Faculty Research Prize Opportunities

Last updated: 04/02/26 by Julia Ardoin

Below is a list of available national Faculty Awards/Prizes for Research in a variety of fields, with approximate deadlines for nominations. Please check individual postings about each award to confirm deadline for any given year. Some awards are “limited submissions” that ask for one candidate per school—these are generally handled by OVPR with earlier nomination deadlines to allow for committee selection.

Biomedical Research (General)

Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
This prize is for a scientist whose work has advanced research and improved patient care.
Deadline: March

Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Prize - Research Fellowship
Two-year fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.
Deadline: September

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC): David E. Rogers Award
Honors an individual or a team of two individuals for outstanding research in the basic or translational sciences
Deadline: January

Balzan Prizes in Natural Sciences and Medicine
This award is for scientists who have distinguished themselves on an international level (targeted for young scientists). The theme rotates by year.
Deadline: March

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards are intended to recognize and reward excellence in research and cultural creation, especially contributions that have achieved broad impact due to their originality and significance.
Deadline: June

Copley Medal
The Royal Society awards achievements in biological sciences.
Deadline: February

Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine
Recognizes researchers who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of medical research
Deadline: May

Dickson Prize in Medicine
This is awarded by the University of Pittsburgh to an American biomedical researcher who has made significant, progressive contributions to medicine.
Deadline: October

Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
The Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research honors scientists who have made a transformational contribution toward the improvement of human health. This prestigious award honors the work of active scientists in academia, industry or scientific institutes. The award promotes, recognizes and rewards passion and creativity in biomedical research while underlying the commitment of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies to the advancement of healthcare as well as community responsibility.
Deadline: July

Federation of American Societies in Experimental Biology Excellence in Science Award
FASEB grants this award for outstanding research conducted by a woman in biomedical science.
Deadline: December

Gairdner Foundation International Award
This award is recognizes outstanding researchers whose unique scientific contributions have increased the understanding of human biology and disease.
Deadline: October

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
The Baillet Latour Biomedical Award will be granted to independent investigators of any nationality in the early phase of their career to conduct basic, translational or clinical biomedical research in Belgium and consolidate their independent research team or programme. The theme changes each year; in 2026 it was "Metabolism & Gastrointestinal System"
Deadline: September

Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal
The National Academy of Sciences sponsors this award every two years for research in the medical sciences.
Deadline: October

Lasker Medical Research Awards
The Lasker Foundation gives four awards for contributions to medical science: Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (yearly), Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (yearly), Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (every two years), Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award (every two years).
Deadline: February

National Medal of Science
This award is administered by the NSF and presented by the President of the U.S. for contributions to physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences.
Deadline: February

Richard Lounsbery Award
The Richard Lounsbery Award is a prize given in alternate years by the National Academy of Sciences and the French Académie des Sciences to young (no older than 45) French and American scientists to recognize extraordinary scientific achievement in biology and medicine. In addition to honoring scientific excellence, the award is intended to stimulate research and encourage reciprocal scientific exchanges between the United States and France.
Deadline: October

Montrone-Seigel Prize in Biomedical Sciences
This juried award from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health recognizes breakthroughs in basic, clinical, or translational research led by scientists aged 52 or younger.
Deadline: March

Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science
The Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science is awarded to physician scientists whose body of work exhibits outstanding achievement in medical science as demonstrated by works of lasting significance.
Deadline: November

Pew Biomedical Fellows
The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health.
Deadline: May

Robert Koch Medal and Award
The Robert Koch Foundation offers awards annually, one in recognition of the outstanding life’s work of a scientist (Robert Koch Gold Medal, awarded annually) and one for outstanding and internationally recognized scientific achievements (Robert Koch Award, awarded annually).
Deadline: October

Switzer Prize
The Switzer Prize, offered by the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, recognizes discoveries in basic research in the biological and biomedical sciences that have the potential to inspire transformative breakthroughs in medicine. The prize is awarded annually to an individual investigator whose recent work has revealed new paradigms, illuminated biological processes or pathways, or explained the origins of pathologies or diseases.
Deadline: TBD

Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
The Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences recognizes and fosters ongoing excellence in scientific achievement and discovery.
Deadline: August

Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences honors transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life.
Deadline: July

Franklin Institute's Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
The subject of the awardee's research must be an invention, discovery, technological development, or a body of work reflecting extraordinary insight, skill, or creativity. It must have provided significant direction for future research, solved an important problem, or provided great benefit to the public.
Deadline: None

Clinical Research and Medicine

American Medical Association Awards
The American Medical Association has several awards to recognize physicians, medical students and residents who exemplify medicine's highest values: commitment to service, community involvement, altruism and leadership, including: AMA Medal of Valor (open to AMA members), AMA Distinguished Service Award (open to AMA members), AMA Scientific Achievement Award (preference to AMA members), President's Citation for Service to the Public, and Medical Executive Meritorious Achievement Award
Deadline: March

AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards
The AMA Foundation’s Excellence in Medicine Awards honor physicians and medical advocates who exemplify the highest values of the profession—volunteerism, community engagement, leadership, and service to underserved populations. There are nine award categories.
Deadline: February

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC): David E. Rogers Award
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award honors a medical school faculty member who has made major contributions to improving public health and health care.
Deadline: January

Clinical Research Forum Top 10 Clinical Research Achievements Award
The Clinical Research Forum’s Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards honor outstanding accomplishments in clinical research. This annual national competition seeks to identify major advances resulting from the nation’s investment in research to benefit the health and welfare of its citizens.
Deadline: October

Gustav O. Lienhard Award for Advancement of Health Care
The Gustav O. Lienhard Award, established in 1986 by the National Academy of Medicine, honors individuals for exceptional contributions to improving U.S. health care services.
Deadline: May

Heineken Prize
The Heineken Prize is awarded in six fields; of relevance, see the Heineken Prizes in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Medicine, and Cognitive Science.
Deadline: October

Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation
The American Philosophical Society gives this prize every three years for achievement in patient-oriented research.
Deadline: March

Passano Foundation Award
This award is for an established investigator in recognition of his or her research which leads to clinical medical applications.
Deadline: November

William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research
The William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research recognizes an individual who has significantly increased the quality of or access to health service delivery worldwide through the development of insights and innovations that have (a) eliminated barriers to the education and prevention of noncommunicable diseases; (b) highlighted the importance of proper nutrition in underserved communities; (c) removed barriers to accessing clean water; and/or (d) produced innovative health solutions and technologies that increase access to quality care.
Deadline: December

Anatomy / Biology / Biochemistry / Cancer / Cell and Molecular Biology / Developmental Biology / Genetics

Anatomy

American Association of Anatomists: Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award
AAA's highest scientific honor recognizes unique and meritorious contributions to and achievements in anatomical sciences by a distinguished AAA member.
Deadline: October

American Association of Anatomists: Early-Career Investigator Awards
Recognizes investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research in cell/molecular biology, developmental biology, comparative neuroanatomy, or the morphological sciences. Four awards: R.R. Bensley Award in Cell Biology, H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology, C.J. Herrick Award in Neuroanatomy, W.M. Cobb Award in Morphological Sciences
Deadline: October

Biology

Richard Lounsbery Award
The Richard Lounsbery Award is a prize given in alternate years by the National Academy of Sciences and the French Académie des Sciences, to young (no older than 45) French and American scientists to recognize extraordinary scientific achievement in biology and medicine. In addition to honoring scientific excellence, the award is intended to stimulate research and encourage reciprocal scientific exchanges between the United States and France.
Deadline: October

Biochemistry

The Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize for Biology or Biochemistry
The purpose of this prize is to reward scientists who have made recent transformative discoveries not yet recognized by high visibility international awards.
Deadline: February

Cancer

American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scientific Achievement Awards Program
The AACR Scientific Achievement Awards Program recognizes scientific excellence across the full spectrum of basic, translational, clinical, and epidemiological cancer research. Through 22 awards and lectureships, the AACR honors scientists, clinicians, and physician-scientists who have made significant contributions to our understanding of the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer.
Deadline: June

Komen Foundation Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction
Komen’s Brinker Awards for Scientific Distinction recognize pioneering work in breast cancer research and treatment. These awards honor leading scientists for their significant achievements and contributions in basic and translational science and clinical practice that have advanced the fight to save lives and realize our vision of a world without breast cancer.
Deadline: May

Komen Foundation Rising Star Researcher Award
The Komen Rising Star Researcher Award recognizes innovative work and leadership in breast cancer research and treatment. This award focuses on investigators whose work has the potential to significantly impact the breast cancer field and who demonstrate strong leadership potential in the breast cancer community.
Deadline: May

Komen Foundation Research Advocacy Champion Award
The Research Advocacy Champion Award recognizes an individual for their outstanding achievements in breast cancer research advocacy. This award honors an emerging or established advocate leader who is making significant contributions to ensure the unique and valuable perspectives of breast cancer patients, survivors, and co-survivors are integrated into the scientific dialogue to drive progress, improve patient outcomes, and help realize our vision of a world without breast cancer.
Deadline: May

Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Awards
Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Awards are given to honor top-class researchers whose careers and work have led to major breakthroughs in basic research and clinical & translational research.
Deadline: September

Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research
The Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research recognizes a new generation of leaders in cancer research who are making significant contributions to the understanding of cancer or are improving the treatment of the disease through basic or clinical research. The prize is intended to encourage early- and mid-career investigators who have a unique opportunity to help shape the future of cancer research.
Deadline: April

