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Science and technology
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 U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- Balzan prize - international prize for humanities, natural sciences and culture, as well as humanitarian endeavours for peace
- Bartolozzi Prize (Italian Mathematical Union)
- Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis - biennial international award for applied laser technology (Foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung)
- Caccioppoli Prize (Italian Mathematical Union)
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service (PNC Bank Delaware)
- Copley Medal - Physical Sciences and the Biological Sciences (Royal Society of London)
- Crafoord Prize - 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.
- Global Security Challenge - awards over $500,000 US Dollar annually to the most promising security technologies. Co-hosted by London Business School in London
- Harold Brown Award - presented annually to a person who demonstrates significant achievement in research and development that led to a substantial improvement in the operational effectiveness of the United States Air Force.
- Harvey Prize - Technion in Israel
- Ho-Am Prize - Korean awards for the development of science and culture and enhancement of the welfare of mankind
- Hubbard Medal - National Geographic Society award for distinction in exploration, discovery, and research
- Humboldt Research Award
- Japan Prize
- John G. Clark Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Cultic Studies
- Kavli Prize
- 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)
- Majorana Prize- Theoretical and Mathematical Physicists- Electronic Journal of Theoretical Physics-EJTP
- Marcel Benoist Prize (Switzerland) - for Sciences and the Humanities
- 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)
- Nuclear-Free Future Award awarded annually
- Otto Hahn Medal - awarded annual by the Max Planck Society
- Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science - awarded annually for science books
- Prince of Asturias Awards - Sciences, Public Affairs, Humanities (Felipe, Prince of Asturias)
- Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water - bi-annual international prize for water-related research
- Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize - Super-efficient vehicle design competition.[1]
- Rumelhart Prize - David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition
- 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)
- Safe-In-Sound Award - Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Award
- Shaw Prize
- Stampacchia Medal (Italian Mathematical Union)
- State Science and Technology Prizes - The highest award granted for Science and Technology in China
- Vannevar Bush Award - welfare of mankind and the nation (National Science Foundation)
- Wayne B. Nottingham Prize - awarded annually for outstanding doctoral research in surface science.
- Werner-von-Siemens-Ring - tributes to persons who have promoted the technical sciences
Agriculture
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
- The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics - awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Aviation and space technology
- 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
- FAI Awards - FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) medals and diplomas for outstanding contributions to aeronautics and astronautics, especially in the field of sporting aviation.[2]
- Google Lunar X Prize - An award for successfully launching, landing, and operating a rover on the lunar surface.
- Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning
- Harmon Trophy
- Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization
- Kremer prizes - Human-powered flight
- Orteig Prize - Aviation for trans-atlantic crossing, won by Charles Lindbergh
- Polaris Award
- Sikorsky Prize - Human Powered Helicopters
- Wright Brothers Medal
- UAV Outback Challenge - Current autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle award
Biological sciences
- Clarke Medal - awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales (Australia) for distinguished work in the Natural sciences
- D.L. Serventy Medal - Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)
- E. B. Wilson Medal
- Franklin Award - for open access in biology (from Bioinformatics Organization)
- Global Environmental Citizen Award - by the Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment
- Indianapolis Prize - Conservation biology (Indianapolis Zoo)
- John Hobbs Medal - Ornithology (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union)
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize - in Biology and Biochemistry (Columbia University)
- Loye and Alden Miller Research Award - Ornithology (Cooper Ornithological Society)
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Karolinska Institute)
Chemistry
- Alfred Stock Memorial Prize - awarded for "outstanding independent scientific experimental investigation in the field of inorganic chemistry" by the German Chemical Society.
- 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)
- Perkin Medal - awarded by the American Chemical Society
- 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
- Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award
- EFF Pioneer Award
- Enrico Fermi Award - for lifetime achievement in the development, use, or production of energy.
