List of prizes, medals, and awards

A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including badges, bowls, cups, state decorations, trophies, etc.

1 Business and management
2 Entertainment
3 Games and sports
4 Humanitarianism, international relations, and service
- 4.1 Scouting
5 Humanities
6 Logic and philosophy
- 6.1 Law
- 6.2 Politics
7 Military and patriotic honors and medals
8 Miscellaneous
9 United Nations
10 Mock prizes
11 Posthumous
12 Science and technology
13 Awards by recipient
14 See also
15 Sources and references

Business and management [edit]

Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards
Commerce Award (Chamber of Commerce of Toledo, Spain)
Deming Prize for Quality
E-Commerce Awards
E. H. Harriman Award
Enterprise Initiative Award (Chamber of Commerce of Toledo, Spain)
European Business Awards
European IST Grand Prize
Excellence Award in Corporate Philanthropy
Exportation Award (Chamber of Commerce of Toledo, Spain)
Henry Laurence Gantt Medal
Industry Award (Chamber of Commerce of Toledo, Spain)
Innovation Award (Chamber of Commerce of Toledo, Spain)
Jake Award
Japan Quality Medal
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Nikkei QC Literature Prize
Qimpro Benchmark Competition – For excellence in business excellence
Railroader of the Year
Regional Railroad of the Year
Ron Brown Award
Shingo Prize. [1]
Short Line Railroad of the Year
The Stevie- American Business Awards
Train Operator of the Year
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution)

Entertainment [edit]

ATOM Award – For film, television, and digital multimedia (Australia and New Zealand)
Bambi – For television and media (Hubert Burda Media, Germany)
Jacob's Awards – For outstanding contributions to Irish radio and television (Ireland)
NAACP Image Award – For upstanding portrayals of African Americans in film, television, music, and literature (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
People's Choice Awards – For film, television, and music (United States)
Seiyu Awards – For voice acting in anime and other media (Japan)

Advertising [edit]

Beauty [edit]

Main article: Beauty pageant

Comic books [edit]

Adamson Awards
Alley Award
Bill Finger Award
Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame
Doug Wright Awards
Eagle Awards
Eisner Award
Harvey Awards
Haxtur Awards
Ignatz Awards
Joe Shuster Awards
Kirby Awards
Kodansha Manga Awards
Lulu Awards
Max & Moritz Prizes
National Comics Awards (United Kingdom)
Prix de la critique
Prix Saint-Michel
Russ Manning Award
Shazam Awards
Squiddy Awards
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Urhunden Prizes
Wizard Fan Awards
Xeric Foundation grants – Financial grants for self-publishing comic book creators (Xeric Foundation)

Computers and the Internet [edit]

Prix Ars Electronica (Ars Electronica, Austria)
Golden iPod Award
Shorty Awards – To the top short-form content creators on the micro-blogging website Twitter
Webby Awards (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences)
New Statesman New Media Awards (United Kingdom)

Dance [edit]

Film [edit]

See also: List of film awards and Film festival

The Palme d'Or.

Academy Awards – Also known as the Oscars (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
Amanda Awards (Norwegian International Film Festival)
AACTA Awards (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts)
Atlanta International Film Festival
British Academy Film Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
Canadian Screen Awards (Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television)
Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival awards
César Award (France)
Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic)
Crystal Simorgh (Fajr International Film Festival, Iran)
Czech Lion (Český Lev, Czech Republic)
David di Donatello
Étalan de Yennenga (Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
European Film Awards (European Film Academy)
Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards
Filmfare Awards (India)
GLAAD Media Awards (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Golden Bear (Berlin International Film Festival, Germany)
Golden Boll (International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Turkey)
Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
Golden Horse (Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Taiwan)
Golden Leopard (Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland)
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival, Italy)
Golden Orange (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, Turkey)
Goya Awards (Spain)
Guldbagge Awards (Sweden)
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Humanitas Prize
Independent Spirit Awards
International Indian Film Academy Awards (India)
Lola Awards (German Film Academy)
Luna Awards (Film Academy of the Philippines)
National Film Awards (India)
New York International Film Festival
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival, France)
Screen Actors Guild Awards (Screen Actors Guild)
Screen Awards (India)
SIGNY awards – To the best performers, artists, photographers and riggers, writers and models in the field of bondage erotica
Spencer Tracy Award (University of California, Los Angeles Campus Events Commission)
Virginia Film Festivals of American Film
Washington Film Festival
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
XRCO Awards – To people working in adult entertainment (X-Rated Critics Organization)
Young Artist Awards (Young Artist Association)

Music [edit]

A Grammy Award.

Akil Koci Prize
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
ASCAP awards (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
ARIA Music Awards (Australian Recording Industry Association)
Awit Awards (Philippine Association of the Record Industry)
BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts)
British Composer Awards – For excellence in classical and jazz music
BET Awards (Black Entertainment Television, United States)
Brit Awards (British Phonographic Industry)
Comet (Viva, Germany)
Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards – An annual awards program bestowed by Classic Rock
Country Music Awards of Australia (Country Music Association of Australia)
Distinguished Service to Music Medal (Kappa Kappa Psi) – For exceptional service to American bands and band music
Echo (German Phonographic Academy)
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
George Peabody Medal (Peabody Institute)
Gold Badge Awards – For outstanding contributions to the music and the entertainment industry of the United Kingdom
Golden Melody Awards (Taiwan)
Grammy Awards (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
Grand Prix du Disque (France)
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
Independent Music Awards (Music Resource Group)
Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame
Ivor Novello Awards (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors)
Juno Awards (Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences)
Latin Grammy Award (Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences)
Léonie Sonning Music Prize (Léonie Sonning Music Foundation)^[1]
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica – Previously known as MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica (MTV)
MTV Africa Music Awards (MTV)
MTV Asia Awards (MTV)
MTV Australia Awards (MTV)
MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV)
MTV Video Music Awards (MTV)
Music Journalist Awards (International Federation of Music Journalists)^[2]
Otaka Prize – An annual composition prize for Japanese composers
Polar Music Prize
Praemium Imperiale
Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik – For achievement in recorded music
Prix de Rome
Pulitzer Prize for Music
Rolf Schock Prize in Musical Arts
Sanremo Music Festival (Italy)
Sibelius Prize
Suntory Music Award (Japan)

Radio [edit]

Stage and theater [edit]

Back Stage Garland Awards – For excellence in Southern California theatre (Back Stage)
Drama Desk Awards
Drama League Awards
Drama-Logue Awards
Eugene O'Neill Award (Sweden)
Evening Standard Awards (Evening Standard)
LA Weekly Theater Awards (LA Weekly)
Laurence Olivier Awards (The Society of London Theatre)
Leonard Statuette (Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association)
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle)
Lucille Lortel Awards
National Dance Awards (The Critics' Circle)
New York Drama Critics' Circle awards (New York Drama Critics' Circle)
Obie Awards (The Village Voice)
Outer Critics Circle Awards
Ovation Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Sarah Siddons Award – For an outstanding performance in a Chicago theatre production (Sarah Siddons Society)
Theatre World Award
Tony Awards (American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League)

Television [edit]

The Goldene Kamera.

