LIST OF PRIZES, MEDALS, AND AWARDS


A 'list of famous prizes, medals and awards' including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc.
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=Science and technology (general and miscellaneous)===

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 by the US National Academy of Sciences

Automotive X PRIZE - Super-efficient vehicle design competition.[1]

Balzan Prize - international prize for humanities, natural sciences and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace

Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis - biennial international award for applied laser technology (Foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung)

Copley Medal - Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences (Royal Society of London)

Crafoord Prize - Sweden

Dan David Prize - US$1 million prize honouring scientists in the field of "Future Dimension."

Demidov Prize - prize established in 1831 for humanities and natural sciences and annually awarded to Russian scientists in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Ho-Am Prize - Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind

Hubbard Medal - National Geographic Society award for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research

Japan Prize

John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies

Kavli Prize

Kilby International Awards - contributions to Society through Science, Technology, Innovation, Invention, and Education[2]

King Faisal Foundation Prize - King Faisal Foundation was established in 1976 by the eight sons of the late King Faisal ibn Abd Al Aziz, a son of Saudi Arabia's founder and the Kingdom's third monarch. Prizes for Service to Islam, Islamic Studies and Arabic Literature were established in 1977 and first awarded in 1979. In 1981 the Prize Board added Medicine; Science was included in 1982.

Kyoto Prize - Inamori Foundation Japan

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)

Marcel Benoist Prize (Switzerland) - for Sciences and the Humanities

NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement

National Medal of Science - given by the President of the United States on recommendation of the National Science Foundation to scientists and engineers in behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics.

National Medal of Technology - American award for leading innovators.

Nicholas Appert Award - given by the Institute of Food Technologists for lifetime contributions to food technology.

Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest, annual, $25,000.

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

Otto Hahn Medal - awarded annual by the Max Planck Society

Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences, Public Affairs, Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)

Rumford Medal - (Royal Society) restricted to scientists working in Europe

Rumford Prize - (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)

Rutherford Medal - (Royal Society of New Zealand)

Shaw Prize

State Science and Technology Prizes - The highest award granted for Science and Technology in China

Unsung Hero of Australian Science Award - (Australian Science Communicators)

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===

Wolf Prize in Agriculture (Wolf Foundation)

World Food Prize
===Astronomy===

Bruce Medal - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Klumpke-Roberts Award - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Robert J. Trumpler Award - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Amateur Achievement Award - awarded by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics - Astrophysics - awarded by the American Astronomical Society and the American Institute of Physics

Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society - Astronomy - awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society (of England)

George Van Biesbroeck Prize - Astronomy - awarded by the American Astronomical Society

James Craig Watson Medal - Astronomy - awarded by the National Academy of Sciences
===Aviation and space technology===

★ American Astronautical Society William Randolph Lovelace II Award

America's Space Prize

ANSARI X PRIZE - Private suborbital spaceflight, won by Mojave Aerospace Ventures

★ NASA Centennial Challenges

Coupe Femina - Early aviation award for record breaking non-stop flights

Collier Trophy - A current award in the aviation field

Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning

Harmon Trophy

Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization

NAS Award in Aeronautical Engineering - aeronautical engineering

Orteig Prize - Aviation for trans-atlantic crossing, won by Charles Lindbergh

★ Piccard Memorial Trophy, Balloon Federation of America

Polaris Award

Sikorsky Prize - Human Powered Helicopters

★ Spaceward Space Elevator Games

Wright Brothers Medal
===Biological sciences===

Clarke Medal - awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales (Australia) for distinguished work in the Natural sciences

Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize - in Biology and Biochemistry(Columbia University)

D.L. Serventy Medal - Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)

Franklin Award - for open access in biology (Bioinformatics Organization)

John Hobbs Medal - Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Karolinska Institute)

E. B. Wilson Medal
===Chemistry===

Otto Hahn Prize - awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt am Main.

Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize- in Biochemistry(Columbia University)

Glenn T. Seaborg Medal - Chemistry and Biochemistry (UCLA)

Fritz Pregl Prize - Austrian award in Chemistry (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Kołos Medal - awarded by the University of Warsaw and the Polish Chemical Society

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

Priestley Medal - Chemistry (American Chemical Society)

Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Wolf Foundation)
=== Computer science, engineering, technology and invention ===

ACM Turing Award

Alfred Noble Prize

Charles Stark Draper Prize

CODiE Award

EFF Pioneer Award

Enrico Fermi Award - for lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy.

FSF Award for the Advancement of Free Software

Franklin Medal - for innovation (Franklin Institute)

Gibbs Brothers Medal - Naval architecture, Marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences).

