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Global Talent: science, engineering, humanities, social science and medicine prizes

Updated 29 August 2023

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