| AAAS Mentor Awards
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American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
individuals who during their careers demonstrate extraordinary leadership to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering fields and careers |
third party nominations |
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| Abelson Award
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American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
scientific achievement and for other notable services to the scientific community |
third party nominations |
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| Agassiz Medal
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
Oceanography |
third party nomination |
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| Albert Einstein World Award of Science
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Undefined |
Physics-Mathematics-Astronomy; Life Sciences: Biology, Biochemistry, Medicine, Paleoanthropology, Ecology or Chemistry |
nominations by select authorities only |
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| Apple Design Awards
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Undefined |
App design |
no nomination process |
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| Arctowski Medal
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
solar physics and solar-terrestrial relationships |
third party nomination |
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| Award for Public Engagement with Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
contributed substantially to the public's engagement with science or technology, open to individuals and small groups |
third party nominations |
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| Award for Science Diplomacy
|
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
contributed to the role of science cooperation in building stronger links between and among societies |
third party nominations |
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| Awards
|
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
Fields/Eligibility |
Nomination/Application Process |
Former GT Nominees |
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| Balzan Prize, The
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Undefined |
sciences and humanities, exact varies by year |
invited nominators |
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| Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
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Undefined |
Engineering or Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry |
institutional nomination (limited submission) |
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| Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
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Undefined |
life sciences |
any third party can nominate |
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| Bueche Award
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National Academy of Engineering Awards |
Engineering and Policy |
nomination |
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| Carty Award for the Advancement of Science
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
any field within the charter of the Academy |
third party nomination |
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| Chubb Award for Innovation
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Sigma Xi Awards |
|
third party nominations |
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| Comstock Prize in Physics
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
electriciy, magnetism, or radiant energy |
third party nomination |
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| Dan David Prize
|
Undefined |
Past, Present, Future (fields vary by year) |
third party nominations of individuals/orginizations |
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| Day Prize and Lectureship
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
physics |
third party nomination |
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| Draper Medal
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
astronomical physics |
third party nomination |
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| Draper Prize
|
National Academy of Engineering Awards |
All fields of Engineering |
nomination by members of NAE and invitation |
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| Dyson Award
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Student Awards |
Students and recent graduates, product design, industrial design and engineering |
candidate submission |
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| Early Career Award for Public Engagement with Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
early career (<7yrs in current job, pre-tenure), contribution to public engagement with science activities |
AAAS affiliate organizations, universities, government agencies, media, research organizations, and individuals |
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| Elliot Medal
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National Academy of Sciences Awards |
zoology or paleontology |
third party nomination |
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| Eni Award
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Undefined |
Energy, Environment |
candidate application |
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| Eppendorf and Science Prize for Neurobiology
|
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
young (<35yrs), neurobiology research essay |
candidate application |
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| Ferst Award
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Sigma Xi Awards |
science and engineering education |
third party nominations |
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| Founders Award
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National Academy of Engineering Awards |
Members of NAE or foreign associates |
nomination |
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| GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists
|
Student Awards |
Graduate Students, Molecular Biology research essay |
candidate application |
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| Gibbs Brothers Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
naval architecture and marine engineering |
third party nomination |
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| Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
marine or freshwater algae |
third party nomination |
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| Gordon Prize
|
National Academy of Engineering Awards |
Engineering Education, individuals or small groups |
third party nominations |
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| Harvey Prize
|
Undefined |
Science & Technology and Human Health |
third party nomination |
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| Heineken Prize
|
Undefined |
Prize each for: Biochemistry and Biophysics, Art, Medicine, History, Environmental Sciences, Cognitive Science |
third party nomination |
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| Ho-am Prize
|
Undefined |
Korean Heritage: Science, Engineering, Medicine, the Arts; regardless of nationality: Community Service and Special Field |
nomination by members of Prize Committee and Former recipients and members of Selection Committee |
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| Holberg International Memorial Prize
|
Undefined |
arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology |
nomination by scholars at universities and research institutions |
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| Hollaender Award in Biophysics
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
biophysics |
third party nomination |
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| Humboldt Research Award
|
Undefined |
|
nomination from academic in Germany |
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| Hunsaker Award in Aeronautical Engineering
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
aeronautical engineering |
third party nomination |
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| International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)
|
Undefined |
Design |
candidate submission |
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| J. Lawrence Smith Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
meteoric bodies |
third party nomination |
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| Japan Prize, The
|
Undefined |
2014 - Electronics, Information and Communication, Life Science |
invited nominators |
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| Kavli Prize, The
|
Undefined |
Astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience |
third party nominations |
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| Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity
|
Undefined |
fields of humanistic and social science studies that are not included in the Nobel Prizes |
Nominations by invitation |
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| Kovalenko Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
medical sciences |
third party nomination |
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| Kyoto Prize
|
Undefined |
Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, Arts and Philosophy |
nominated by official nominators |
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| Lasker Awards
|
Undefined |
Medical Research (4 awards- Basic and Clinical Medical Research, Special Achievement in Medical Science, and Public Service) |
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| Lemelson - MIT Award for Golbal Innovation
|
Undefined |
inventors and innovators, whose work improves the lives of impoverished people in the developing world, or inspires youth interest in addressing those challenges |
third party nomination |
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| Lemelson - MIT Prize
|
Undefined |
mid-career inventors |
third party nomination |
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| Lienhard Award
|
Institute of Medicine Awards |
recognizes individuals for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in the United States |
nominations |
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| Lounsbery Award
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
biology and medicine (young American and French Scientists) |