British Academy Television Awards
Canadian Screen Awards (Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television)
Deutscher Fernsehpreis (Germany)
Edward R. Murrow Award – For commitment to excellence that exemplifies the career of Edward R. Murrow (Edward R. Murrow College of Communication of Washington State University)
Edward R. Murrow Award – For the best TV interpretation or documentary on international affairs (Overseas Press Club)
Edward R. Murrow Awards – For outstanding achievements in electronic journalism (Radio Television Digital News Association)
Emmy Awards
FIPA awards (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels)
GLAAD Media Awards (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
Golden Bell Awards (Taiwan)
Golden Globe Awards (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)
Golden Nymph (Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Monaco)
Goldene Kamera
Grimme Preis
Humanitas Prize
Iris Awards – American awards for local television programming excellence
Logie Awards (TV Week)
National Television Awards
Peabody Awards
Rose d'Or
Royal Television Society awards (Royal Television Society)
Telly Awards
Young Artist Awards (Young Artist Association)

Tourism [edit]

IAAPA Applause Award (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions)
Pomme d'Or (European Association of Professional Travel Writers and Journalists)
Thea (Themed Entertainment Association)
Tourism Award (Chamber of Commerce of Toledo, Spain)

Games and sports [edit]

General and miscellaneous [edit]

BBC Sports Personality of the Year:
Egebergs Ærespris – To athletes who excel in more than one sport (Norway)
James E. Sullivan Award – To outstanding amateur athletes in the United States (Amateur Athletic Union)
Laureus World Sports Awards
NACDA Directors' Cup – To the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics (National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics)
Olympic Cup – To an institution or association with a record of merit and integrity in actively developing the Olympic movement (International Olympic Committee)
Sportsperson of the Year (Czech Republic)
Sportsperson of the Year (Czechoslovakia)
Sportsperson of the Year (Norway)
Sportsperson of the Year (Slovakia)
Sportsperson of the Year (Slovenia)

American football and Canadian football [edit]

Associated Press College Football Player of the Year – To the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States (Associated Press)
Grey Cup – To the champions of the Canadian Football League
Heisman Trophy – To outstanding college football players whose performance best exhibits the pursuit of excellence with integrity (Heisman Trophy Trust)
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Vince Lombardi Trophy – To the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, the Super Bowl

Association football [edit]

Albo Panchina d'Oro – To the best Italian coach of the Serie A
Best European Goalkeeper
Best Male Soccer Player ESPY Award
Best Soccer Player ESPY Award
Bota de Prata – To the top scorer in the Portuguese Primeira Liga
Brian Clough Trophy – To the winners of any league, cup or friendly match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest
CAF Clubs of the 20th Century – A ranking of the most successful clubs of the 20th century in Africa
Canadian Championship Golden Boot – To the top goalscorer in the Canadian Championship
CNID Awards – To players and coaches in the Portuguese Primeira Liga and to Portuguese players and coaches in other countries
Coach of the Year (Romania)
Copa Libertadores – To the winners of the Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana – To the winners of the Copa Sudamericana
CSL Golden Boot – To the top goalscorer in the Canadian Soccer League
Det Gyldne Bur – To the best goalkeeper in Danish football
DZFoot d'Or – To the Algerian player considered to have performed the best over the previous year
European Champion Clubs' Cup – To the winners of the UEFA Champions League
European Cup Winners' Cup – To the winners of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
European Golden Shoe – To the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of every European national league
FA Cup – To the winners of the FA Cup
FAM Football Awards (Malaysia)
FIFA Ballon d'Or – Given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous season
FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century – A ranking of the most successful clubs of the 20th century
FIFA Development Award – For the development of football in countries judged to need it most
FIFA Fair Play Award – For exemplary civil or sporting behavior
FIFA Order of Merit – For significant contributions to football
FIFA Player of the Century – To the greatest player of the 20th century
FIFA Presidential Award
FIFA Puskás Award – To the player judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant and "most beautiful" goal of the year
FIFA World Cup All-Time Team – An all-star squad published in 1994 and composed of some of the best players of all time
FIFA World Cup awards
FIFA World Cup Dream Team – An all-star squad published in 2002 and composed of some of the best players of all time
FIFA World Cup – To the winners of the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Player of the Year – To the players who were thought to be the best in the world. Now replaced by the FIFA Ballon d'Or
Footballer of the Year (Argentina)
Footballer of the Year (Austria)
Footballer of the Year (Azerbaijan)
Footballer of the Year (Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States)
Footballer of the Year (Belgium)
Footballer of the Year (Bulgaria)
Footballer of the Year (Chile)
Footballer of the Year (Croatia)
Footballer of the Year (Czech Republic)
Footballer of the Year (Czechoslovakia)
Footballer of the Year (Denmark)
Footballer of the Year (Estonia)
Footballer of the Year (Finland)
Footballer of the Year (Georgia)
Footballer of the Year (Germany)
Footballer of the Year (Ireland, Republic of)
Footballer of the Year (Israel)
Footballer of the Year (Kazakhstan)
Footballer of the Year (Latvia)
Footballer of the Year (Liechtenstein)
Footballer of the Year (Lithuania)
Footballer of the Year (Luxembourg)
Footballer of the Year (Macedonia)
Footballer of the Year (Moldova)
Footballer of the Year (Netherlands)
Footballer of the Year (Norway)
Footballer of the Year (Paraguay)
Footballer of the Year (Portugal)
Footballer of the Year (Romania)
Footballer of the Year – Given by Futbol (Russia)
Footballer of the Year – Given by Sport-Express (Russia)
Footballer of the Year (Serbia)
Footballer of the Year (Slovakia)
Footballer of the Year (Soviet Union)
Footballer of the Year (Sweden)
Footballer of the Year (Switzerland)
Foreign Footballer of the Year (Romania)
Goal of the Month (Germany)
Goal of the Year (Germany)
Golden Ball (Czech Republic)
Golden Ball (Portugal)
Golden Foot – To players who stand out for their athletic achievements and personality
Guerin d'Oro – To the player in the Italian Serie A with at least 19 games played who has obtained the best average media rating
Heart of Hajduk Award – To Croatian club HNK Hajduk Split's best player
Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards
IFFHS Continental Clubs of the 20th Century – A ranking of the best continental clubs of the 20th century
IFFHS The Strongest National League in the World 1998 – A ranking of the best leagues in 1998
IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
Iran football awards
Lennart Johanssons Pokal – To the winners of the Swedish Allsvenskan
Manager of the Year (Germany)
MLS Golden Boot – To Major League Soccer's regular season leading scorer
Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch – To players who reach 25 caps for the Norwegian national team
NTF football awards – To players and coaches in Norwegian football
Oscar del Calcio – To players and coaches in Italian football
Pallone d'Argento – To the Serie A player deemed to have displayed the best civil and sporting behavior over the previous season
Piłka Nożna plebiscite awards – To players and coaches in Polish football
Premier League Golden Boot – To the top goalscorer at the end of the Premier League season
Prva HNL Player of the Year – To the best player in Croatian football
PSAP Awards (Greece):
- PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2006–07
- PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2007–08
- PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2008–09
- PSAP MVP & Best Goal 2009–10
PSL Awards (South Africa):
- PSL Club Rookie of the Year
- PSL Coach of the Season
- PSL Footballer of the Year
- PSL Goalkeeper of the Season
- PSL Player of the Season
- PSL Players' Player of the Season
- PSL Referee of the Season
Rinus Michels Awards (Netherlands)
Silver Ball – For the best goal scored for the Estonian national team
Sportske Novosti award – To the best player in the world (Croatia)
Sportske novosti Yellow Shirt award – To the best player in the Croatian Prva HNL
Ubaldo Fillol Award – To the goalkeeper with the lowest goals-to-games ratio in the Argentine Primera División
UEFA Best Player in Europe
UEFA Cup – To the winners of the UEFA Europa League
Women's Professional Soccer awards
World Team of the 20th Century – An all-star squad published in 1998 and composed of some of the best players of all time
Young Player of the Year (Ireland, Republic of)