Gödel Prize Award for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science

Herbrand Award for outstanding contributions to the field of automated deduction

IEEE David Sarnoff Award

IEEE John von Neumann Medal

IEEE Medal of Honor

IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal

IEEE Edison Medal - a gold medal for achievement in electrical science, engineering or arts

IEEE Nikola Tesla Award - for electric power

IJCAI Award for Research Excellence

Knuth reward check

Knuth Prize

Lemelson-MIT Prize

Longitude prize - precise determination of a ship's longitude

Marconi Prize - advancements in communications

Millennium Technology Prize - for outstanding technological achievements

Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility

Perkin Medal

Pirelli ''Internet''ional Award

Tony Kent Strix award

Timoshenko Medal (ASME)
===Energy===

Energy Globe Awards (World Awards for Sustainability)
===Geology===

Aberconway Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Ambrose Medal - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)

Arthur L. Day Medal - Geology (Geological Society of America)

Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal - Precambrian Geology (National Academy of Sciences)

E. R. Ward Neale Medal - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)

Logan Medal - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)

Lyell Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Major Edward D'Ewes Fitzgerald Coke Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Major John Sacheverell A'Deane Coke Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Murchison Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Penrose Medal - Geology (Geological Society of America)

Prestwich Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

R. J. W. Douglas Medal - Petroleum geology (Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists)

Sue Tyler Friedman Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Thorarinsson Medal - Volcanology

William H. Twenhofel Medal - Sedimentary Geology (Society for Sedimentary Geology)

William Smith Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Wollaston Medal - Geology (Geological Society of London)

Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award - Geology (Geological Association of Canada)
=== Geography===

Murchison Award - awarded by the Royal Geographical Society for the greatest contribution to geographical science

Hubbard Medal - awarded by the National Geographic Society

Victoria Medal - awarded by the Royal Geographical Society for conspicuous (sic) in Geography

Gold Medal (RGS) - the highest award given by the Royal Geographical Society
=== Mathematics ===

Abel Prize

Adams Prize

Bôcher Memorial Prize

Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize

Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems

Clay Research Award

Cole Prize

Dantzig Prize

De Morgan Medal

Euler Medal

European Mathematical Society Prize

Fermat Prize

Fields Medal

Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize

Fröhlich Prize

Fulkerson Prize

John Bates Clark Medal - Economics

John von Neumann Theory Prize

Kirkman medal



Lobachevsky International Prize

Loève Prize

Modesto Panetti Prize

Nevanlinna Prize

Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics

Ostrowski Prize

Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry

Pólya Prize

SASTRA Ramanujan Prize

Salem Prize

Schock Prize - Mathematics

Shaw Prize

Simion Stoilow Prize

Sophie Germain Prize

Steele Prize

Wolf Prize in Mathematics
===Medical sciences===

Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (Lasker Foundation)

Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research (Lasker Foundation)

Danone International Prize for Nutrition

Methuselah Mouse Prize - or M-Prize modeled after the X-Prize

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Karolinska Institute)

Robert L. Noble Prize (National Cancer Institute of Canada)

Wolf Prize in Medicine (Wolf Foundation)

Archon X PRIZE (X Prize Foundation)
===Physics===

Comstock Prize in Physics - awarded by the National Academy of Sciences about every five years.

Otto Hahn Prize - awarded by the German Chemical Society, the German Physical Society and the City of Frankfurt am Main.

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics - awarded by American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics

Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics - awarded by American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics

Dirac Prize – there are two prizes with the same name. "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".

Henry Draper Medal - Astrophysics (National Academy of Sciences)

Hughes Medal - Electricity and Magnetism (Royal Society of London)

J. Tuzo Wilson Medal - Geophysics (Canadian Geophysical Union

John Wheatley Award - contributions to development of physics in the third world (American Physical Society)

Lorentz Medal - awarded every four years to a scientist in recognition of important contributions to theoretical physics.

