| Country |
Award |
Sponsor |
Description
|
| United States |
IACE Hall of Fame |
International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame |
Leaders in the fields of continuing education and adult learning
|
| United States |
MfA Stipend |
Math for America |
Stipend and tuition for math teachers
|
| United States |
NTHF Hall of Fame |
National Teachers Hall of Fame |
Exceptional school teachers
|
| United States |
AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer |
Association for Women in Mathematics and Mathematical Association of America |
Women who have made distinguished contributions to the mathematical sciences or mathematics education
|
| United States |
Broad Prize for Urban Education |
Eli Broad Foundation |
Recognizes school districts in urban areas for closing the achievement gap improving academic performance of low-income and minority students
|
| United States |
Clark Kerr Award |
University of California, Berkeley |
Extraordinary and distinguished contribution to the advancement of higher education
|
| United States |
Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics |
Mathematical Association of America |
Teachers who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful and whose teaching effectiveness has been shown to have had influence beyond their own institutions
|
| United States |
Edyth May Sliffe Award |
Mathematical Association of America |
Five teachers selected from each of the ten American Mathematics Competition Regions
|
| United States |
Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education |
Genetics Society of America |
Noteworthy contributions to genetics education
|
| United States |
Emily M. Gray Award |
Biophysical Society |
Significant contributions to education in biophysics
|
| United States |
George Westinghouse Award (ASEE) |
American Society for Engineering Education |
Outstanding contributions to engineering education
|
| United States |
Golden Apple Award (education) |
various |
Educators
|
| United States |
Grawemeyer Award |
University of Louisville |
Education, ideas improving world order, music composition, religion, and psychology
|
| United States |
Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education |
McGraw-Hill Education etc. |
Outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to improving education through new approaches
|
| United States |
Hesburgh Award |
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America |
University that has exceptional faculty development programs
|
| United States |
IEEE James H. Mulligan Jr. Education Medal |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Educator's contributions to the vitality, imagination, and leadership of the members of the engineering profession
|
| United States |
Innovations in Reading Prize |
National Book Foundation |
Organizations and individuals who have developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading
|
| United States |
James Bryant Conant Award |
Education Commission of the States |
Outstanding individual contributions to American education
|
| United States |
John R. Ragazzini Award |
American Automatic Control Council |
Outstanding contributions to automatic control education
|
| United States |
Kohl International Teaching Awards |
Dolores Kohl Education Foundation |
Elementary and high school teachers as well as media and lifetime contributors to the field of education
|
| United States |
Lindback Award |
Lindback Foundation |
Distinguished teaching at colleges and universities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia
|
| United States |
Louise Hay Award |
Association for Women in Mathematics |
Contributions as a math educator
|
| United States |
Milken Educator Award |
Milken Family Foundation |
To celebrate, elevate and activate the teaching profession
|
| United States |
National Blue Ribbon Schools Program |
United States Department of Education |
Exemplary public and non-public schools
|
| United States |
National Science Foundation CAREER Awards |
National Science Foundation |
Junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research, education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations
|
| United States |
National Teacher of the Year |
Council of Chief State School Officers |
Excellence in teaching
|
| United States |
Oersted Medal |
American Association of Physics Teachers |
Notable contributions to the teaching of physics
|
| United States |
Penny Crane Award for Distinguished Service |
Association for Computing Machinery |
significant contributions to the University and College Computing Services Special Interest Group, and to computing in higher education
|
| United States |
Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching |
National Science Foundation |
Outstanding teaching in the United States
|
| United States |
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award |
SAE Ralph Teetor Educational Fund |
Educators who are preparing engineers for their careers
|
| United States |
Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education |
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography |
Innovations and excellence in teaching and mentoring students in the fields of limnology and oceanography
|
| United States |
Richtmyer Memorial Award |
American Association of Physics Teachers |
Educators who have made outstanding contributions as teachers, and have imparted information and motivation to participants in the field
|
| United States |
Robert Foster Cherry Award |
Baylor University |
Professors at the College or University level, in the English-speaking world, with established track records of teaching excellence and the ability to inspire students
|
| United States |
Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching |
Rowman & Littlefield |
Developers of effective new approaches to teaching among political scientists
|
| United States |
Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education |
American Society for Engineering Education |
Outstanding women engineering educators
|
| United States |
The Christa McAuliffe Prize |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Teacher in Nebraska for showing courage in education
|
| United States |
Wilbur Cross Medal |
Yale Graduate School Alumni Association |
Distinguished achievements in scholarship, teaching, academic administration, and public service
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