Australian rules football [edit]

AFL Army Award – To players who produce significant acts of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of their team during a game
AFL Rising Star – To a standout young player in the Australian Football League
AFLPA Awards – A group of awards given annually to players in the Australian Football League, voted for by all AFL players
All-Australian team – An all-star team of Australian rules footballers selected by a panel at the end of each season
Brownlow Medal – To the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game
Coleman Medal – To the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year
Goal of the Year – For the best goal of the season
Herald Sun Player of the Year – A media award for the Australian Football League given by Melbourne newspaper the Herald Sun
Jock McHale Medal – To the coach of the winning premiership team in the Australian Football League
Leigh Matthews Trophy – To the most valuable player in the Australian Football League
Lou Richards Medal – To the best player in the Australian Football League as voted on by the Sunday Footy Show panel
Mark of the Year – For the best mark of the season. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catching a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres (49 ft) without the ball hitting the ground
Michael Tuck Medal – To the "fairest and best" player in the AFL Pre-season Cup Final
Norm Smith Medal – Given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match

Auto racing [edit]

Astor Cup – Originally awarded to Astor Challenge Cup winners (1915-1916), now awarded to the IndyCar Series champion.
Borg-Warner Trophy – To the champion of the Indianapolis 500
Gordon Bennett Cup – A defunct trophy to be raced for annually by the automobile clubs of various countries
Harley J. Earl Trophy – To the champion of the Daytona 500
Sprint Cup – To the championship winner of the Sprint Cup Series of NASCAR
The Wally – To the winners of a national event of the National Hot Rod Association
Vanderbilt Cup – The first major trophy in American auto racing

Baseball [edit]

The Commissioner's Trophy.

Baseball Hall of Fame
Commissioner's Trophy – To the Major League Baseball team that wins the World Series
Cy Young Award – To the best pitchers in Major League Baseball
Gold Glove Award – To the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position
Manager of the Year Award – To the best managers in Major League Baseball
Most Valuable Player Award – To Major League Baseball's regular-season most valuable player
Olympic medalists
Rookie of the Year Award – To Major League Baseball's best regular-season rookie

Basketball [edit]

European awards:
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
National Basketball Association awards:
U.S. college basketball awards:
- Men and women:
- Women only:
  - Nancy Lieberman Award
  - Wade Trophy
Women's National Basketball Association awards:

Board games [edit]

Boxing [edit]

Chess [edit]

Cricket [edit]

Allan Border Medal
Cricket World Cup – To the winners of the Cricket World Cup
ICC Awards (International Cricket Council)
The Ashes – The oldest prize in international cricket, played since 1882
Wisden Cricketers of the Year (Wisden Cricketers' Almanack)

Figure skating [edit]

Ice hockey [edit]

North America [edit]

The Stanley Cup.

Sweden [edit]

Lacrosse [edit]

The Minto Cup.

Olympic medalists [edit]

An Olympic gold medal.

Paralympic medalists [edit]

Quizbowl [edit]

Carper Award
Meredith Cup – To the winner of the Academic Competition Federation quizbowl championship

Rugby union [edit]

The Webb Ellis Cup.

Club trophies:
- European:
  - Heineken Cup – A competition involving leading club, regional, and provincial teams from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales
  - European Challenge Cup – The second-tier competition to the Heineken Cup
  - European Shield – A defunct reprechage tournament for teams knocked out in the first round of the European Challenge Cup
- France:
  - Bouclier de Brennus – To the champions of the Top 14 league
- Great Britain and Ireland:
  - Anglo-Welsh Cup – A cup competition for English and Welsh top-level club teams
  - British and Irish Cup – A cup competition for British and Irish semi-pro club teams
- New Zealand:
  - ITM Cup – New Zealand's annual professional domestic competition
  - Meads Cup – A cup played for between provincial teams during the Heartland Championship, the second-tier domestic league
  - Lochore Cup – The secondary trophy in the Heartland Championship
  - Ranfurly Shield – A trophy between provincial teams
- South Africa:
  - Currie Cup – South Africa's premier domestic competition
- Southern Hemisphere:
  - Super Rugby Trophy – To the winners of the Super Rugby competition
International two-team challenge trophies:
- Contested in the Six Nations:
  - Calcutta Cup – England and Scotland
  - Centenary Quaich – Ireland and Scotland
  - Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy – France and Italy
  - Millennium Trophy – England and Ireland
  - England and France have no official trophy, but their matches are popularly known as Le Crunch
- Contested in the Tri Nations:
  - Bledisloe Cup – Australia and New Zealand, also contested once a year outside the Tri Nations
  - Freedom Cup – New Zealand and South Africa
  - Mandela Challenge Plate – Australia and South Africa
- Other trophies:
  - Antim Cup – Georgia and Romania
  - Cook Cup – Australia and England
  - Dave Gallaher Trophy – France and New Zealand
  - Elgon Cup – Kenya and Uganda
  - Hillary Shield – England and New Zealand
  - Hopetoun Cup – Australia and Scotland
  - James Bevan Trophy – Australia and Wales
  - Lansdowne Cup – Australia and Ireland
  - Prince William Cup – South Africa and Wales
  - Puma Trophy – Argentina and Australia
  - Tom Richards Trophy – Australia and the British and Irish Lions
  - Trophée des Bicentenaires – Australia and France
IRB Awards (includes two awards given by the International Rugby Players' Association as part of the awards program):
- IRB Development Award
- IRB International Coach of the Year
- IRB International Player of the Year
- IRB International Sevens Player of the Year
- IRB International Team of the Year
- IRB International Women's Personality of the Year
- IRB Junior Player of the Year
- IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service
- IRB Spirit of Rugby Award
- IRPA Special Merit Award
- IRPA Try of the Year
Melrose Cup – To the winners of the Rugby World Cup Sevens
Webb Ellis Cup – To the winners of the Rugby World Cup

Tennis [edit]

Grand Slam trophies:
World championship trophies:

Thoroughbred horse racing [edit]

Video games [edit]

Other games and sports [edit]

America's Cup – The oldest active trophy in international sport, founded in 1851
Biathlon World Championships
Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
Boston Marathon
Callahan MVP Award (Ultimate).^[3]
Commonwealth Games
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

Humanitarianism, international relations, and service [edit]

The Nobel Peace Prize.