Matteucci Medal - awarded each year to a physicist for fundamental contributions in the progress of science

Nobel Prize in Physics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

Sakurai Prize (awarded by American Physical Society)

Wolf Prize in Physics (Wolf Foundation)
===Social sciences===

Holberg International Memorial Prize

Jean Nicod Prize

Governor's Award (Albania)
==Humanities==

Holberg International Memorial Prize

★ U.S. Library of Congress John W. Kluge Prize

★ USA's Kennedy Center Honors: list of recipients

Ho-Am Prize in the Arts

Salimbeni Prize for a book in the field of art history

Wolf Prize in Arts
===Architecture===
''(See also List of architecture prizes)''

Pritzker Prize

Stirling Prize

AIA Gold Medal

Prémio Valmor (Portugal)

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Architecture
=== Arts ===

Abd-el-Tif prize

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Painting

Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award

Beck's Futures

Carnegie Prize

CPS Principal's Championship

Green Room Awards

Hanno and Ilse Hahn Prize for outstanding contributions in Italian Art History

Osamu Tezuka Culture Award

Prix de Rome

Puvis de Chavannes Prize

Saint-Affrique Prize

Schock Prize in Visual Arts

Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards

Tezuka Award for manga

Turner Prize
=== Design ===

Alcuin Society Book Design Awards

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Graphic Design

Apple Design Awards

Compasso d'Oro

European Design Awards

Industrial Design Excellence Award

National Design Award

Red dot design award

Yahoo! Sharpener Award
===Education===

Harold W. McGraw Prize in Education

Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards
===History===

Bancroft Prize

Beveridge Award

Pulitzer Prize for History
===Journalism===

Cavling prize (Denmark)

CPJ International Press Freedom Award

DuPont-Columbia Award

Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

George Foster Peabody Award - Broadcast journalism

John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Awards[3]

Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage[4] (Germany)
NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language

Ortega y Gasset Award

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

World Association of Newspapers's Golden Pen of Freedom Award

Pulitzer Prize for


Beat Reporting


Breaking News Reporting


Breaking News Photography


Commentary


Criticism


Editorial Cartooning


Editorial Writing


Explanatory Reporting


Feature Photography


Feature Writing


International Reporting


Investigative Reporting


National Reporting


Public Service

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award

NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language

Ortega y Gasset Award

Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage[4] (Germany)

John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Awards[3]

CPJ International Press Freedom Award

World Association of Newspapers's Golden Pen of Freedom Award

UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

Cavling prize, Denmark

Walkley Award, (Australia)
=== Literature ===
''See also: 'List of literary awards', 'List of poetry awards'''

Nobel Prize in Literature

Man Booker Prize: winners and shortlisted authors

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Aga Khan Prize for Fiction

American literature



American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals in Belles Lettres, Criticism and Essays

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Drama

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, Novels, Short Stories

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Poetry

Arthur Rense Prize

Bancroft Prize

Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry

Bollingen Prize

Edgar Allan Poe Award

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Frost Medal

Goldsmith Book Prize

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

Hopwood Award

International Library of Poetry (for Amateur Poetry)

James Laughlin Award

Kate Tufts Discovery Award

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Lannan Literary Awards

Michael Braude Award for Light Verse

National Book Award

National Book Critics Circle Award

National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Book Council

National Poetry Series

O. Henry Awards (for short stories)

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

PEN/Malamud Award (for short stories)

Poets' Prize

Pulitzer Prize for


History


Fiction


Poetry


Drama


General Non-Fiction

Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards

Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

Wallace Stevens Award

Walt Whitman Award

Whiting Writers' Award

Australian literature



Miles Franklin Award

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award

Austrian literature



Anton Wildgans Prize

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

Austrian State Literary Prize for European literature

Bangladeshi literature



Bangla Academy Award

Shwadhinota Dibosh Puroskar

British literature


''See also: 'List of British literary awards'''

Booker Prize

British Book Awards - the "Nibbies"

Commonwealth Writers Prize

Duff Cooper Prize

Forward Prize

Hawthornden Prize

Hessell-Tiltman Prize

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

Newdigate prize

Orange Prize for Fiction

Samuel Johnson Prize

Somerset Maugham Award

T. S. Eliot Prize

Whitbread Awards

Canadian literature



Booker Prize

Canadian Poets Award

Commonwealth Writers Prize

Geoffrey Bilson Award

Gerald Lampert Award

Giller Prize

Griffin Poetry Prize

Governor General's Award

Marian Engel Award

Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award

Norma Fleck Award

Pat Lowther Award

Stephen Leacock Award

Trillium Award

Wright Awards
Central and Eastern European literature


The Austrian Grand Prize for East European Literature

Vilenica prize


★ Złote Pióro "Wolnomularza Polskiego" (Gold Pen of "Polish Freemason")

Chilean literature



Chilean National Prize for Literature

Chinese literature



Maodun Prize for Literature

Caoyu Prize for Drama

Laoshe Prize for Literature

Fengmu Prize for Literature

Finnish literature



Finlandia Prize

French literature



Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française

Prix Décembre

Prix des Deux-Magots

Prix Femina

Prix Goncourt

Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud

Prix Médicis

Prix Renaudot

Georgian literature



Shota Rustaveli State Prize

Saba Prize

German literature



Kleist Prize

Schiller Prize

Hebrew literature



Bialik Prize

Sapir Prize

Tchernichovsky Prize (for translation)