Szent-Györgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research
Presented by the National Foundation for Cancer Research, this prize honors scientists whose seminal discovery or pioneering body of work has contributed to cancer prevention, diagnosis, or treatment and has had a lasting impact on understanding cancer, holding the promise of improving or saving lives of cancer patients.
Deadline: February

William B. Coley Award
This Cancer Research Institute (CRI) award is given to one or more scientists for seminal discoveries in the field of basic immunology and cancer immunology.
Deadline: TBD

Cell and Molecular Biology

E.B. Wilson Medal
The American Society for Cell Biology's E.B. Wilson Medal is presented to distinguished researchers for their far-reaching contributions to cell biology over a lifetime in science.
Deadline: June

Protein Society Awards
The Protein Society has eight awards that recognize excellence across the diverse disciplines that collectively advance our understanding of proteins; their structure, function, design, and application. The Awards honor researchers who have distinguished themselves with significant achievements in protein research and those who have made outstanding contributions in leadership, teaching, and service.
Deadline: November

National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology
Pfizer Inc. supports this award for recent discoveries by a young scientist (no older than 45) who is a United States citizen.
Deadline: October

Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine
The Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine is awarded by the Feinstein Institutes and Molecular Medicine. This award, which is given out annually, helps to motivate and cultivate promising careers in the fields of science and research. Those who are honored with The Ross Prize will be diligent investigators who show that they are actively working toward discovery and invention.
Deadline: November

Developmental Biology

Edwin G. Conklin Medal
The Edwin G. Conklin Medal in Developmental Biology is awarded annually by the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) to recognize a developmental biologist who has made and is continuing to make extraordinary research contributions to the field, and is an excellent mentor who has helped train the next generation of outstanding scientists.
Deadline: December

March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize
The March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize recognizes an outstanding scientist who has profoundly advanced the science around prenatal development, pregnancy, and birth.
Deadline: October

Genetics

Gruber Genetics Prize
The Genetics Prize is presented to a leading scientist, or up to three, in recognition of groundbreaking contributions to any realm of genetics research.
Deadline: December

American Society of Human Genetics Awards
ASHG honors excellence in the field through a variety of awards programs. From prestigious awards for outstanding achievements in the field, to supporting the next generation of geneticists through merit-based travel grants to ASHG’s annual meeting, ASHG promotes the work of its members across the span of their careers.
Deadline: April

Cardiology / Disease / Endocrinology / Microbiology / Transfusion Medicine / Vaccines

Cardiology

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Awards
The American Academy of Pediatrics awards five awards in the section on Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: Trainee Research Award, Young Investigator Award, Helen Taussig Founders Award, Maria Serratto Master Educator Award, and Roberta Williams Advocacy Abstract Award.
Deadline: March

Disease (general)

Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, in association with Harvard Medical School, recognizes and honors one or more scientists, physicians and researchers whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure, or treatment of human disorders or for seminal research that holds great promise to change our ability to treat disease.
Deadline: November

Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement
The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement is presented annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to honor scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases and public health.
Deadline: January

Circulatory Diseases

Louis & Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases
The Award is designed to honour outstanding research in the field of circulatory diseases by a scientific investigator or group of investigators whose contribution to knowledge in this field is deemed worthy of special recognition.
Deadline: April

Digestive Diseases

William Beaumont Prize in Gastroenterology
This American Gastroenterological Association recognition prize honors a senior investigator who has made a major contribution that has significantly advanced care of patients with digestive diseases through clinical or translational research.
Deadline: October

Infectious Diseases

Chalmers Medal
The Chalmers Medal is awarded by The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene every year and recognises researchers in tropical medicine or global health who demonstrate evidence of mentoring and professional development of junior investigators, and other forms of capacity building.
Deadline: March

Sir Patrick Manson Medal
The Sir Patrick Manson Medal is The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s highest mark of distinction and is awarded to the living person whose contribution to any branch of tropical medicine or hygiene is considered by the Board of Trustees to be most deserving.
Deadline: March

Endocrinology

Endocrine Society Early Investigators Awards
The Endocrine Society's Early Investigator Awards support and recognize accomplishments of early-career investigators in general endocrinology.
Deadline: January

Microbiology

Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
Provided by the National Academy of Sciences, the Selman A. Waksman Award recognizes a major advance in the field of microbiology
Deadline: October

Transfusion Medicine/Immunohematology

Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
This award will be presented to an individual(s) or institution to recognize groundbreaking work performed in the application of technology to the practice of transfusion medicine or biotherapies.
Deadline: January

Landsteiner-Alter Award
The Landsteiner-Alter Award recognizes a scientist whose original research has resulted in an important contribution to the body of scientific knowledge. The scientist who receives the award should have an international reputation in transfusion medicine or biotherapies.
Deadline: January

Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship
This award recognizes an individual who is, or has been, a medical technologist involved with these fields and has demonstrated quality research, teaching and/or service abilities in the technical aspects of immunohematology.
Deadline: January

Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship
The award recognizes an individual who made major scientific or clinical contributions to hematology, transfusion medicine or biotherapies, and succinctly communicated these advances.
Deadline: January

Vaccines

Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award
This award honors extraordinary public health leaders who save lives through the development and use of vaccines.
Deadline: November

Mental Health / Neuroscience and Neurology / Ophthalmology and Vision / Psychiatry /

Mental Health

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: Klerman & Freedman Prizes
This annual prize from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation recognize exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness conducted by BBRF Young Investigator grantees.
Deadline: April

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation- Outstanding Achievement Prizes
The Outstanding Achievement Prizes from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation are awarded to scientists recognized for outstanding research leadership and contributions to mental health research. These annual prizes include: The Lieber Prize for Schizophrenia Research, the Colvin Prize for Mood Disorders Research, the Ruane Prize for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research, the Goldman-Rakic Prize for Cognitive Neuroscience Research, and the Maltz Prize for Innovative Schizophrenia Research.
Deadline: April

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation: Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health
The Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation recognizes an individual or organization, whose extraordinary contribution has made a profound and lasting impact by improving the lives of people suffering from mental illness and by advancing the understanding of mental health.
Deadline: April

The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health is presented annually by the National Academy of Medicine that recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health.
Deadline: May

Rema Lapouse Award for Achievement in Epidemiology, Mental Health and Applied Public Health Statistics
The American Public Health Association gives this award for significant contributions understanding the epidemiology and control of mental disorders.
Deadline:TBD

Neuroscience/Neurology

The Brain Prize
The Brain Prize is an international award that recognises and celebrates highly original and groundbreaking advances in any area of brain research, from basic neuroscience to applied clinical research.
Deadline: September

Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
The international Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology is awarded annually to one young scientist who is not older than 35 years for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on experimental methods of molecular, cellular, systems, or organismic biology conducted by him/her during the past three years.
Deadline: June

Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
The Kavli Prize in Neuroscience is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding of the brain and nervous system, including molecular neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neurogenetics, developmental neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, and related facets of the brain and nervous system.
Deadline: October

National Academy of Sciences Award in the Neurosciences
The NAS Award in the Neurosciences is awarded every three years to recognize extraordinary contributions to the progress of the neuroscience fields, including neurochemistry, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, developmental neuroscience, neuroanatomy, and behavioral and clinical neuroscience.
Deadline: October

Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Awarded by the Gruber Foundation, the Neuroscience Prize honors scientists for major discoveries that have advanced the understanding of the nervous system.
Deadline: December

The Potamkin Prize
The Potamkin Prize recognizes the achievements of scientific researchers who do innovative work, find groundbreaking discoveries, and push forward the field of study in Pick’s, Alzheimer’s, and related brain degenerative diseases.
Deadline: October

Pradel Research Award
The Pradel Research Award is presented annually to recognize mid-career neuroscientists whose work is making major contributions to our understanding of the nervous system.
Deadline: October

Society for Neuroscience: Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize
The Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize, endowed by the Schaller-Nikolich Foundation, honors original and groundbreaking achievements in neuroscience. The nominee will be expected to have successfully embedded molecular and cellular events in a circuit and systems context to make significant advances in explaining cognitive and behavioral processes such as emotion, learning, memory, attention, and decision-making.
Deadline: February

