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Global Talent: science, engineering, humanities, social science and medicine prizes
Updated 9 April 2025
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| Qualifying Prize | Name of Awarding Body | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abel Prize | Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters | |||||
| AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize | Institution of Engineering and Technology | |||||
| Annual Review Prize Lecture | Physiology Society | |||||
| Bakerian Medal and Lecture | Royal Society | |||||
| Balzan Prize | International Balzan Prize Foundation | |||||
| Benjamin Franklin Medal | Franklin Institute | |||||
| Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture | Berggruen Institute | |||||
| Blue Planet Prize | Asahi Glass Foundation | |||||
| Cadman Award | Energy Institute | |||||
| Centenary Prize | Royal Society of Chemistry | |||||
| Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering | US National Academy of Engineering | |||||
| Copley Medal | Royal Society | |||||
| Crafoord Prize | Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Crafoord | |||||
| Croonian Medal and Lecture | Royal Society | |||||
| Davis Medal | IChemE | |||||
| Distinguished Fellowship | British Computing Society | |||||
| Faraday Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology | |||||
| Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize | National Academy of Engineering | |||||
| Fields Medal | International Mathematical Union | |||||
| Fyssen International Prize | Fondation Fyssen | |||||
| Gold Medal | Institution of Civil Engineers | |||||
| Honorary Membership | British Ecological Society | |||||
| Holberg Prize | Holberg Committee | |||||
| Humboldt Research Award | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | |||||
| IEEE Medal of Honor | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |||||
| INCOSE Pioneer Award | International Council on Systems Engineering | |||||
| Individual Gold Medal | Royal Aeronautical Society | |||||
| International Award | Biochemical Society | |||||
| International Medal | Institution of Civil Engineers | |||||
| Isaac Newton Medal and Award | Institute of Physics | |||||
| IStructE Gold Medal | Institution of Structural Engineers | |||||
| J J Thompson Medal for Electronics | Institution of Engineering and Technology | |||||
| James Watt International Medal | Institution of Mechanical Engineering | |||||
| Japan Prize | The Japan Prize Foundation | |||||
| John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity | John W. Kluge Centre | |||||
| King Faisal Prize – Medicine | King Faisal International Fund | |||||
| King Faisal Prize - Science | King Faisal International Fund | |||||
| Kyoto Prize – Advanced Technology | Inamori Foundation | |||||
| Kyoto Prize – Basic Science | Inamori Foundation | |||||
| Kyoto Prize – Arts and Philosophy | Inamori Foundation | |||||
| Lasker-Debakey Clinical Medical Research Award | Lasker Foundation | |||||
| Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science | Lasker Foundation | |||||
| Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award | Lasker Foundation | |||||
| L’Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science | L’Oréal-UNESCO | |||||
| Louis-Jeantet Prize | The Louis-Jeantet Foundation | |||||
| Lovelace Medal | British Computing Society | |||||
| Melchett Award | Energy Institute | |||||
| Mensforth Manufacturing Gold Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology | |||||
| Millennium Technology Prize | Technology Academy Finland | |||||
| Mountbatten Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology | |||||
| Nine Dots Prize | Kadas Prize Foundation | |||||
| Nobel Prize - Chemistry | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | |||||
| Nobel Prize - Economic Science | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | |||||
| Nobel Prize - Literature | The Swedish Academy | |||||
| Nobel Prize - Physics | The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences | |||||
| Nobel Prize - Medicine | Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet | |||||
| President’s Award | Energy Institute | |||||
| Prince Philip Medal | Royal Academy of Engineering | |||||
| Princess Royal Silver Medal | Royal Academy of Engineering | |||||
| Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering | The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation | |||||
| Rayleigh Medal | Institute of Acoustics | |||||
| Robert Koch Award | Robert Koch Foundation | |||||
| Robert Koch Gold Medal | Robert Koch Foundation | |||||
| Vane Medal | British Pharmacological Society | |||||
| W H Pierce Prize | Society for Applied Microbiology | |||||
| Wolf Prize - Agriculture | Wolf Foundation | |||||
| Wolf Prize - Arts | Wolf Foundation | |||||
| Wolf Prize – Chemistry | Wolf Foundation | |||||
| Wolf Prize – Mathematics | Wolf Foundation | |||||
| Wolf Prize - Medicine | Wolf Foundation | |||||
| Wolf Prize - Physics | Wolf Foundation |