Ze'ev Prize (for children's literature)

Hungarian literature



Attila József Prize

Baumgarten Prize

Kossuth Prize

Indian literature



Jnanpith Award

Kalidas samman

Pampa Award

Sahitya Akademi Award

Irish literature



International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

Italian literature



Premio Strega

Premio Bancarella

Premio Urania

Bagutta Prize

Viareggio Prize

Japanese literature



Akutagawa Prize

Dazai Osamu Prize

Ito Sei Prize

Kawabata Yasunari Prize

Mishima Yukio Prize

Naoki Prize

Noma Prize

Oda Sakunosuke Prize

Subaru Prize

Tanizaki Prize

Women's Literature Prize

Yokomitsu Prize

Yomiuri Prize

Philippine literature



Palanca Award

Polish literature



Janusz A. Zajdel Award for science fiction

Nike Award

Portuguese literature



Prémio Camões

Slovenian literature



Prešernova nagrada

Kresnik

Rožančeva nagrada

Spanish literature



Cervantes Prize

Premio Nadal

Rómulo Gallegos Prize

Premio Planeta

Premio Nacional de Literatura

Premio Alfaguara

Premio Sant Jordi

Premio Azorín

Premio Primavera de Novela

Premio Nacional de Narrativa

Premio Fernando Lara de Novela

Premio de la Crítica

Premio Fastenrath

Swedish literature



Aniarapriset - awarded by the Swedish Library Association.

Augustpriset

C S Lewis-priset

De Nios Stora Pris

Lilla Augustpriset for children's literature

Piratenpriset

Svenska Akademins nordiska pris

Science fiction and fantasy


:(see also List of science fiction awards)

Hugo Award

Nebula Award

Sidewise Award for Alternate History

James Tiptree, Jr. Award

BSFA award

Prix Apollo

Arthur C. Clarke Award

Writers of the Future - contest for new authors

Illustrators of the Future - contest for new illustrators

John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer

Philip K. Dick Award

Compton Crook Award - Best first time novel in Genera in a year.

Prometheus Award - best Libertarian SF

Janusz A. Zajdel Award - award given by Polish fandom

World Fantasy Award

SFRA Pioneer Award - best critical essay length work

Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service - promotion of SF teaching and study, etc.

Children's literature



Newbery Medal (USA)

Newbery Honor (USA)

Caldecott Medal (USA)

Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (USA)

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA)

Governor General's Award (Canada)

Carnegie Medal (UK)

Children's Laureate (UK)

Guardian Award (UK)

Kate Greenaway Medal (UK)

Nestle Smarties Book Prize (UK)

Hans Christian Andersen Award (International)

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (International)

Coretta Scott King Award

Pura Belpré Award

Jane Addams Children's Book Award

Michael L. Printz Award

Robert F. Sibert Award
===Theology===

Holberg International Memorial Prize

The Rabbi Martin Katzenstein Award

Templeton Prize
== Business and management ==

Deming Prize for Quality

European IST Grand Prize

Henry Laurence Gantt Medal

Japan Quality Medal

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

Nikkei QC Literature Prize

Ron Brown Award

Qimpro Benchmark Competition - for excellence in business excellence

Logic and philosophy



Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
===Law===

Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law

Holberg International Memorial Prize
===Politics===

Lawrence O'Brien Award in Democratic Politics

Profiles in Courage Award
== Humanitarianism ==

Albert Medal - for contribution to society (Royal Society of Arts)

Brandeis Award - pro-privacy

Community of Christ International Peace Award

Fletcher Foundation, Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellowship - for contributions to civil rights

Franklin Medal - for Anglo-American cooperation (Royal Society of Arts)

Freedom Award

Otto Hahn Peace Medal in Gold - awarded by the United Nations Association of Germany (DGVN) and the Governing Mayor of Berlin

Herder Prize - promotion of art and scientific relations in Central and Southeastern Europe

Gandhi Peace Prize

Ho-Am Prize: Community Service

International Peace Prize - awarded by the World Peace Council

Joliot-Curie Golden Medal of Peace - awarded by the World Peace Council

Karlspreis

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 - Congressman Leo J. Ryan

Library of Congress Living Legend

MacArthur Fellowship

Man of the Year/Person of the Year (Time Magazine)

Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership a $5 million award for African heads of state for development achievement

Nansen Refugee Award

Nobel Peace Prize (Parliament of Norway)