Society for Neuroscience: Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience
The Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience honors an outstanding scientist who has made significant contributions to neuroscience throughout his or her career.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Julius Axelrod Prize
The Julius Axelrod Prize, endowed by the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, honors a scientist with distinguished achievements in the broad field of neuropharmacology (or a related area) and exemplary efforts in mentoring early career scientists.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Jacob P. Waletzky Award
The Jacob P. Waletzky Award is given to a mid-career scientist (within 15 years of his/her PhD or MD degree) whose independent research has led to significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of drug addiction. Both basic and clinical researchers are eligible for the award. Future plans to continue to make significant contributions to addiction research and treatment is one of the selection criteria.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
The Swartz Prize, endowed by the Swartz Foundation, honors an individual whose activities have produced a significant cumulative contribution to theoretical models or computational methods in neuroscience or who has made a particularly noteworthy recent advance in theoretical or computational neuroscience.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience
The Donald B. Lindsley Prize in Behavioral Neuroscience, endowed by The Grass Foundation, recognizes a young neuroscientist's outstanding PhD thesis in the general area of behavioral neuroscience.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award
The Janett Rosenberg Trubatch Career Development Award, supported by the Trubatch Family, recognizes originality and creativity in research and promotes success during academic transitions prior to tenure.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Jennifer N. Bourne Prize in Neuronal and Synaptic Structure and Function
The Jennifer N. Bourne Prize in Neuronal and Synaptic Structure and Function, funded by Kristen M. Harris, recognizes a scientist for outstanding work that advances our understanding of synapses in neural circuits and connectomics at the nanometer scale. Awardees must be early-career tenure-track neuroscientists or non-tenure track research scientists at any stage of their career.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience
The Nemko Prize in Cellular or Molecular Neuroscience, supported by The Nemko Family, recognizes a early career neuroscientist's outstanding PhD thesis advancing understanding of molecular, genetic, or cellular mechanisms underlying higher brain function and cognition.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award
The Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award, supported by The Gruber Foundation, recognizes up to three early career neuroscientists for outstanding research and educational pursuit in an international setting.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award
The SfN Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Young Investigator Award recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions by an early career neuroscientist who has demonstrated scholarly independence.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring
The Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring, supported by Bernice Grafstein, PhD, recognizes individuals dedicated to women's advancement in neuroscience through mentorship.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award
The Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award honors an individual who has significantly promoted the professional development of women in neuroscience through teaching, organizational leadership, public advocacy, or other efforts that are not necessarily research-related.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
The Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual with outstanding career achievements in neuroscience who has also significantly promoted the professional advancement of women in neuroscience.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Award for Education in Neuroscience
The Award for Education in Neuroscience recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to neuroscience education and training, typically at the undergraduate/graduate level.
Deadline: May

Society for Neuroscience: Science Educator Award
The Science Educator Award, supported by the Allen Institute, honors up to two neuroscientists who have made significant contributions to educating the public about neuroscience: one who conducts education activities fulltime, and/or one who devotes his/her time primarily to research while conducting outreach, policy and education activities.
Deadline: May

Ophthalmology/Vision

Gonin Medal
This award is given to an ophthalmologist every four years by the International Council of Ophthalmology.
Deadline: TBD

Bressler Prize in Vision Science
The Bressler Prize in Vision Science is awarded to a person whose research has resulted in translation of medical or scientific knowledge into significant advancements in the treatment or rehabilitation of people with vision loss.
Deadline: TBD

International Society for Eye Research Awards and Prizes
The ISER gives out awards every two years (even-numbered years) for contributions to vision and eye research. Prizes include: The Endre A. Balazs Prize for experimental eye research, The Ernst H. Bárány Prize for ocular pharmacology and retinal disease, The Paul Kayser International Award in Retina Research, and The Ludwig von Sallmann Prize for vision research and ophthalmology.
Deadline: February

Psychiatry

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Junior Investigator Award
This award recognizes a junior faculty whose research is basic or clinical in nature but must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of child and adolescent mental health disorders.
Deadline: April

American Board of Psychiatric and Neurology Dorthea Juul, PhD, Education Research Award
The ABPN Dorthea Juul, PhD, Education Research Award supports research projects related to the mission of the ABPN, which is to serve the public and the profession by promoting lifelong learning and certifying psychiatrists and neurologists to high standards of expertise.
Deadline: July

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Daniel H. Efron Research Award
This award is presented to an individual on the basis of outstanding basic research contributions to neuropsychopharmacology. The selection of the awardee is based on the quality of the contributions and their impact in advancing neuropsychopharmacology.
Deadline: July

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Eva King Killam Research Award
This award is presented to an individual on the basis of outstanding translational research contributions to neuropsychopharmacology. The nominee’s research should contribute to translating between basic science and human investigations.
Deadline: July

American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Joel Elkes Research Award
This award is presented to an individual in recognition of an outstanding clinical contribution to neuropsychopharmacology. Of particular interest in selecting the awardee are contributions that further our understanding of self-regulatory processes as they affect mental function and behavior in disease and well-being.
Deadline: July

American Psychiatric Association Kempf Fund Award
The Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry recognizes a senior researcher who has made a significant contribution to research on the causes and treatment of schizophrenia as both a researcher and a mentor. An award is also made to support the career development of a young research psychiatrist working in a mentor-trainee relationship with the award winner.
Deadline: September

Emergency Medicine / Orthopaedic Surgery / Radiology / Surgery

Emergency medicine

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation Excellence in Research Award
The Excellence in Research Award honors an SAEM member who has made outstanding contributions to emergency medicine through the creation and sharing of new knowledge.
Deadline: December

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD Early Investigator Award
This award recognizes those SAEM members who have demonstrated commitment and achievement in research during the early stage of their academic career.
Deadline: December

Orthopaedic Surgery

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons OREF Clinical Research Award
The OREF Clinical Research Award recognizes outstanding clinical research related directly to musculoskeletal disease or injury.
Deadline: August

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Excellence in Research Award
The Excellence in Research Award is given annually by the Research Committee to the best full-length manuscript submitted by a primary author under the age of 40 at the time of the Annual Meeting.
Deadline: TBD