Albert Medal – For distinguished merit in promoting arts, manufactures, and commerce (Royal Society of Arts)
Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship – For contributions to civil rights (Fletcher Foundation)
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Award (Austrian Service Abroad)
Benjamin Franklin Medal – For Anglo-American cooperation (Royal Society of Arts)
Brandeis Award – Pro-privacy
Charlemagne Prize
Community of Christ International Peace Award
Florence Nightingale Medal
Freedom Award
Gandhi Peace Prize
Hasbro Community Action Hero Award
Herder Prize – Promotion of art and scientific relations in Central and Southeastern Europe
Ho-Am Prize in Community Service
Human Rights Medal (Australia)
Indira Gandhi Prize
International Peace Prize (World Peace Council)
Jefferson Awards for Public Service
John Rabe Award
Joliot-Curie Gold Medal of Peace (World Peace Council)
Lenin Peace Prize
Leo J. Ryan Award – In honor and memory of the only member of Congress to be killed in the line of duty, Leo Ryan
Library of Congress Living Legend
MacArthur Fellows Program
Man of the Year/Person of the Year (Time Magazine)
Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership – $5 million award for African heads of state for development achievement
Nansen Refugee Award
Niwano Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize (Parliament of Norway)
Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold (United Nations Association of Germany and the Governing Mayor of Berlin)
Pearson Medal of Peace
Public Welfare Medal
Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service by Groups in the Community
Ramon Magsaysay Award – For achievement by Asians
Right Livelihood Award
Sakharov Prize – For human rights and freedom of thought
Spingarn Medal – For achievement by Black Americans
Steiger Award – An international award for accomplishment based in Bochum, Germany
Takeda Awards
Templeton Prize
Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize
U Thant Peace Award – To individuals or organizations for accomplishments toward the attainment of world peace
Vision for Europe Award – For "outstanding achievements in taking Europe into the future" (Edmond Israel Foundation)
Wateler Peace Prize (Carnegie Foundation)
Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution)

Scouting [edit]

For more details on this topic, see List of highest awards in Scouting.

Bronze Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
Chief Scout's Award (Scouts Canada)
Cornwell Decoration
Crown Scout (Belgium)
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)
Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of the Philippines)
Explorer Belt
Gold Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
King's Scout (Malaysia)
King's Scout (Thailand)
Pramuka Garuda (Eagle Scout, Indonesia)
Queen's Scout
Queen's Venturer Award
Silver Award (Boy Scouts of America)
Silver Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
Tiger Scout (Korea Scout Association)

Humanities [edit]

The Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award.

Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
Holberg International Memorial Prize
Kennedy Center Honors – List of recipients (United States)
Kluge Prize
Konrad Adenauer Research Award – For Canadian scholars in the humanities and social sciences
Salimbeni Prize – For a book in the field of art history
Wolf Prize in Arts

Architecture [edit]

Arts [edit]

Abd-el-Tif prize
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Painting
Archibald Prize – Australia's premier portraiture award
Artist Foundation of San Antonio
ArtPrize
Beck's Futures
Bungeishunjū Manga Award
Carnegie Prize
Cartazini Art Award – €20.000 bi-ennial award in the visual arts
Charles Lang Freer Medal
CPS Principal's Championship
Factor Prize for Southern Art
Green Room Awards
Hanno and Ilse Hahn Prize – For outstanding contributions in Italian art history
Helpmann Awards – For excellence in the performing arts in Australia
Hunting Art Prize
Jolomo Award
KAIROS Prize
Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts
Praemium Imperiale
Prix Blumenthal
Prix de Rome
Puvis de Chavannes Prize
Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts
Rome Prize
Saint-Affrique Prize
SECA Art Award
Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
South Bank Sky Arts Awards – for outstanding contribution to the arts in the UK
Tezuka Award – For manga
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Turner Prize
Wynn Newhouse Award

Design [edit]

Education [edit]

History [edit]

Journalism [edit]

A Pulitzer Prize.

Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award
Cavling Prize (Denmark)
CPJ International Press Freedom Awards
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism
John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Awards^[4]
Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage (Germany)^[5]
NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language
Ortega y Gasset Awards
Peabody Award – Broadcast journalism
Pulitzer Prize for:
Robert Capa Gold Medal – For the "best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise"
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Sriburapha Award (Thailand)
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Walkley Awards (Australia)
World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award

Language [edit]

Linguapax Prize

Literature [edit]

Main articles: List of literary awards and List of poetry awards

Theology [edit]

Logic and philosophy [edit]

Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy

Law [edit]

Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law
Holberg International Memorial Prize – For outstanding scholarly work in the arts, the humanities, social sciences, law, and theology, either within one of these academic fields alone or through interdisciplinary work
Manuel Maria de Peralta Prize (Costa Rica)

Politics [edit]

Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse (College Historical Society, Trinity College, Dublin)
Lawrence O'Brien Award – For a high degree of commitment and self-sacrifice on behalf of the Democratic Party and its candidates
Profile in Courage Award – To individuals who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests

Military and patriotic honors and medals [edit]

Afghanistan [edit]

Kingdom of Afghanistan:

People's Democratic Republic of Afghanistan:

Hero of Revolution of Afghanistan – Honorary title
Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Saur Revolution
Order of the Sun of Liberty

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan:

Albania [edit]

Main article: Civil awards and decorations of Albania

Algeria [edit]

National Order of Merit

Andorra [edit]

Order of Charlemagne

Angola [edit]

Antigua and Barbuda [edit]

Argentina [edit]

Armenia [edit]

Main article: Awards and decorations of Armenia

Australia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia

Austria [edit]

Main article: Honours system in the Republic of Austria

The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Azerbaijan [edit]

Main article: State awards of the Azerbaijani Republic

Bahamas [edit]

Order of Merit

Bahrain [edit]

Khalifiyyeh Order of Bahrain

Bangladesh [edit]

Barbados [edit]

Belarus [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Belarus

Belgium [edit]

Main article: List of Orders, Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of Belgium

Insignia of the Belgian Order of Leopold.

Belize [edit]

Benin [edit]

Bhutan [edit]

Bolivia [edit]

Bosnia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations and medals of Botswana

Brazil [edit]

Brunei [edit]

Bulgaria [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Bulgaria

Burkina Faso [edit]

Burma [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Burma

Burundi [edit]

National Order the Republic of Burundi
Order of Friendship of People

Cambodia [edit]

Cameroon [edit]

Canada [edit]

Main articles: Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada and List of Canadian awards

Insignia of a Member of the Order of Canada.

Cape Verde [edit]

Amilcar Cabral Order

Central African Republic [edit]

Chad [edit]

Chile [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Chile

China, People's Republic of [edit]

Merit Medal
Military Merit Medal

China, Republic of [edit]

Colombia [edit]

Main article: Colombian military decorations

Medical Order of Merit of José Fernandez Madrid

Comoros [edit]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the [edit]

Orders:

Medals:

Congo, Republic of the [edit]

Order of Congolese Merit

Croatia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Croatia

Cuba [edit]

Hero of the Republic of Cuba – Honorary title
Order of José Marti
Order of Cienfuegos

Cyprus [edit]

Czech Republic [edit]

Main article: State decorations of the Czech Republic

Denmark [edit]

Main article: List of orders, decorations, and medals of the Kingdom of Denmark

Collar of the Danish Order of the Elephant.

Djibouti [edit]

Order of 27 June

Dominica [edit]

Dominican Republic [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Dominican Republic

Ecuador [edit]

Egypt [edit]

El Salvador [edit]

Order of José Matías Delgado

Equatorial Guinea [edit]

National Order of Equatorial Guinea

Estonia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Estonia

Ethiopia [edit]

Empire of Ethiopia:

People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia:

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia:

Purple Heart

Fiji [edit]

Finland [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Finland

France [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of France

Knight medal of the French Legion of Honour.

Gabon [edit]

Gambia [edit]

Order of the Republic of The Gambia

Georgia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Georgia

Germany [edit]

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Pour le Mérite – Also known as the "Blue Max", the Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit

Ghana [edit]

Greece [edit]

Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Redeemer.