Pearson Medal of Peace

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

Takeda Award

Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion

Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize

U Thant Peace Award - honours individuals or organizations for accomplishments toward the attainment of world peace

Verodiano award

Wateler Peace Prize - awarded by the Carnegie Foundation
=== Scouting ===

Bronze Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)

Chief Scout's Award (Canada)

Cornwell Decoration

Crown Scout (Belgium)

Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

Eagle Scout (Philippines)

Explorer Belt

Gold Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)

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)
See also: Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)
==Honours, military and patriotic medals==
:''Main list: ''
Commonwealth and its member states

United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations



British honours system

List of people who have declined a British honour

British and Commonwealth orders and decorations


Victoria Cross (VC)


Order of the Garter (KG)

100 Greatest Britons (result BBC poll in 2002)

100 Worst Britons (result Channel 4 poll in 2003)

Australia


Main articles: Australian Honours System


Australian of the Year

Cross of Valour

Order of Australia

Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award

Bangladesh



Bir Sreshtho

Bir Uttom

Bir Bikrom

Bir Protik

Canada



Canada's Walk of Fame

Cross of Valour

Order of Canada

Order of Military Merit

Meritorious Service Medal

Order of Ontario

National Order of Quebec

Pearson Medal of Peace

India



Bharat Ratna

Gandhi Peace Prize

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

Padma Shri

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Dadasaheb Phalke Award
''Military gallantry awards:''

Param Vir Chakra

Ashoka Chakra

Maha Vir Chakra

Vir Chakra

Shaurya Chakra

Kirti Chakra
''Military distinguished service awards:''

Param Visisht Seva Medal

Ati Visisht Seva Medal

Visisht Seva Medal

New Zealand


Main articles: New Zealand Honours System

South Africa


Main articles: South African Orders, Decorations and Medals

Other nations

Austria



Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich (Austrian Decorations of Honor)

Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art)

Imperial and former Austrian Orders of Merit

Belgium



Order of Leopold

Order of the Crown

Order of Leopold II

Czech Republic



Order of the White Lion

Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order

★ Medal for Heroism

★ Medal of Merit

Denmark



Order of the Elephant (''Elefantordenen'')

Order of the Dannebrog (''Dannebrogordenen'')

Estonia



Order of the National Coat of Arms

Order of the White Star

Order of the Cross of the Eagle

Order of the Estonian Red Cross

Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana

Protection of Natural Amenities Medal

Finland



Order of the Cross of Liberty

Pro-Finlandia medal

Order of the White Rose of Finland

Order of the Lion of Finland

France



Légion d'honneur (''Legion of Honour'')

Ordre National du Mérite (''National Order of Merit'')

Order of Arts and Letters (''L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'')

Order of the Academic Palm (''L'Ordre des Palmes Académiques'')

Germany



Pour le Mérite (The "Blue Max")

Bundesverdienstkreuz

Iron Cross

Greece



Order of the Redeemer

Order of Honour

Order of the Phoenix

Order of Beneficence

Hong Kong


Main articles: Hong Kong honours system

Iceland



Order of the Falcon

Israel



Israel Prize

Italy


Main articles: Italian orders of merit

Japan



Order of the Chrysanthemum (''Kikka sho'')

Order of the Rising Sun (''Kyokujitsu sho'')

Order of the Precious Crown (''Hokan sho'')

Order of the Sacred Treasures (''Zuihō sho'')

Order of Culture (''Bunka Kunsho'')

Medals of Honor

Kazakhstan



Order of the Golden Eagle

Korea



Grand Order of Mugunghwa (''Mugunghwa Daehunjang'')

Order of National Foundation Merit (''Gunguk Hunjang'')

Order of Civil Merit (''Gukmin Hunjang'')

Order of Military Merit (''Mugong Hunjang'')

Order of Service Merit (''Geunjung Hunjang'')

Order of Diplomatic Merit (''Sugyo Hunjang'')

Order of National Security Merit (''Boguk Hunjang'')

Order of Industrial Service Merit (''Sanup Hunjang'')

Order of Cultural Merit (''Munhwa Hunjang'')

Order of Sports Merit (''Chaeyuk Hunjang'')

Order of National Redevelopment Merit (''Saemaul Hunjang'')

Order of Scientific and Technological Merit (''Gwahakgisul Hunjang'')