Radiology

The Academy for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Research Distinguished Investigator Award
This award recognizes individuals for their accomplishments in imaging research.
Deadline: TBD

The Society of Abdominal Radiology Gold Medal Award
The SAR Gold Medal Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR). It is presented to a current or past member of SAR who has made substantial and enduring contributions to the field of abdominal radiology. Beyond professional accomplishment, recipients exemplify the core values of SAR. The SAR Gold Medal Award recognizes not only extraordinary achievement in abdominal radiology, but also a lasting commitment to advancing the specialty and strengthening the Society.
Deadline: November

The Society of Abdominal Radiology Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer Award
The Richard H. Marshak International Lecturer Award is presented to a member of the SAR who will represent the Society in its international educational outreach. Recipients of this award are recognized as experts in the field of abdominal radiology and serve as an ambassador of the Society.
Deadline: November

The Society of Abdominal Radiology Igor Laufer Visiting Professorship Award
The SAR Igor Laufer Visiting Professorship is awarded each year to an outstanding abdominal radiologist who is an active member of SAR in good standing and who has demonstrated a history of contributions to the Society. These individuals are content experts and educational innovators in their respective field.
Deadline: November

Surgery

American Surgical Association ASAF Fellowship Research Award
The purpose of the American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship is to support and encourage gifted young surgeons who choose careers in investigation and academic surgery.
Deadline: June

Association for Academic Surgery Joel J. Roslyn Faculty Research Award
The intent of this award — which is supported by the Journal of Surgical Research and its publisher, Elsevier Science — is to provide early-career research support to junior faculty members of the AAS.
Deadline: September

Society of University Surgeons Junior Faculty Research Award
This award is intended for surgical faculty members in the United States or Canada in any of the surgical disciplines to support their research in the basic, clinical/outcomes, or translational surgical sciences.
Deadline: July

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Early Career Investigator Award
The VESS/BSCI Early Career Investigator Award is specifically designed to help new vascular surgical investigators initiate projects that will lead to extramural funding for basic or clinical research.
Deadline: November

Dermatology

Dermatology Foundation Career Development Awards
The Dermatology Foundation offers ten categories of highly competitive Career Development Awards
Deadline: October

Dermatology Foundation SOCS Collaborative Mid-career Research Award
The Dermatology Foundation® and the SCOS are pleased to introduce this new mid-career award that is intended to support the work of outstanding investigators with an established trajectory of excellence in basic, clinical, or translational science. The supported research projects are expected to yield novel results that expand the understanding of dermatological issues.
Deadline: December

Dermatology Foundation Bristol Myers Squibb Psoriasis Research Award
Developed specifically for outstanding mid-career investigators, the Foundation welcomes award applications for basic, clinical or translational research that would advance aspects of dermatology related to psoriasis.
Deadline: December

Dermatology Foundation Mechanisms of Type 2 Inflammation Mid-career Award
This award will significantly enhance and streamline the research pathway for investigators studying Type 2-related skin disorders. The Sanofi-Regeneron Mechanisms of Type 2 Inflammation Mid-career Award aims to support the research of outstanding investigators with an established track record of excellence in basic, clinical, or translational science.
Deadline: December

Geriatrics

American Geriatrics Society Awards
The AGS annually honors researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals who have made outstanding contributions to high-quality, person-centered care for older adults.
Deadline: December

Academy of Geriatric Physical Therapy Excellence in Geriatric Research Award
The purpose of the award is to recognize research conducted by a physical therapist and relevant to geriatric physical therapy research and disseminated in aging research.
Deadline: October

Physical Therapy

American Physical Therapy Association Margaret L. Moore Award for Outstanding New Academic Faculty Member
This award recognizes an outstanding faculty member with commitment to the physical therapy profession.
Deadline: December

Public Health

Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health
This prestigious award recognizes exemplary scientific research achievements that provide major insights into the biological mechanisms relating tobacco smoking and human disease.
Deadline: March

Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards
This award recognizes a researcher, or group of researchers, who has advanced understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety and/or human nutrition, with a significant positive impact on society. It includes, but are not limited to, food science, crop or livestock genetics, agro-ecology, pest management, supply chain management, soil health, human nutrition, food processing, food packaging, or food safety.
Deadline: TBD

John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award
The John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award recognizes the world’s leading researchers who have used rational, scientifically based research to improve the wellbeing of those facing health inequalities worldwide. While a single significant scientific discovery would continue to be sufficient evidence to select a nominee, the Award will also recognize outstanding researchers who apply rational scientific approaches to successful implementation, evaluation and policy interventions.
Deadline: October

Halbert L. Dunn Award
The Halbert L. Dunn Award honors professionals who show consistent dedication and outstanding contributions to vital records and health statistics.
Deadline: April