third party nomination |
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| Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award
|
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
early career (<10yrs from PhD or MD), cancer research |
self and third party nominations, include essay by entrant |
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| Mary Clark Thompson Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
geology and paleontology |
third party nomination |
|
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| Massry Prize
|
Undefined |
nephrology, physiology, and related fields |
selected by committee |
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| McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge
|
Undefined |
essays in nonproliferation studies |
self submission of essay |
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| McGovern Award
|
Sigma Xi Awards |
individuals whose varied activities supported research, the communication of science and the impact of science on society |
third party nominations |
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| Millennium Technology Prize
|
Undefined |
groundbreaking technological innovations that enhance the quality of people’s lives |
institutional nomination |
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| NAS Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
any field of cognitive or behavioral science |
third party nomination |
|
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| NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
chemistry (fundamental or applied) |
third party nomination |
|
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| NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
review authors |
third party nomination |
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| NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
significant beneficial appplications in industry |
third party nomination |
|
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| NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
chemical sciences (broadly) |
third party nomination |
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| NAS Award in Early Earth and Life Sciences
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
Cambrian or pre-Cambrian Life, and early earth development |
third party nomination |
|
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| NAS Award in Mathematics
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
mathematics |
third party nomination |
|
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| NAS Award in Molecular Biology
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
molecular biology, young scientist (<45) |
third party nomination |
|
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| NAS Award in the Neurosciences
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
fields of neuroscience |
third party nomination |
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| National Academy of Engineering Foreign Associates
|
National Academy of Engineering Awards |
All fields of Engineering, non-U.S. citizen |
nomination and election by current members |
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| National Academy of Engineering Members
|
National Academy of Engineering Awards |
All fields of Engineering, U.S. citizen |
nomination and election by current members |
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| National Academy of Sciences Foreign Associate
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
all fields of science, non-U.S. citizens, maximum 21 elected annually |
nomination and election by current members |
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| National Academy of Sciences Members
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
all fields of science, U.S. citizens, maximum 84 eleced annually |
nomination and election by current members |
|
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| National Academy of Sciences Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
psychological and cognitive sciences |
third party nomination |
|
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| National Design Awards
|
Undefined |
Categories: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards/about/award-categories |
third party nomination |
|
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| National Medal of Arts
|
National Medals |
Arts |
third party nomination |
|
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| National Medal of Science
|
National Medals |
physical, biological, mathematical, engineering, chemistry and social sciences |
third party nomination (through NSF) |
|
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| National Medal of Technology and Innovation
|
National Medals |
innovation, development, commercialization, and management of technology; individuals, teams of up to 4, companies, or a division of a company |
third party nomination (U.S. P.T.O) |
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| Newcomb Cleveland Prize
|
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
author(s) of outstanding paper in Research Articles or Reports in Science within last year |
nominations by readers of science (no self nominations) |
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| Nobel Prize(s)
|
Undefined |
|
invited nominators |
|
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| PEO Scholar Award
|
Student Awards |
Femal doctoral candidate |
nomination by P.E.O. Chapter |
|
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| Peurifoy Construction Research Award
|
Undefined |
Construction Research, member of ASCE or Construction Institute |
third party nominations |
|
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| Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science
|
Undefined |
contribution to the literature of science |
|
|
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| Pradel Research Award
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
neuroscience |
third party nomination |
|
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| Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), The
|
National Science Foundation |
early career, recommended by participating agency (Ag, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Education, NIH, Transportation, VA, EPA, NASA, NSF, Smithsonian) |
recommendation from participating agency |
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| Pritzker Architecture Prize, The
|
Undefined |
architecture |
invited nominations, and any licensed architect |
|
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| Prix Ars Electronica
|
Undefined |
cyber arts |
nomination and candidate submission |
|
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| Proctor Prize for Scientific Achievement
|
Sigma Xi Awards |
physical, biological, mathematical, engineering or social and behavioral sciences |
third party nominations |
|
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| Public Service Award
|
National Science Foundation |
individuals and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States |
third party nominations, nominations remain active for 3 years |
|
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| Public Welfare Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
application of science to public welfare |
third party nomination |
|
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| Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
|
Undefined |
|
third party nominations |
|
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| Resonate Awards
|
Undefined |
Sustainability |
third party and self nominations |
|
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| Russ Prize
|
National Academy of Engineering Awards |
Bioengineering |
self and third party nomination |
|
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| Sarnat Prize
|
Institute of Medicine Awards |
individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health |
nominations |
|
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| Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
|
American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) |
scientists and engineers whose exemplary actions have served to foster scientific freedom and responsibility |
third party nominations |
|
|
| Shaw Prize
|
Undefined |
Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, Mathematical Sciences |
invited nominators |
|
|
| Templeton Prize
|
Undefined |
Any field, honors contribution to spiritual dimension of life |
third party nomination |
|
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| The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)
|
National Science Foundation |
Individuals and Organizations that have demonstrated excellence in mentoring individuals that are underrepresented in STEM education and workforce. |
third party and self nominations |
|
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| Troland Research Awards
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
psychology, young scientist (<40) |
third party nomination |
|
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| Tyler Prize
|
Undefined |
Environmental Achievement |
third party nominations |
|
|
| Vannevar Bush Award, The
|
National Science Foundation |
substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy |
third party nominations |
|
|
| Waksman Award in Microbiology
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
microbiology |
third party nomination |
|
|
| Warren Prize
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
fluviatile geology |
third party nomination |
|
|
| Waterman Award
|
National Science Foundation |
Any Field of Science and Engineering supported by NSF, young investigator (<35yrs or <7yrs from receipt of PhD) |
unlimited institutional nomination, through FastLane |
|
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| Watson Medal
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
astronomy |
third party nomination |
|
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| William O. Baker Award for Initiatives in Research
|
National Academy of Sciences Awards |
innovative young scientists (preferably <35) |
third party nomination |
|
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| Young Investigator Award
|
Sigma Xi Awards |
Within 10 years of highest earned degree |
third party nominations |
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