Kuwait



Order of Kuwait

Latvia



Order of the Three Stars

Liechtenstein



Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein

Lithuania



Order of Vytautas the Great

Order of the Cross of Vytis

Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas

Order for Merits to Lithuania

Mexico


Main articles: Mexican Honours System


Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor

Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo

Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle

Sovereign Military Order of Malta



Order pro merito Melitensi

Netherlands



Order of William

Order of the Dutch Lion

Order of Orange Nassau

Norway



War Cross with sword

Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement

The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav

The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

Haakon VIIs Freedom Cross

St Olavs medal with Oak Branch

Medal for Heroism in Gold

The Kings Medal of Merit in Gold

St Olavs medal

War Medal

Medal of Heroism, Military

Haakon VIIs Freedom Medal

Medal for Heroism in Silver

Medal for Rescue at Sea

Nepal



Gorkha Dakshin Bahu/ The Most Puissant Order of the Gurkha Right Arm

Mahendramala Manapadvi / Order of Mahendra Mala

Sena Saubhagya Bhaskar

Nepal Pratap Bhaskar

Ojasvirajanyako Manapadvi / The Most Glorious Order of Rajanya

Tribhavan Prajatantra Shripad

Nepal Shripad

Nepal Tara / The Most Refulgent Order of the Star of Nepal

Om Ram Patta

Trishakti Patta

Nepal Mahapratap Vardhak

Nepal Pratap Vardhak

Suvir Patta

Nepal Yashovardhak

Vir Patta

Mahendra Prahari

Mahendra Ratna

Shubha Rajyabishek Padak

Bahaduri Padak / Bravery Medal

Suprashamsaniya Patta

Prashanasaniya Patta

Seva Patta / Service Medal

Durgam Sewa Padak

Paradesa Sewa Padak

Prahari Ratna

Prahari Parakrem Padak

Dirgha Sewa Patta

Seva Padak / Service Medal

Nepal Bhushan / Decoration of Nepal

Gajendra Moksha / Life Saving Medal

Akash Seva Patta / Air Service Medal

Varuna Padak

Lakshaya Bheda Padak

Shubha Rajyabishek Padak / Coronation of King Mahendra

Rajata Jayanti Padak

Coronation of King Bihendra

Assam Burma Ladain Padak / Assam-Burma Medal

Maha Bhoonampa Piditoddhara Padak / The Great Earthquake Medal, 1935

Medal Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V

Long Service Medal

Panama



Orden de Manuel Amador Guerrero

Philippines



Order of Sikatuna

BPI-DOST Science Awards

Portugal



Order of the Tower and Sword

Order of Christ

Order of Aviz

Order of Santiago da Espada

Order of Infante D. Henrique

Order of Liberty

Order of Merit

Order of Public Instruction

Order of Agricultural, Commercial or Industrial Merit

Poland



Order of the White Eagle

Virtuti Militari

Order of Polonia Restituta

Russia


''Honorary title:''

Hero of the Russian Federation
''Orders:''

Order of St. Andrew (highest civil and military award)

Order of Saint George (highest military award)

Order of Merit for the Fatherland

Order of Courage

Order of Zhoukov

Order of Suvorov

Order of Ushakov

Order of Kutuzov

Order of Alexander Nevsky

Order of Nakhimov

Order of Military Merit

Order of Maritime Merit

Order of Reverence

Order of Friendship
''Crosses:''

Cross of St George
''Medals'' (main):

★ Medal of the Gold Star (for the title "Hero of the Russian Federation")

★ Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland

Medal for Valor

Medal of Suvorov

Medal of Nesterov

Medal of Ushakov

Medal of Zhukov

Medal of Pushkin

Soviet Union (former)


Main articles: Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union


Hero of the Soviet Union ''(honorary title)''

Hero of Socialist Labour ''(honorary title)''

Order of Lenin

Order of Suvorov

Order of the October Revolution

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Victory

Spain



Order of the Golden Fleece

Sweden



Order of Seraphim

Order of the Sword

Order of Vasa

Order of the Polar Star

United States



Medal of Honor

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Congressional Gold Medal

Honorary Citizen of the United States

Entertainment



ATOM Award (Australia, New Zealand) - for film, television, and digital multimedia

Bambi Prize (Germany) - Hubert Burda Media, for television and media

NAACP Image Award - for upstanding portrayals of African-Americans in film, television, music and literature

People's Choice Award (for television, film and music in the United States)
=== Advertising ===

The International Andy Awards

Clio Awards

Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

D&AD

Effie Awards

Summit International Awards

The One Show
Beauty


Miss Universe

Miss World

Miss Europe

Mr. Universe

Mr. World

★ National


Miss America


Miss Canada International



Miss Teen Canada International


Miss Hong Kong


Miss India


Miss USA


Miss Venezuela
Comic books


Adamson Awards

Alley Award

Bill Finger Award

Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame

The Doug Wright Award

Eagle Awards

Eisner Award

Friends of Lulu Award

Harvey Award

Haxtur Award

Ignatz Awards

Joe Shuster Award

Kirby Awards

Kodansha Manga Award

Max & Moritz Prizes

National Comics Award (United Kingdom)

Osamu Tezuka Culture Award

Prix Saint-Michel

Prix de la critique

Russ Manning Award

Shazam Award

Squiddy Award

Urhunden Prizes

Wizard Fan Awards

Xeric Foundation - financial grant for self-publishing comic book creators
Film

See also list of film awards, film festival.