Greenland [edit]

Nersornaat

Guatemala [edit]

Guinea [edit]

National Order of Merit

Guyana [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Guyana

Haiti [edit]

National Order of Honour and Merit

Holy See [edit]

Main article: Papal Orders of Chivalry

Honduras [edit]

Order of Francisco Morazán

Hong Kong [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Hong Kong

Hungary [edit]

Iceland [edit]

Order of the Falcon

India [edit]

Indonesia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia

Iran, Islamic Republic of [edit]

Medal of Courage
Medal of Honour
Medal of Merit and Management
Medal of Research
Medal of Service

Iraq [edit]

Order of the Two Rivers

Ireland, Republic of [edit]

Main article: Irish honours system

Israel [edit]

Italy [edit]

Main article: List of Italian orders of knighthood

Insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Italian Order of Merit.

Ivory Coast [edit]

Jamaica [edit]

Main article: Jamaican honours system

Japan [edit]

Jordan [edit]

Kazakhstan [edit]

Kenya [edit]

Main article: State Commendations of Kenya

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of [edit]

Main article: Orders and Medals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Korea, Republic of [edit]

Order of Civil Merit (Gukmin Hunjang)
Order of Cultural Merit (Munhwa Hunjang)
Order of Diplomatic Merit (Sugyo Hunjang)
Order of Industrial Service Merit (Sanup Hunjang)
Order of Merit for National Foundation (Gunguk Hunjang)
Order of Military Merit (Mugong Hunjang)
Order of National Redevelopment Merit (Saemaul Hunjang)
Order of National Security Merit (Boguk Hunjang)
Order of Scientific and Technological Merit (Gwahakgisul Hunjang)
Order of Service Merit (Geunjung Hunjang)
Order of Sports Merit (Chaeyuk Hunjang)
Supreme Order of Hibiscus (Mugunghwa Daehunjang)

Kosovo [edit]

Orders:

Order of the Hero of Kosovo (Urdhri Hero i Kosovës)

Medals:

Gold Medal of Freedom (Medalja e Artë e Lirisë)
Gold Medal of Independence (Medalja e Artë e Pavarësisë)
Gold Medal of the League of Prizren (Medalja e Lidhjes së Prizrenit)

Decorations:

Honorary Citizen of Kosovo (Dekorata Qytetar Nderi i Kosovës)
Crystala Dardanica (Dekorata Crystala Dardanica)

Kuwait [edit]

Kyrgyzstan [edit]

Laos [edit]

Latvia [edit]

Lebanon [edit]

Lesotho [edit]

Liberia [edit]

Libya [edit]

Orders:

Liechtenstein [edit]

Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Lithuania [edit]

Insignia of the first class of the Lithuanian Order of the Cross of Vytis.

Luxembourg [edit]

Macau [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Macau

Macedonia [edit]

Order of Merit for Macedonia

Madagascar [edit]

Malawi [edit]

Order of the Lion

Malaysia [edit]

Maldives [edit]

Mali [edit]

Malta [edit]

Mauritania [edit]

Order of National Merit

Mauritius [edit]

Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean

Mexico [edit]

Moldova [edit]

Monaco [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Monaco

Star of the Monégasque Order of St. Charles.

Mongolia [edit]

Honorary titles:

Orders:

Montenegro [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Montenegro

Morocco [edit]

Mozambique [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Mozambique

Namibia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations and medals of Namibia

Nepal [edit]

Akash Seva Patta (Air Service Medal)
Assam Burma Ladain Padak (Assam-Burma Medal)
Bahaduri Padak (Bravery Medal)
Coronation of King Bihendra
Dirgha Sewa Patta
Durgam Sewa Padak
Gajendra Moksha Medal (Life Saving Medal)
Order of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu (Order of the Gurkha Right Arm)
Lakshaya Bheda Padak
Long Service Medal
Maha Bhookampa Piditoddhara Padak (Great Earthquake Medal, 1935)
Mahendra Prahari
Mahendra Ratna
Mahendra Chain (Order of Mahendra Mala)
Medal Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V
Nepal Bhushan (Decoration of Nepal)
Nepal Mahapratap Vardhak
Nepal Pratap Bhaskara
Nepal Pratap Vardhak
Nepal Shripad
Nepal Yashovardhak
Order of Ojaswi Rajanya
Om Ram Patta
Order of the Star of Nepal
Paradesa Sewa Padak
Prahari Parakrem Padak
Prahari Ratna
Prashanasaniya Patta
Rajata Jayanti Padak
Sena Saubhagya Bhaskar
Seva Padak (Service Medal)
Seva Patta (Service Medal)
Shubha Rajyabishek Padak (Coronation of King Mahendra Medal)
Suprashamsaniya Patta
Suvir Patta
Tribhavan Prajatantra Shripad
Order of Tri Shakti Patta
Varuna Padak
Vir Patta

Netherlands [edit]

Main article: Decorations and medals of the Netherlands

Knight 4th class medal of the Dutch Military William Order.

New Zealand [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of New Zealand

Nicaragua [edit]

Niger [edit]

Nigeria [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Nigeria

Norway [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway

Cross of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Oman [edit]

Main article: Knighthood Orders of Oman

Pakistan [edit]

The following Civil Awards are given every year in the field of Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Science, Sports, Social Work, Journalism etc.

Nishan-e-Pakistan
Nishan-e-Imtiaz
Hilal e Pakistan
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Sitara e Pakistan
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Pride of Performance
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz

Panama [edit]

Papua New Guinea [edit]

Main article: Papua New Guinea honours system

Paraguay [edit]

National Order of Merit

Persia [edit]

Peru [edit]

Order of the Sun

Philippines [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Philippines

Poland [edit]

Grand Cross of the Polish Virtuti Militari.

Portugal [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Portugal

Orders
- Order of Aviz (Portuguese: Ordem Militar de Avis)
- Order of Business Merit (Portuguese: Ordem do Mérito Empresarial)
  - Category of Agricultural Merit (Portuguese: Classe do Mérito Agrícola)
  - Category of Commercial Merit (Portuguese: Classe do Mérito Commercial)
  - Category of Industrial Merit (Portuguese: Classe do Mérito Industrial)
- Order of Christ (Portuguese: Ordem Militar de Cristo)
- Order of the Colonial Empire (Portuguese: Ordem do Imperio)
- Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (Portuguese: Ordem de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Vila Viçosa)
- Order of Liberty (Portuguese: Ordem da Liberdade)
- Order of Merit (Portuguese: Ordem do Mérito)
- Order of Prince Henry (Portuguese: Ordem do Infante D. Henrique)
- Order of Public Instruction (Portuguese: Ordem da Instrução Pública)
- Order of Saint Isabel (Portuguese: Ordem da Rainha Santa Isabel)
- Order of St. James of the Sword (Portuguese: Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada)
- Order of Saint Michael of the Wing (Portuguese: Ordem de São Miguel da Ala)
- Order of the Tower and Sword (Portuguese: Torre e Espada)

Decorations and Medals
- Aeronautical Merit Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Mérito Aeronáutico)
- Afonso Henriques Medal for Army Merit (Portuguese: Medalha de D. Afonso Henriques - Mérito do Exército)
- Campaign Service Medal (Portuguese: Medalha da Campanhas)
- Distinguished Achievement on Operations Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Promoção por Distinção)
- Distinguished Service Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Serviços Distintos)
- Exemplary Behaviour Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Comportamento Exemplar)
- Expeditionary Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Expedições)
- Military Merit Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Mérito Militar)
- Military Valor Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Valor Militar)
- National Defense Medal (Portuguese: Medalha da Defesa Nacional)
- Navy Cross (Portuguese: Medalha da Cruz Naval)
- Recognition Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Reconhecimento)
- St George's Cross (Portuguese: Medalha da Cruz de São Jorge)
- War Cross (Portuguese: Medalha da Cruz de Guerra)
- Wounded in Battle Medal (Portuguese: Medalha de Mutilados)

Qatar [edit]

Order of Merit

Romania [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Romania

Russia [edit]

Hero of the Russian Federation medal.

