
- Copley Medal - Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences (Royal Society of London)
- Dan David Prize - annually honors scientists working on the "Future Dimension," with the topic rotating each year ($1 million prize)
- Dirac Prize – there are two prizes with the same name. "Dirac Medal of the ICTP" is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). "The Paul Dirac Medal and Prize" is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics for "outstanding contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics".
- Fritz Pregl Prize - Austrian award in Chemistry (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- Gibbs Brothers Medal - Naval architecture, Marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences).
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
- James Craig Watson Medal - Astronomy (National Academy of Sciences)
- Henry Draper Medal - Astrophysics (National Academy of Sciences)
- Ho-Am Prize - Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind
- Hughes Medal - Electricity and Magnetism (Royal Society of London)
- Kyoto Prize - Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, Arts and Philosophy (Inamori Foundation)
- Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research, Clinical Medical Research, Public Service (Lasker Foundation)
- Lomonosov Gold Medal - Natural Sciences and the Humanities (Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Longitude prize - precise determination of a ship's longitude
- Marcel Benoist Prize - Swiss prize for Sciences and the Humanities (Swiss Confederation)
- Millennium Technology Prize - for outstanding technological achievements
- NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
- National Medal of Technology - American award for leading innovators.
- Nobel Prize - outstanding research, groundbreaking inventions, outstanding contributions to society
- Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences, Public Affairs, Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)
- George Van Biesbroeck Prize - Astronomy
- Vannevar Bush Award - welfare of mankind and the nation (National Science Foundation)
- Wolf Prize - Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics (Wolf Foundation)
- Wollaston Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)
Arts and letters
Central European literature
Finnish literature
- Jnanpeeth award
- Kalidas samman
Italian literature
Slovenian literature
- Augustpriset
- Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature
- Piratenpriset
- Aniarapriset - awarded by the Swedish Library Association.
- (see also List of science fiction awards)
Logic and philosophy
General achievement
See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military
Entertainment
Beauty
Comic books
Film
See also list of film awards, film festival.
Humor
Internet and computers
Music
Stage
Overall
Videogames
Other sports
Miscellaneous
Mock Prizes
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