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 )
Alexander Agassiz Medal - a medal and a prize of $15,000 awarded every three years for original contribution in the science of oceanography by the US National Academy of Sciences
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)
King Faisal Foundation Prize - King Faisal Foundation was established in 1976 by the eight sons of the late King Faisal ibn Abd Al Aziz, a son of Saudi Arabia's founder and the Kingdom's third monarch. Prizes for Service to Islam, Islamic Studies, and Arabic Literature were established in 1977 and first awarded in 1979. In 1981 the Prize Board added Medicine; Science was included in 1982.
Lasker Award - Basic Medical Research , Clinical Medical Research , 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 )
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
Priestley Medal - Chemistry (American Chemical Society )
Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences , Public Affairs , Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias )
Shaw Prize
Thorarinsson Medal - Volcanology
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 )
Medical and biomedical sciences
Arts and letters
Central European literature
Finnish literature
Akutagawa Prize
Dazai Osamu Prize
Ito Sei Prize for Literature
Kawabata Yasunari Prize
Mishima Yukio Prize
Naoki Prize
Noma Prize for Literature
Oda Sakunosuke Prize
Subaru Prize for Literature
Tanizaki Prize
Women's Literature Prize
Yokomitsu Prize
Yomiuri Prize for Literature
Slovenian literature
Aniarapriset - awarded by the Swedish Library Association.
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Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature
Piratenpriset
Svenska Akademins nordiska pris
(see also List of science fiction awards )
Logic and philosophy
General achievement
See also: List of BSA merit badges
Belgium
Supreme Order of Hibiscus (Mugunghwa Daehunjang )
Order of National Establishment Merit (Gunguk Hunjang )
Order of Civil Merit (Gukmin Hunjang )
Order of Military Merit (Mugong Hunjang )
Order of Public Services Merit (Geunjung Hunjang )
Order of Diplomatic Merit (Sugyo Hunjang )
Order of National Security Merit (Boguk Hunjang )
Order of Industrial Merit (Sanup Hunjang )
Order of Cultural Merit (Munhwa Hunjang )
Order of Sports Merit (Chaeyuk Hunjang )
Order of National Redevelopment Merit (Saemaul Hunjang )
Order of Scientific and Technological Merit (Gwahakgisul Hunjang )
Military Order of the Tower and Sword
Military Order of Christ
Military Order of Aviz
Military Order of Santiago da Espada
Order of Infante D. Henrique
Order of Liberty
Order of Merit
Order of Public Instruction
Order of Agricultural, Commercial or Industrial Merit
See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military
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Beauty
Comic books
Film
See also list of film awards , film festival .
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