Academy Award (Oscar)

Amanda Award

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)

Cesar Award (France) -

Crystal Globe - (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)

Crystal Simorgh - (Fajr International Film Festival) (Iran)

Dadasaheb Phalke Award (India)

David di Donatello Awards

★ Étalan de Yennenga (Africa) - Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou

European Film Awards - European Film Academy

Genie Awards

★ Golden Bear (Germany) - Berlin Film Festival

Golden Globe Award

★ Golden Leopard (Switzerland) - Locarno International Film Festival

Golden Lion (Italy) - Venice Film Festival

Goya Award (Spain)

Guldbagge Award (Sweden)

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Lola Awards - Awarded by the German Film Academy

Palme d'Or (France) - Cannes Film Festival

SIGNY award - Adult entertainment industry

Spencer Tracy Award - UCLA Campus Events Commission
Humor


British Comedy Awards

Canadian Comedy Awards

Commie Awards

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Perrier Comedy Award (United Kingdom)

Premio Quevedos (Spain) - for graphical humor
Internet and computers


Prix Ars Electronica (Austria)

Webby Award

★ New Statesman New Media Awards (UK)
Music


Akil Koci Prize

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music

ASCAP/CMA Award

ARIA Awards

BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award

BRIT Awards

Comet - German all music channel Viva

Echo - German Phonographic Academy

Eurovision Song Contest

Festival della canzone italiana (Italy) - Sanremo Music Festival

George Peabody Medal

Grammy Award

Grand Prix du Disque (France)

Grawemeyer Award - Music Composition of Fame Award

Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame

Ivor Novello Award - British Academy of Composers and Songwriters

Juno Award (Canada)

Léonie Sonning Music Award[7]

MTV Europe Music Award

MTV Video Music Award

Polar Music Prize

Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik - German Record Critics Award

Prix de Rome

Pulitzer Prize for Music

Schock Prize in Musical Arts

Sibelius Prize
Stage


Drama Desk Awards

The Eugene O'Neill Award (Sweden)

Laurence Olivier Awards (United Kingdom)

Obie Award

Tony Award
=== Television ===

British Academy Television Awards

Deutscher Fernsehpreis - German Television Award

Edward R. Murrow Award

Emmy Award

Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo (Monaco)

FIPA d'Or (International) - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels

Gemini Award

George Foster Peabody Award - Broadcast Journalism

Golden Globe Award

Golden Rose of Montreux

Goldene Kamera

Grimme Preis

Logie Award (Australia)

National Television Awards

Royal Television Society Awards

Telly Awards
=== Tourism ===

Pomme d'Or - European Association of Professional Travel Writers and Journalists

IAAPA Applause Award - International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions

★ Thea award - Themed Entertainment Association
=== Radio ===

NAB Marconi Radio Awards

Radio Academy Award
== Sports and Games ==
Overall


Egebergs Ærespris

NACDA Director's Cup

Laureus World Sports Awards

James E. Sullivan Award
=== Auto Racing ===

Borg-Warner Trophy

Gordon Bennett Cup

Vanderbilt Cup


=== Baseball ===

Cy Young Award

Rookie of the Year Award

Most Valuable Player Award

Gold Glove Award

Olympic medalists

World Series

Baseball Hall of Fame
=== Basketball ===

Basketball Hall of Fame

NBA Most Valuable Player

NBA Defensive Player of the Year

NBA Sixth Man Award

NBA Rookie of the Year

NBA Coach of the Year

NBA Executive of the Year

Naismith Award

Wooden Award

NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
=== Board games ===

Charles Roberts Award

Deutscher Spiele Preis

Origins Award

Spiel des Jahres
=== Boxing===

Golden Gloves

Olympic medals
=== Chess ===

National Chess Champions

World Chess Champions

World Junior Chess Champions

International Grandmasters
=== Cricket ===

Allan Border Medal

ICC Awards

Wisden Cricketer of the Year
=== Figure skating ===

World Figure skating Champions

European Figure skating Champions

Four Continents Figure skating Champions

U.S. Figure skating Champions
=== American Football ===

★ ''see College football#College Football Awards''