Honorary title:

Hero of the Russian Federation

Orders:

Order of St. Andrew – The highest civil and military award
Order of St. George – The highest military award
Order of Merit for the Fatherland
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Order of Friendship
Order of Suvorov
Order of Ushakov
Order of Zhukov
Order of Kutuzov
Order of Nakhimov
Order of Courage
Order of Military Merit
Order of Naval Merit
Order of Honour
Order of Parental Glory

Crosses:

Cross of St. George

Medals:

Rwanda [edit]

Orders:

Medals:

Saint Lucia [edit]

Order of Saint Lucia

Samoa [edit]

Order of Merit of Samoa

San Marino [edit]

Saudi Arabia [edit]

Senegal [edit]

Serbia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Serbia

Orders:

Order of the Republic of Serbia (2 Classes)
Order of the Serbian Flag (3 Classes)
Feast of the Presentation Order (3 Classes)
Order of the Karađorđe's Star (3 Classes)
Order of the White Eagle with Swords (3 Classes)
Order of Merits in Defense and Security (3 Classes)

Medals:

Medal for Bravery (2 Classes: Golden and Silver medal)
Medal for Merits (2 Classes: Golden and Silver medal)
Medal for Merits in Defense and Security (2 Classes: Golden and Silver medal)

Sierra Leone [edit]

Singapore [edit]

Main article: List of prizes, medals, and awards in Singapore

Slovakia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovakia

Slovenia [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Slovenia

Solomon Islands [edit]

Somalia [edit]

Order of the Somali Star

South Africa [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa

Soviet Union [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union

Hero of the Soviet Union medal.

Honorary titles:

Orders:

Spain [edit]

Insignia of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic.

Sri Lanka [edit]

Main article: List of prizes, medals, and awards in Sri Lanka

Main article: Awards and decorations of the military of Sri Lanka

Military gallantry awards:

Military distinguished service awards:

Sudan [edit]

Order of the Two Niles

Suriname [edit]

Swaziland [edit]

Royal Order of Sobhuza II

Sweden [edit]

Star of the Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim.

Syria [edit]

Honorary title:

Hero of the Republic

Orders:

Tajikistan [edit]

Order of the Sitorai of the President of Tajikistan

Tanzania [edit]

Thailand [edit]

Main article: List of orders and medals of Thailand

National Artist of Thailand

East Timor [edit]

Togo [edit]

Order of Mono

Tonga [edit]

Order of the Crown

Trinidad and Tobago [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia [edit]

Turkey [edit]

State medals:

State Medal of Distinguished Service (Devlet Üstün Hizmet Madalyası)
State Medal of Honor (Devlet Şeref Madalyası)
State Medal of Pride (Devlet Övünç Madalyası)
State Medal of War (Devlet Savaş Madalyası)

State orders:

Order of Merit (Liyakat Nişanı)
Order of State (Devlet Nişanı)
Order of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Nişanı)

Military medals:

Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Achievement (TSK Başarı Madalyası)
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice (TSK Üstün Cesaret ve Feragat Madalyası)
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service (TSK Üstün Hizmet Madalyası)
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor (TSK Şeref Madalyası)
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Merit (TSK Liyakat Madalyası)
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Pride in Service (TSK Hizmet Övünç Madalyası)

Military orders:

Turkish Armed Forces Order of Honor (TSK Şeref Nişanı)
Turkish Armed Forces Order of Merit (TSK Liyakat Nişanı)
Turkish Armed Forces Order of Pride (TSK Övünç Nişanı)

Former decorations:

Medal of Independence (İstiklal Madalyası)

Turkmenistan [edit]

Hero of Turkmenistan – Honorary title
Watan Order

Uganda [edit]

The Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa
The Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa
The Distinguished Order of the Nile

Bunyoro Kingdom:

Ukraine [edit]

Order of the Gold Star of the Hero of Ukraine decoration.

Honorary title:

Hero of Ukraine

Orders:

United Arab Emirates [edit]

United Kingdom [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom

United States [edit]

The American Medal of Honor.

Uruguay [edit]

Uzbekistan [edit]

Vanuatu [edit]

Order of Vanuatu

Venezuela [edit]

Vietnam [edit]

Main article: Vietnam awards and decorations

Yemen [edit]

Yugoslavia [edit]

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

Main article: Orders, decorations and medals of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

Main article: Orders and medals of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Zambia [edit]

Order of the Eagle of Zambia

Zimbabwe [edit]

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Zimbabwe

Miscellaneous [edit]

The Dickin Medal.

All-America City Award – To communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges (National Civic League)
Chap of the Year – As voted for by the readers of The Chap^[8]
Dickin Medal – To animals that have displayed conspicuous gallantry or devotion to duty while serving or associated with any branch of the armed forces or civil defence units (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals)
Evening Standard Pub of the Year – Awarded annually to a pub selected from a shortlist by readers of London's Evening Standard
Guinness World Records – For world records
Order of the Smile – Given by children to adults distinguished in their love, care, and aid for children
Pipe Smoker of the Year – To a famous pipe-smoking individual (British Pipesmokers' Council)

United Nations [edit]

Mock prizes [edit]

Main category: Ironic and humorous awards

Big Brother Awards – To authorities, companies, organizations, and persons that have been acting particularly and consistently to threaten or violate people's privacy, or disclosed people's personal data to third parties
Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest – For composing the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels (English Department of the San Jose State University)
Darwin Awards – The Darwin Awards "commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives"
Foot in Mouth Award – For "a baffling comment by a public figure" (Plain English Campaign)
Golden Raspberry Awards – To the worst in film. Also known as the Razzies (Golden Raspberry Award Foundation)
Golden Turkey Awards – To films judged as poor in quality, and to directors and actors judged to have created a chronically inept body of work (Michael Medved and Harry Medved)
Ig Nobel Prize – Awarded annually for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research (Annals of Improbable Research)
Bad Sex in Fiction Award – To the author who produces the worst description of a sex scene in a novel (Literary Review)
Naomi Awards – To "outstandingly bad" music acts (Music Choice)

Posthumous [edit]

Dag Hammarskjöld Medal – To military personnel, police, or civilians who lose their lives while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping operation (United Nations)

Science and technology [edit]

General and miscellaneous [edit]

