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A list of famous prizes, medals and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc.
[edit] Science and technology
[edit] Science and technology (general and miscellaneous)
- Albert Einstein World Award of Science - true benefit and well being to mankind (World Cultural Council)
- Alexander Agassiz Medal - a medal and a prize of US$15,000 awarded every three years for original contribution in the science of oceanography by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- Automotive X PRIZE - Super-efficient vehicle design competition.[1]
- Balzan Prize - international prize for humanities, natural sciences and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace
- Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis - biennial international award for applied laser technology (Foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung)
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (PNC Bank Delaware)
- Copley Medal - Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences (Royal Society of London)
- Crafoord Prize - Sweden
- Dan David Prize - US$1 million prize honouring scientists in the field of "Future Dimension."
- Demidov Prize - prize established in 1831 for humanities and natural sciences and annually awarded to Russian scientists in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- Ho-Am Prize - Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind
- Hubbard Medal - National Geographic Society award for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research
- Humboldt Research Award
- Japan Prize
- John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies
- Kavli Prize
- Kyoto Prize - Inamori Foundation Japan
- Public Service (Lasker Foundation)
- Lenin Prize - formerly awarded to Soviet citizens for achievements in arts and letters, cinema, mathematics, sciences and other disciplines.
- Lomonosov Gold Medal - Natural Sciences and the Humanities (Russian Academy of Sciences)
- Marcel Benoist Prize (Switzerland) - for Sciences and the Humanities
- National Medal of Science - given by the President of the United States on recommendation of the National Science Foundation to scientists and engineers in behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
- National Medal of Technology - American award for leading innovators.
- Nicholas Appert Award - given by the Institute of Food Technologists for lifetime contributions to food technology.
- Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, annual, $25,000.
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
- Nuclear-Free Future Award awarded annually
- Otto Hahn Medal - awarded annual by the Max Planck Society
- Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science - awarded annually for science books
- Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences, Public Affairs, Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)
- Rumelhart Prize - David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
- Rumford Medal - (Royal Society) restricted to scientists working in Europe
- Rumford Prize - (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
- Rutherford Medal - (Royal Society of New Zealand)
- Shaw Prize
- State Science and Technology Prizes - The highest award granted for Science and Technology in China
- Vannevar Bush Award - welfare of mankind and the nation (National Science Foundation)
- Wayne B. Nottingham Prize - awarded annually for outstanding doctoral research in surface science.
- Werner-von-Siemens-Ring - tributes to persons who have promoted the technical sciences
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(See also List of architecture prizes)
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- See also: Category:Scout and Guide awards
See also: Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)
- Category: Orders, decorations, and medals
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