Grey Cup (Canadian football)

Super Bowl





Pro Football Hall of Fame
=== Ice hockey ===

Allan Cup

Art Ross Trophy

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

Calder Cup

Calder Memorial Trophy

Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy

Frank J. Selke Trophy

Hart Memorial Trophy

Hobey Baker Award

Jack Adams Award

James Norris Memorial Trophy

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Les Cunningham Award

Lester B. Pearson Award

Lester Patrick Trophy

Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy

Memorial Cup

NHL Plus/Minus Award

Patty Kazmaier Award

Presidents' Trophy

Prince of Wales Trophy

Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award

Stanley Cup

Vezina Trophy

William M. Jennings Trophy
=== Lacrosse ===

Champion's Cup

Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr. Award

Founders Cup

Jack Turnbull Award

Les Bartley Award

Les Bartley Award (Toronto Rock)

Lt. Raymond Enners Award

Major League Lacrosse Coach of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse Community Service Award

Major League Lacrosse Defensive player of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse Goaltender of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse Most Improved Player of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse MVP Award

Major League Lacrosse Offensive player of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse Rookie of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse Sportsman of the Year Award

Major League Lacrosse Weekly Awards

Mann Cup

McLaughlin Award

Minto Cup

National Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year Award

National Lacrosse League Executive of the Year Award

National Lacrosse League GM of the Year Award

National Lacrosse League Goaltender of the Year Award

National Lacrosse League Monthly Awards

National Lacrosse League MVP Award

National Lacrosse League Rookie of the Year Award

National Lacrosse League Sportsmanship Award

National Lacrosse League Weekly Awards

Presidents Cup

Schmeisser Award

Steinfeld Cup

Tewaaraton Trophy

Tom Borrelli Award
=== Olympic medalists ===

Alpine skiing

Archery

★ Athletics (men) (women)

Badminton

Baseball

Basketball

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Boxing

★ Canoeing (men) (women)

Cross-country skiing

Curling

★ Cycling (men) (women)

Diving

Equestrian

★ Fencing (men) (women)

Field hockey

Figure skating

Football

Freestyle skiing

★ Gymnastics (men) (women)

Handball

Ice hockey

Judo

Luge

Modern pentathlon

Nordic combined

★ Rowing (men) (women)

Sailing

Shooting

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Softball

Speed skating

★ Swimming (men) (women)

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling
===Tennis===

List of Wimbledon champions

List of Australian Open champions

List of French Open champions

List of US Open champions

Davis Cup

Fed Cup

Hopman Cup
Videogames


Interactive Achievement Awards
Other sports


America's Cup, the oldest active trophy in international sport, since 1851

Commonwealth Games

Alpine Skiing World Cup

Rugby World Cup

Cricket World Cup

The Ashes - the oldest prize in international cricket, since 1882

Football World Cup

Intercontinental Cup - (soccer)

Brownlow Medal (Australian football)

World Championships in Biathlon

List of winners of the Boston Marathon

Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame

BBC Sports Personality of the Year


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Team Award,


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality,


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award,


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award,


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award,


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Young Personality,


BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero Award

Melbourne Cup,

Cox Plate,

Caulfield Cup,

Callahan MVP Award - Ultimate Frisbee[8]
=== Quizbowl ===

★ The College Bowl

★ The Meredith Cup

★ The Carper Award

Miscellaneous



All-America City Award

Dickin Medal - the animals' Victoria Cross

Order of Smile - the only medal awarded internationally by children

XRCO awards

Pipe Smoker of the Year

Evening Standard Pub of the Year - as voted for by the readers of London's Evening Standard

Mock prizes



Big Brother Awards - anti-privacy

Ig Nobel Prize

Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzie)

Golden Turkey Award

Darwin Awards

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Foot in Mouth Prize

Bad Sex in Fiction Award

Naomi Awards

See also



Honorary degree

International Prize Court

List of honorary societies

List of prizes, medals, and awards in Singapore

List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science

List of reference tables

Literary award

Prize money

Sources and references


1. Automotive X PRIZE
2. The Kilby International Awards
3. Lettre International Award
4. Lettre Ulysses Award
5. Lettre Ulysses Award
6. Lettre International Award
7. Denmark’s Premier Music Award
8. Callahan Award

External links



Canada's Awards Database

★ The International Congress of Distinguished Awards (ICDA) Official website

★ Provisional 2006 ICDA Official Roster of Distinguished Awards

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