The American National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Albert Einstein World Award of Science – True benefit and well being to mankind (World Cultural Council)
Alexander Agassiz Medal – A medal and a prize of US$15,000 awarded every three years for original contribution in the science of oceanography (National Academy of Sciences)
Aristeion Bodossaki (Bodossaki Foundation)
Arthur B. Guise Medal – For eminent achievement in the advancement of the science and technology of fire protection engineering (Society of Fire Protection Engineers)
Automotive X Prize – Super-efficient vehicle design competition^[9]
Balzan Prize – International prize for humanities, natural sciences and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace
Bartolozzi Prize (Italian Mathematical Union)
Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis – Biennial international award for applied laser technology (Berthold Leibinger Stiftung)
Bodossaki Foundation Academic Prizes (Bodossaki Foundation)
Caccioppoli Prize (Italian Mathematical Union)
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (PNC Bank Delaware)
Copley Medal – Physical sciences and the biological sciences (Royal Society of London)
Crafoord Prize – Astronomy, biosciences, geosciences, mathematics, and polyarthritis research (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Dan David Prize – Three prizes of US$1 million each honouring outstanding achievement in the arts, sciences and humanities.
Demidov Prize – Prize established in 1831 for humanities and natural sciences and annually awarded to Russian scientists in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Elizabeth Blackwell Medal – Awarded to a woman physician by the American Medical Women's Association
European Inventor Award
Global Security Challenge – Awards over $500,000 US Dollar annually to the most promising security technologies. Co-hosted by the London Business School
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Governor's Award (Albania)
Gunnerus Sustainability Award – NOK 1 million prize honouring scientists in the field of "sustainable development globally".
Harold Brown Award – Presented annually to a person who demonstrates significant achievement in research and development that led to a substantial improvement in the operational effectiveness of the United States Air Force
Harry C. Bigglestone Award – Given annually to the paper appearing in Fire Technology journal that best represents excellence in the communication of fire protection concepts
Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award
Harvey Prize (Technion in Israel)
Ho-Am Prize – Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind
Hubbard Medal – For distinction in exploration, discovery, and research (National Geographic Society)
Humboldt Prize
Japan Prize
John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (National Academy of Sciences)
Kavli Prize
Kyoto Prize (Inamori Foundation)
Mary Woodard Lasker Award for Public Service (Lasker Foundation)
Lenin Prize – Formerly awarded to Soviet citizens for achievements in arts and letters, cinema, mathematics, sciences, and other disciplines
Lomonosov Gold Medal – Natural sciences and the humanities (Russian Academy of Sciences)
Majorana Prize– Theoretical and mathematical physicists (Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics)
Marcel Benoist Prize – For sciences and the humanities (Switzerland)
National Medal of Science – To scientists and engineers in behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics (President of the United States on recommendation of the National Science Foundation)
National Medal of Technology and Innovation – To American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology
Nicholas Appert Award – For lifetime contributions to food technology (Institute of Food Technologists)
Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest – Annual, $25,000
Nigeria Prize for Science – For significant advances in science by Nigerians living at home and/or abroad Annual, $100,000
Nobel Prize in Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Nuclear-Free Future Award – Awarded annually
Otto Hahn Medal – Awarded annually (Max Planck Society)
Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold – Awarded in Berlin by the United Nations Association of Germany
Pessoa Prize – To Portuguese citizens for achievements in arts, literature or science.
Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science – Awarded annually for science books
Prince of Asturias Awards – Sciences, public affairs, and the humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)
Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz International Prize for Water – Bi-annual international prize for water-related research
Rumelhart Prize – For contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition
Rumford Medal – Restricted to scientists working in Europe (Royal Society)
Rumford Prize (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Rutherford Medal (Royal Society of New Zealand)
Safe-In-Sound Award – For excellence in hearing loss prevention
Shaw Prize
Stampacchia Medal (Italian Mathematical Union)
State Science and Technology Prizes – The highest award granted for science and technology in China
Vannevar Bush Award – Welfare of mankind and the nation (National Science Foundation)
Wayne B. Nottingham Prize – Awarded annually for outstanding doctoral research in surface science
Werner von Siemens Ring – Tributes to persons who have promoted the technical sciences

Agriculture [edit]

Borlaug Award
Wolf Prize in Agriculture (Wolf Foundation)
World Food Prize
African Legacy Award, Nigeria, Nweke Prince

Astronomy [edit]

The James Craig Watson Medal.

Amateur Achievement Award (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Bruce Medal (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics – Astrophysics (American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Physics)
George Van Biesbroeck Prize – Astronomy (American Astronomical Society)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society – Astronomy (Royal Astronomical Society of England)
Gruber Prize in Cosmology – (Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation)
James Craig Watson Medal – Astronomy (National Academy of Sciences)
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters)
Klumpke-Roberts Award (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
Lalande Prize – Awarded from 1802 through 1970 (French Academy of Sciences)
Robert J. Trumpler Award (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)

Aviation and space technology [edit]

The Wright Brothers Medal.

America's Space Prize
Ansari X Prize – Private suborbital spaceflight, won by Mojave Aerospace Ventures
Collier Trophy – A current award in the aviation field
FAI Awards – Medals and diplomas for outstanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics, especially in the field of sporting aviation (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale)^[10]
Femina Cup – Early aviation award for record breaking non-stop flights
Google Lunar X Prize – For successfully launching, landing, and operating a rover on the lunar surface
Gordon Bennett Cup
Harmon Trophy
Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization
Kremer prizes – Human-powered flight
N-Prize – For successfully launching a low-mass Earth-orbiting satellite on a tightly limited budget
NASA Centennial Challenges
Orteig Prize – Aviation for trans-atlantic crossing, won by Charles Lindbergh
Polaris Award
Sikorsky Prize – Human-powered helicopters
UAV Outback Challenge – Current autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle award
Wright Brothers Medal
Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize – LEAP (won in 2011 by Electra One and its solar panel-roofed hangar, of the German company ProAero).

Biology [edit]

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences – for discoveries that extend human life.
Clarke Medal – for distinguished work in the natural sciences (Royal Society of New South Wales, Australia)
D. L. Serventy Medal – Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)
E. B. Wilson Medal
Franklin Award – for open access in biology (Bioinformatics Organization)
Global Environmental Citizen Award (Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment)
Indianapolis Prize – Conservation biology (Indianapolis Zoo)
Infosys Prize in Life Sciences – Biology, biotechnology, medicine, and agriculture (Infosys Science Foundation)
International Prize for Biology; Biology, Japan.
John Hobbs Medal – Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize – Biology and biochemistry (Columbia University)
Loye and Alden Miller Research Award – Ornithology (Cooper Ornithological Society)
March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology
Overton Prize in Computational Biology
Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology

Chemistry [edit]

Alfred Stock Memorial Prize – For "outstanding independent scientific experimental investigation in the field of inorganic chemistry" (German Chemical Society)
Charles Goodyear Medal – American Chemical Society - Rubber Division
Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award – American Chemical Society - Rubber Division
F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society
The Datta Lectureship and Medal of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Fritz Pregl Prize – Chemistry (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research – American Chemical Society - Rubber Division
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal – Chemistry and biochemistry (University of California, Los Angeles)
Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences – Physics, chemistry, and Earth science (Infosys Science Foundation)
Kołos Medal (University of Warsaw and the Polish Chemical Society)
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize Biochemistry (Columbia University)
Massry Prize (Meira and Shaul G. Massry Foundation) Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award – American Chemical Society - Rubber Division
NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society (National Academy of Sciences)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Otto Hahn Medal; Awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt/Main
Paul Karrer Gold Medal from the University of Zurich
Perkin Medal (American Chemical Society)
Priestley Medal Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
Sparks-Thomas Award – American Chemical Society - Rubber Division
Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis (Gabor A. and Judith K. Somorjai Endowment Fund) American Chemical Society
Williams-Wright Award for contributions to analytical spectroscopy (Coblentz Society)
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Wolf Foundation)

Energy [edit]

Energy Globe Awards

Engineering, computer science, invention, and technology [edit]

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The IEEE Edison Medal.

