Top Global Science Prizes
As curious minds, we are always keen to learn more about brilliant scientists having received one of the Top Global Science Prizes. Therefore, we compiled a list of the most important scientific awards and added a direct link to look up the recipients.
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| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy X Prize Competition | 6,542,056 € | Adult literacy |
| Alexander von Humboldt Professorship | 5,000,000 € | Science |
| Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences | 2,803,738 € | Life Science |
| Balzan Prize | 1,009,346 € | Physics, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Medicine |
| Baillet Latour Biomedical Award | 1,000,000 € | Medicine, Biomedicine |
| Anu & Naveen Jain Women’s Safety XPRIZE Competition | 934,579 € | Women’s safety |
| Abel Prize | 679,907 € | Mathematics |
| Albany Medical Center Prize | 467,290 € | Medicine, Biomedicine |
| Charles Stark Draper Prize | 467,290 € | Engineering |
| Copernicus Award | 200,000 € | Scientific collaboration |
| Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists | 112,150 € | Life Science, Physical Science, Engineering |
| Canada Gairdner International Award | 69,159 € | Medical Sciences |
| Cloëtta Prize | 50,467 € | Medical Research |
| Academy Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences | 50,000 € | Science |
| Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis/Zukunftspreis | 50,000 € | Laser research |
| Clarke Prize | 46,729 € | Water science |
| Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service | 46,729 € | Science, Literature, Dramatic Arts, Invention, Mass communications, Public Service, Government |
| Crafoord Prize | 36,262 € | Mathematics, Astronomy, Polyarthritis, Geosciences, Biosciences |
| Copley Medal | 28,037 € | Physics, Mathematics, Biology |
| Alwin Mittasch Prize | 10,000 € | Chemistry, Biotechnology |
| Albert Einstein World Award of Science | 9,346 € | Science |
| Benjamin Franklin Medals | 9,346 € | Computer Science, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Leadership, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Science, Life Science, Chemistry |
| Borlaug Award | 5,607 € | Agriculture, Environmental Science |
| Albert Einstein Medal | Physics | |
| ANZAAS Medal | Science | |
| Arthur B. Guise Medal | Fire protection engineering | |
| Bailey K. Ashford Medal | Tropical medicine | |
| Clark Medal | Geology, Botany, Zoology |
| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| Future Insight Prize | up to 1.000.000 € | Science, Further varying topics |
| Dan David Prize | 2,803,738 € | Sciences |
| European Research Council Grants | 2,500,000 € | Science |
| Fraunhofer Attract | 2,500,000 € | Science |
| Fresenius Research Prize | 2,500,000 € | Biomedical Science |
| Environment Prize | 500,000 € | Environmental Science |
| Ernst Jung Prize | 300,000 € | Medical Science |
| Francqui Prize | 250,000 € | Exact Science, Humanities, Biomedical Science |
| Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences | 233,645 € | Chemistry |
| Dr. AH Heineken Prize for Medicine | 200,000 € | Medicinal Sciences |
| Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research | 186,916 € | Biomedical Science |
| Danone International Prize for Nutrition | 120,000 € | Alimentation |
| Fernström Prize | 90,654 € | Science |
| Dickson Prize in Medicine | 46,729 € | Biomedical Science |
| Enrico Fermi Award | 46,729 € | Energy research |
| Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award | 45,000 € | Science |
| Florey Medal | 32,243 € | Biomedical Science |
| Emanuel Merck Lectureship | 30,000 € | Chemistry |
| Fields Medal | 10,374 € | Mathematics |
| Friedmund Neumann Prize | 10,000 € | Biology, Chemistry, Medicine |
| Dannie Heinemann Prize | 9,346 € | Mathematical physics |
| Demidov Prize | 9,346 € | Science |
| Eureka Award | 6,449 € | Collaborative Research |
| Dirac Medal of the ICPT | 4,673 € | Theoretical Physics |
| Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology | 4,673 € | Nanotechnology |
| Faraday Lectureship Prize | 3,364 € | Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry |
| Davy Medal | 2,243 € | Chemistry |
| David Syme Research Prize | 645 € | Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology |
| Department of Energy (Various grants) | Energy research | |
| Dirac Medal of the UNSW | Theoretical Physics | |
| Dirac Medal of the WATOC | Theoretical Physics, Computational Physics | |
| Edgeworth David Medal | Science | |
| European Inventor Award | Scientific inventions |
| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition | 18,691,589 € | Space transportation |
| Global learning Xprize Competition | 9,345,794 € | Education |
| IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition | 4,672,897 € | AI technologies |
| Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize | 2,500,000 € | Science |
| Highest Science and Technology Award | 1,121,495 € | Science |
| Gruber Prize in Cosmology | 467,290 € | Cosmology |
| Gruber Prize in Genetics | 467,290 € | Genetics |
| Gruber Prize in Neuroscience | 467,290 € | Neuroscience |
| Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization | 467,290 € | Space transportation |
| International Cosmos Prize | 276,636 € | Environmental Science |
| Ho-Am Prize in Science | 252,336 € | Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Life Science, Engineering, Medical Science, Arts, Community Services |
| Indianapolis Prize | 233,645 € | Animal Conservation |
| Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award | 100,935 € | Science |
| Infosys Prize | 93,458 € | Engineering, Computer Science, Humanities, Life Science, Mathematics, Physicas, Social Sciences |
| Izaak-Walton-Killam Award | 93,458 € | Science |
| Gunnerus Sustainability Award | 90,654 € | Sustainability |
| Harvey Prize | 70,093 € | Science |
| International Prize for Biology | 69,159 € | Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology |
| Georg Forster Research Award | 60,000 € | Science |
| Humboldt Research Award | 60,000 € | Science |
| HFSP Nakasone Award | 9,346 € | Biology |
| Gödel Prize | 4,673 € | Theoretical computer science |
| Hugo African Prize | 4,673 € | Biomedical research |
| Humboldt Prize | 3,000 € | Science |
| H. K. Firodia Awards | 2,243 € | Science |
| G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research | 1,682 € | Science |
| Hackerman Award | 1,402 € | Chemistry |
| IOP Awards | 1,121 € | Physics, Various subdisciplines |
| George Sarton Medal | Science history | |
| Grande Médaille | Science | |
| Hall of Fame der Deutschen Forschung | Sciences | |
| Harold Brown Award | Aviation research | |
| Henry Marshall Tory Medal | Astronomy, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics | |
| iAwards | Innovation |
| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| Körber European Science Prize | 1,000,000 € | Life Science, Physics |
| Millennium Technology Prize | 1,000,000 € | Science |
| Kavli Prize | 934,579 € | Nanoscience, Neuroscience, Astrophysics |
| Kyoto Prize | 691,589 € | Science |
| Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine | 504,673 € | Biomedical Science |
| Lemelson–MIT Prize | 467,290 € | Technology innovations |
| Mustafa Prize | 467,290 € | Science |
| Japan Prize | 345,794 € | Science |
| LaskerBloomberg Public Service Award | 280,374 € | Public Service |
| Lasker Award | 233,645 € | Medical Science |
| March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology | 233,645 € | Developmental Biology |
| King Faisal International Prize | 189,252 € | Medical Science, Sciences |
| Michelson Grant | 140,187 € | Medical Science |
| Koch Prize | 120,000 € | Science |
| L’oreal unesco women in science award | 93,458 € | Life Science, Material sciences |
| Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences | 93,458 € | Biomedical Sciences |
| Marconi Prize | 93,458 € | Communication technologies |
| Margalef Prize in Ecology | 80,000 € | Environmental Science |
| Lounsbery Award | 70,093 € | Medical Science, Biology |
| Keio Medical Science Prize | 69,159 € | Medical Science |
| Michael Bruno Memorial Medal | 51,776 € | Science |
| Meyenburg Prize | 50,000 € | Cancer research |
| Johann-Anton Merck Award | 30,000 € | Preclinical Research |
| Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize | 28,037 € | Immunology |
| John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science | 23,364 € | Science |
| Keeling Curve Prize | 23,364 € | Environmental research |
| Kalinga Prize | 18,692 € | Science popularization |
| Longevity Prize | 18,692 € | Longevity |
| Leopold Griffuel Prize | 15,000 € | Clinical research |
| Liebig Medal | 7,500 € | Chemistry |
| Lavoisier Medal | 1,500 € | Chemistry |
| James Cook Medal | Science | |
| Lomonosov Gold Medal | Science | |
| Magellanic Premium | Astronomy, Natural Philospophy | |
| Makdougall Brisbane Prize | Science | |
| Marcel Benoist Prize – for sciences and the humanities | Science | |
| Marsden Medal | Science | |
| Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture | Physics | |
| Max Planck Medal | Physics | |
| Mueller Medal | Geology |
| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award | 3,271,028 € | Science |
| NASA Centennial Challenges | 934,579 € | 3D printed habitat |
| Nobel Prize | 906,542 € | Medical Science, Chemistry, Physics |
| Palo Alto Longevity Prize | 500,000 € | Longevity |
| Palo Alto Homoestatic Capacity Prize | 500,000 € | Homoestatic Capacity |
| Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water | 252,336 € | Water related innovation |
| Prime Minister’s Prize for Science | 233,645 € | Science, Innovation, Life Science, Physics |
| Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research | 140,187 € | Cancer research |
| Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize | 120,000 € | Medical Science |
| Nigeria Prize for Science | 93,458 € | Science |
| Potamkin Prize | 93,458 € | Alzheimer research |
| Pessoa Prize | 60,000 € | Science, literature, art |
| Otto Hahn Prize | 50,000 € | Physics, Chemistry |
| Princess of Asturias Awards | 46,729 € | Science |
| Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science | 41,869 € | Chemistry, Material Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences |
| Prix Lionel-Boulet | 28,037 € | Science |
| Prix Marie Victorin | 28,037 € | Science, Engineering, Agriculture |
| NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science | 23,364 € | Science |
| Nierenberg Prize | 23,364 € | Science |
| NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing | 18,692 € | Scientific reviewing |
| Oliver E. Buckley condensed matter prize | 18,692 € | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science | 9,346 € | Scientific literature |
| Om Prakash Bhasin Award | 1,121 € | Agriculture, Biotechnology, Electronics, Information technology, Engineering, Aerospace technology, Medical Science |
| National Medal of Science | Science | |
| National Medal of Technology and Innovation | Science | |
| Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award | Healthcare | |
| Pearcey Award | Information and communication technology | |
| Percy L. Julian Award | Chemistry and chemical engineering | |
| Progress Medall | Imaging | |
| Queens Award | Innovation, Sustainability |
| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| Shell Ocean Discovery Xprize Competition | 6,542,056 € | Ocean Exploration |
| Spinoza Prize | 2,500,000 € | Science |
| Stevin Prize | 2,500,000 € | Science |
| Skoll Awards For Social Entrepreneurship | 2,102,804 € | Social entrepreneurship |
| Trinity Challenge | 1,457,944 € | Pandemic research |
| Shaw Prize | 1,121,495 € | Astronomy, Life Science, Medicine, Mathematics |
| State Preeminent Science and Technology Award | 1,121,495 € | Science |
| Turing Award | 934,579 € | Computer Science |
| Russ Prize | 467,290 € | Engineering |
| Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement | 186,916 € | Environmental Science |
| Rey Jaime I Awards | 93,458 € | Fundamental research, Medical Science, Environmental protection, New technologies, Entrepreneurship, Economy |
| Rumelhart Prize | 93,458 € | Human cognition |
| Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation | 65,421 € | Environmental Science |
| Rutherford Medal | 58,879 € | Science |
| Schering Prize | 50,000 € | Biomedical research |
| Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research | 46,729 € | Biomedical research |
| Rosenstiel Award | 28,037 € | Basic medical research |
| SA Scientist of the Year | 23,364 € | Science |
| Rising Black Scientists Awards | 9,346 € | Science |
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology | 6,168 € | Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medical Science, Physics |
| Symbiont Award | 2,336 € | Data sharing |
| Saruhashi Prize | 2,075 € | Science |
| Research Parasite Award | 935 € | Data analysis |
| Sir John William Dawson Medal | 935 € | Science |
| RSV Young Scientist Research Prizes | 645 € | Biology, Biomedical Research, Health, Earth Sciences, Physics |
| Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal | Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology | |
| Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Environmental research, Life science, Physics, Engineering, Informatics, Arts, Humanities | |
| RSV Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research | Science | |
| Sandford Fleming Award | Science communication |
| Prize | Prize money (converted in €) | Category |
| VinFuture Prize | 2,803,738 € | Science |
| WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics | 1,401,869 € | Computer Sciences, Mathematics |
| WLA Prize in Life Science or Medicine | 1,401,869 € | Life Science, Medical Science |
| Warren Alpert Foundation Prize | 467,290 € | Medical Research |
| Welch Award in Chemistry | 467,290 € | Chemistry |
| World Food Prize | 233,645 € | Food science |
| Volvo Environment Prize | 135,981 € | Environmental Science, Sustainability |
| Wieland Prize | 100,000 € | Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physiology |
| Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science | 93,458 € | Biomedical Science |
| Wolf Prize in Chemistry | 93,458 € | Chemistry |
| Women Empowerment Award | 23,364 € | Entrepreneurship |
| Vannevar Bush Award | Science | |
| Werner von Siemens Ring | Science | |
| Wilhelm Exner Medal | Science | |
| WITI@UC Athena Awards | Computer Sciences | |
| W. S. Bruce Medal | Zoology, Botany, Geology, Meterology, Oceanography, Geography |
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