Prince Mahidol Award for Medicine and Public Health
Two awards are given: The Medicine Prize is bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated significant contributions and leadership in the field of medicine over an extended period. The public health prize is an award for original, creative, evidence-based solutions for population health problems, or for outstanding innovation, leadership, and achievement in advancing population health, which result in significant and sustained impact on population health and well-being, and promote equity and social justice
Deadline: May

Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health
This award is given to an individual for distinguished service and advancement of public health knowledge and practice.
Deadline: April

Pediatrics / OB-GYN Pediatrics

OB-GYN

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Distinguished Service Award
Applicants must have made important contributions to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and/or the discipline of obstetrics and gynecology in government research teaching or direct patient care. Applicants may include individuals in maternal and child health, including non-physicians.
Deadline: June

Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics Helen Taussig Founders Award
The Founders Award recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery.
Deadline: TBD

Society of Pediatric Research Award in Honor of E. Mead Johnson
The Society for Pediatric Research presents this award for achievements in clinical and laboratory research in pediatrics.
Deadline: September

James Spence Medal
The James Spence Medal is awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge and understanding in pediatrics and child health.
Deadline: May

John Howland Award
This award from the American Pediatric Society has been bestowed annually upon an esteemed pediatric leader whose significant contributions have advanced child health and the profession of pediatrics.
Deadline: June

Medical Education

Medical education

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Award: Herbert W. Nickens Award
The Herbert W. Nickens Award from AAMC is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting equal opportunity in medical education and access to quality health care in the United States.
Deadline: January

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Award: Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship
This award recognizes an outstanding assistant-level faculty member who demonstrates leadership potential in their efforts to promote equal opportunity in medical education and access to quality health care; demonstrates efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of underserved populations in the United States; and is committed to a career in academic medicine.
Deadline: April

Pierre Galletti Award
Awardees should demonstrate a career-long, sustained effort to lead breakthrough research and/or translational work that pioneered an important area of medical and biological engineering and/or established a new discipline within the field and serve the medical and biological engineering community and society, and/or support the diversity, equity and inclusion in the field.
Deadline: Fall

Humanitarian / Science and Tech

Humanitarian

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award
The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Humanitarian Award is presented annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) to honor individuals whose outstanding humanitarian efforts and achievements have contributed significantly to improving global public health through domestic and/or international activities. Priority is given to contributions in the area of infectious diseases.
Deadline: January

Keio Medical Science Prize
The Keio Medical Science Prize gives recognition to the outstanding and creative achievements of researchers in the fields of medicine and life sciences, in particular those contributing to scientific developments in medicine. It aims to promote worldwide advances in medicine and life sciences, to encourage the expansion of researcher networks throughout the world, and to contribute to the well-being of humankind.
Deadline: March

Deadline: May

Shaw Prize
The Shaw Prize is dedicated to futhering societal progress, enhancing quality of life, and enriching humanity's spiritual civilisation. The Prize consists of three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences.
Deadline: December

Science and Tech

Dale A. Smith Memorial Award
Presented by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, this award will be presented to an individual(s) or institution to recognize groundbreaking work performed in the application of technology to the practice of transfusion medicine or biotherapies.
Deadline: January

Harvey Prize
The Harvey Prize is awarded annually in a variety of disciplines within the categories of Science & Technology and Human Health.
Deadline: March

Intellectual Property Owners Association National Inventor of the Year Award
This award recognizes today’s most outstanding inventors and how their work strengthens the nation’s economy and quality of life.
Deadline: March

United States Patent and Trademark Office National Medal of Technology and Innovation
The Medal is awarded to individuals, teams (up to four individuals), companies or divisions of companies for their outstanding contributions to America’s economic, environmental and social well-being. The purpose of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation is to recognize those who have made lasting contributions to America's competitiveness, standard of living, and quality of life through technological innovation, and to recognize those who have made substantial contributions to strengthening the nation's technological workforce.
Deadline: May

Young Scientist / Early Career

American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Junior Clinician Education Manuscript Award
This award is targeted to clinician-educator junior faculty (Assistant Professor/Instructor) in the development stages of their careers. The junior faculty member must have first-authored an outstanding peer-reviewed clinical education journal article focused on the care of older adults.
Deadline: December

American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award
This award is targeted to junior investigators (Assistant Professor/Instructor or equivalent) who are in the career development stages of their research work, with a faculty appointment of at least three but no more than seven years and a demonstrated focus on aging/geriatrics research.
Deadline: December

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation- Klerman and Freedman Prizes
This annual prize from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation recognize exceptional clinical and basic research in mental illness conducted by BBRF Young Investigator grantees.
Deadline: April

Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
The Vilcek Foundation will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise to young, immigrant biomedical scientists who demonstrate outstanding early achievement in their fields.
Deadline: May