ACM Turing Award
Alfred Noble Prize
Anton Tedesko Medal
ASME Medal (ASME)
ASTM International Award of Merit (ASTM International)
Charles Stark Draper Prize
Codie award
Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) –For outstanding achievements in research, innovation and invention, in fields related to science and technology
Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award
EFF Pioneer Award
Elmer A. Sperry Award (ASME)
Emerging Leaders of the Digital World (Diplo Foundation)
Enrico Fermi Award – For lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy
Faraday Medal – Notable scientific or industrial achievement in engineering or for conspicuous service rendered to the advancement of science, engineering and technology
FSF Free Software Awards
Gerard Salton Award
Gibbs Brothers Medal – Naval architecture, marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences)
Gödel Prize – For outstanding papers in theoretical computer science
Herbrand Award – For outstanding contributions to the field of automated deduction
IEEE David Sarnoff Award
IEEE Edison Medal – A gold medal for achievement in electrical science, engineering, or arts
IEEE John von Neumann Medal
IEEE Medal of Honor
IEEE Nikola Tesla Award – For electric power
IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science – All branches of engineering (Infosys Science Foundation)
J.W. Graham Medal – For computing and innovation
Knuth Prize
Knuth reward check
Lemelson–MIT Prize
Loebner Prize – For artificial intelligence that can pass a Turing test
Longitude prize – For precise determination of a ship's longitude
Lovelace Medal – (BCS)
Marconi Prize – For advancements in communications
Millennium Technology Prize – For outstanding technological achievements
Mountbatten Medal
Netflix Prize
Newton Faller Award (Brazilian Computer Society)
Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
Otto Hahn Prize – Awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt/Main
Pirelli Internetional Award
Theodore von Karman Medal (ASCE)
Timoshenko Medal (ASME)
Tony Kent Strix award
Claude E. Shannon Award

Environment [edit]

Geography [edit]

Anne Morrow Lindbergh's customized Hubbard Medal showing her flight route.

Founder's and Patron's Medal – For the encouragement and promotion of geographical science and discovery (Royal Geographical Society)
Fuchs Medal (British Antarctic Survey)
Hubbard Medal (National Geographic Society)
Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud – Awarded by an international jury at the annual International Geography Festival in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Mungo Park Medal (Royal Scottish Geographical Society)
Murchison Award – For the greatest contribution to geographical science (Royal Geographical Society)
Victoria Medal – For conspicuous merit in research in geography (Royal Geographical Society)

Geology [edit]

Healthcare science [edit]

Obverse of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (Lasker Foundation)^[11]
Aldridge Medal (Orthodontic Technicians Association)
Archon X Prize (X Prize Foundation)
British Orthodontic Society Award to an Orthodontic Technician for Distinguished Service (British Orthodontic Society together with the Orthodontic Technicians Association)
British Orthodontic Society Technicians Award (British Orthodontic Society together with the Orthodontic Technicians Association)
Danone International Prize for Nutrition
Gairdner Foundation International Award (Canada)^[11]
Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize (Japan)^[11]
Irving J. Selikoff Award and Lecture (established in 1993, international)
Keio Medical Science Prize (Japan)^[11]
Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction (Susan G. Komen for the Cure)
Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (Lasker Foundation)^[11]
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (United States)^[11]
Marcel Linsman Prize (Belgium)
Marjory Stephenson Prize (Society for General Microbiology)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Karolinska Institutet)^[11]
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (Germany)
Robert Koch Prize (Germany)
Robert L. Noble Prize (National Cancer Institute of Canada)
Wolf Prize in Medicine (Wolf Foundation)^[11]
King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research^[12]

Mathematics [edit]

The Fields Medal.

Abel Prize
Adams Prize
Alfréd Rényi Prize
Bartolozzi Prize
Bôcher Memorial Prize
Caccioppoli Prize
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
Chauvenet Prize
Chern Medal
Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems
Clay Research Award
Cole Prize
De Morgan Medal
Erdős Prize
Euler Medal
Fermat Prize
Fields Medal
Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize
Fröhlich Prize
Fulkerson Prize
Geometry prize
Heinz Hopf Prize
Infosys Prize in Mathematical Science – Mathematics and statistics (Infosys Science Foundation)
J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software
John Bates Clark Medal – Economics
John von Neumann Award – Economics
John von Neumann Theory Prize – Systems science
Kirkman Medal
Leroy P. Steele Prize
Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis
Lobachevsky Prize
Loève Prize
Majorana Prize
Nevanlinna Prize
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Ostrowski Prize
Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry
Pólya Prize
Ramanujan Prize
Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics
Salem Prize
Shaw Prize
Stampacchia Medal
Wolf Prize in Mathematics

Oceanography [edit]

Hidaka Prize

Physics [edit]

The Lorentz Medal.

Comstock Prize in Physics – Awarded about every five years (National Academy of Sciences)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Physics)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics)
Dirac Prize – There are four prizes with similar names. The "Dirac Medal of the ICTP" is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The "Paul Dirac Medal and Prize" is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics for "outstanding contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics", "The Dirac Medal and Lecture (University of New South Wales)", and "Dirac Medal of the WATOC"
Fundamental Physics Prize – endowed by Yuri Milner in 2012
Henry Draper Medal – Astrophysics (National Academy of Sciences)
Hughes Medal – Electricity and magnetism (Royal Society of London)
Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences – Physics, chemistry, and Earth science (Infosys Science Foundation)
J. Tuzo Wilson Medal – Geophysics (Canadian Geophysical Union)
Lorentz Medal – Awarded every four years to a scientist in recognition of important contributions to theoretical physics
Majorana Prize – Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Physics (Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics)
Matteucci Medal – Awarded each year to a physicist for fundamental contributions in the progress of science
Max Planck Medal – For extraordinary achievements in theoretical physics
Nobel Prize in Physics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
Otto Hahn Medal – Awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt/Main
Sakurai Prize (American Physical Society)
Wolf Prize in Physics (Wolf Foundation)

Social sciences [edit]

Holberg International Memorial Prize
Infosys Prize in Social Science – Economics, history, sociology, anthropology, and political science (Infosys Science Foundation)
Jean Nicod Prize
John Desmond Bernal Prize
Kluge Prize
Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
Stockholm Prize in Criminology^[13]

Systems science [edit]

Awards by recipient [edit]

Sources and references [edit]

^ "Denmark's Premier Music Award". sonning. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ Music Journalist Awards
^ "Callahan Award". Ultimate Player Association (UPA). Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ "Lettre International Award". Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ "Lettre Ulysses Award". Lettre International Aventis Foundation. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ "Queen & Commonwealth". Royal Collection. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Meritorious Service Honours Act Chapter 19:09". Government of Dominica. January 1991. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
^ The Chap, retrieved 11 June 2011
^ "Automotive X Prize". Automotive X Prize. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ Official FAI awards website
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h International prizes in medicine/public health
^ http://www.kreftforeningen.no/forskning/kreftforskningspris Norwegian
^ Criminology Prizes

[1] "Denmark's Premier Music Award". sonning. Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[2] Music Journalist Awards

[3] "Callahan Award". Ultimate Player Association (UPA). Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[4] "Lettre International Award". Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[5] "Lettre Ulysses Award". Lettre International Aventis Foundation. Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[6] "Queen & Commonwealth". Royal Collection. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[DominicaGov-7] "Meritorious Service Honours Act Chapter 19:09". Government of Dominica. January 1991. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[8] The Chap, retrieved 11 June 2011

[9] "Automotive X Prize". Automotive X Prize. Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[FAI_website-10] Official FAI awards website

[cao_go_jp1-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h International prizes in medicine/public health

[12] ttp://www.kreftforeningen.no/forskning/kreftforskningspris Norwegian

[13] Criminology Prizes

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