Women in Research

Elizabeth Blackwell Women in Medicine Career Achievement Award
This award recognizes a woman physician who has demonstrated commitment, originality, innovation, or creativity in her field of medicine
Deadline: August

Federation of American Societies in Experimental Biology Excellence in Science Award
FASEB’s Excellence in Science Awards recognize outstanding women scientists who demonstrate commitment to the professional development of others, their scientific society, and the broader science community in three different career stages.
Deadline: December

L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards
Two-year fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.
Deadline: July

Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
The Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science recognizes a scientist with a national reputation who has a stellar record of research accomplishments and is known for mentoring others in science.
Deadline: February

Theme Changes Year to Year

Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
This award is presented to a researcher in a predetermined field of interest chosen each year by the Franklin Institute.
Deadline: June

King Faisal International Prize for Medicine
Theme of award changes by year; awardees should have carried out and published an original scientific research on the prize’s topic with major benefits to humanity. 2027 topic is Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Medicine
Deadline: March

InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
The prize is awarded to a biomedical researcher in a category that changes yearly. The 2020 theme is metabolic disorders The 2021 theme is infectious diseases. The 2022 theme is neurological diseases. The 2023 theme is cancer. The 2024 theme is cardiovascular diseases.
Deadline: September

J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine
The prize honours scientists whose discoveries have significantly advanced basic or clinical research and focuses on a different topic each year.
Deadline: May

Japan Prize
The award honors scientists and researchers from around the world, recognizing individuals who have contributed significantly to the peace and prosperity of humankind through original and outstanding achievements that have greatly advanced the progress of science and technology.
Deadline: January

Relevant AAU Highly Prestigious Awards

Senior von Humboldt Fellowship
The award enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad to spend extended periods of research in Germany. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply.
Deadline: March, July, and November

Charles Judson Herrick Award
Recognizes investigators in the early stages of their careers who have made important contributions to biomedical science through their research in comparative neuroanatomy.
Deadline: October

AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
Awarded to someone who has made significant contributions to the scientific community — whether through research, policy, and/or civil service — in the United States.
Deadline: June

AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
Awarded to the author or authors of an outstanding research article published in Science.
Deadline: June

Osborne and Mendel Award
Recognizes outstanding recent basic research accomplishments in nutrition.
Deadline: December

Mead Johnson Award
Given to an investigator for a single outstanding piece of nutrition research or a series of papers on the same subject accomplished within 10 years of postgraduate training.
Deadline: December

The Beckman Scholars Program
Helps stimulate, encourage, and support research activities by talented, full-time undergraduate students who are pursuing their studies at accredited four-year colleges and universities located in the United States of America. These research activities shall be centered in either chemistry, biochemistry, the biological and medical sciences, or some interdisciplinary combination of these subjects.
Deadline: June

Award of Merit (Association for Information Science and Technology)
Lifetime achievement award that recognizes sustained contributions to and/or achievements in the field of information science and/or the professions in which it is practiced.
Deadline: April

Investigator/Alumni Investigator (HHMI)
Award given to established researchers, including physician-scientists, who push the boundaries of basic biological and biomedical sciences, working across many scientific disciplines in a wide range of organisms at institutions across the US.
Deadline: TBD

Kyoto Prize
An international award of Japanese origin that honors individuals who have made significant contributions in the fields of science and technology, as well as arts and philosophy.
Deadline: no open call

Templeton Prize
Honors individuals whose exemplary achievements advance Sir John Templeton’s philanthropic vision: harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s place and purpose within it.
Deadline: no open call

Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award
For improving the public’s understanding of medical research, public health, or healthcare; playing a major role in the support of policy, legislative, or other initiatives that accelerate progress in medical science or health; providing or generating support for medical science or public health; benefiting the lives of many people through public health practice.
Deadline: February

Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
For research accomplishments and scientific statesmanship that engender the deepest feelings of awe and respect.
Deadline: February

Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
For a major advance that improves the lives of many thousands of people.
Deadline: February

Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
For a major advance that improves the lives of many thousands of people.
Deadline: February

MacArthur Fellow
The MacArthur Fellowship is an $800,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.
Deadline: No open call

Robert Wood Johnson Policy Fellowship
Exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists actively participate in health policy processes at the federal level and gain exclusive, hands-on policy experience.
Deadline: November

Member (National Academy of Medicine)
The National Academy of Medicine has more than 2,400 members elected in recognition of outstanding professional achievement. Members contribute to the work of the NAM and the National Academies through volunteer service on leadership and advisory bodies and programmatic working groups.
Deadline: February

National Academy of Sciences Award in Molecular Biology
Award recognizes a recent notable discovery by a young scientist (no older than 50) who is a citizen of the United States.
Deadline: October

Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology
Provided by the National Academy of Sciences, the Selman A. Waksman Award recognizes a major advance in the field of microbiology
Deadline: October