- Faraday Medal - notable scientific or industrial achievement in engineering or for conspicuous service rendered to the advancement of science, engineering and technology
- FSF Free Software Awards
- 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
- Loebner Prize - prize for artificial intelligence that can pass a Turing test
- Longitude prize - precise determination of a ship's longitude
- Marconi Prize - advancements in communications
- Millennium Technology Prize - for outstanding technological achievements
- Netflix Prize
- Newton Faller Award (Brazilian Computer Society)
- Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
- Pirelli Internetional Award
- Tony Kent Strix award
- Timoshenko Medal (ASME)
- The ASME Medal (ASME)
- Elmer A. Sperry Award (ASME)
- Theodore von Karman Medal (ASCE)
- Emerging Leaders of the Digital World (Diplo Foundation)
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)
- 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
- Fuchs Medal - awarded by The British Antarctic Survey
- Mungo Park Medal - awarded by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
- 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
- Founder's and Patron's Medal - the highest award given by the Royal Geographical Society
- Lauréat Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud - awarded by an international jury at the annual International Geography Festival in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Mathematics
- Abel Prize
- Adams Prize
- Bartolozzi Prize
- Bôcher Memorial Prize
- Caccioppoli Prize
- Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
- Chauvenet Prize
- Clay Mathematics Institute's Millennium Prize Problems
- Clay Research Award
- Cole Prize
- De Morgan Medal
- Erdős Prize
- Euler Medal
- Fermat Prize
- Fields Medal
- Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize
- Fröhlich Prize
- Fulkerson Prize
- Heinz Hopf Prize
- J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software
- John Bates Clark Medal - Economics
- John von Neumann Theory Prize
- Kirkman medal
- Lesilie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis
- Lobachevsky International Prize
- Loève Prize
- Nevanlinna Prize
- Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
- Ostrowski Prize
- Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry
- Pólya Prize
- Ramanujan Prize
- Salem Prize
- Schock Prize - Mathematics
- Shaw Prize
- Stampacchia Medal
- Steele Prize
- Wolf Prize in Mathematics
Medical sciences
- Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research/Lasker Foundation (US).[3]
- Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research/Lasker Foundation (US).[3]
- Aldridge Medal
- Archon X Prize (X Prize Foundation)
- British Orthodontic Society Distinguished Orthodontic Technicians Award
- British Orthodontic Society Technicians Award
- Danone International Prize for Nutrition
- Gairdner Foundation International Awards (Canada).[3]
- Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize (Japan).[3]
- Keio Medical Science Prize (Japan).[3]
- Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction (Susan G. Komen for the Cure)
- Marcel Linsman Prize (Belgium)
- Marjory Stephenson Prize/Society for General Microbiology
- Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (US).[3]
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine/Karolinska Institute (Sweden).[3]
- Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (Germany)
- Robert Koch Prize (Germany)
- Robert L. Noble Prize/National Cancer Institute of Canada (Canada)
- Wolf Prize in Medicine/Wolf Foundation, (Israel).[3]
Physics
- Comstock Prize in Physics - awarded by the National Academy of Sciences about every five years.
- 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)
- 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
- Governor's Award (Albania)
- Holberg International Memorial Prize
- Jean Nicod Prize
- John Desmond Bernal Prize
- Kluge Prize
- Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research
- Stockholm Prize in Criminology
Humanities
- Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
- Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
- Holberg International Memorial Prize
- USA's Kennedy Center Honors: list of recipients
- Kluge Prize
- Konrad Adenauer Research Award for Canadian scholars in the humanities and social sciences
- Salimbeni Prize for a book in the field of art history
- Wolf Prize in Arts
Architecture
(See also List of architecture prizes)
- Pritzker Prize
- Stirling Prize
- AIA Gold Medal
- LEAF Award
- Prémio Valmor (Portugal)
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Architecture
- Heinrich Tessenow Medal
Arts
- Abd-el-Tif prize
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Painting
- Archibald Prize, Australia's premier portraiture award
- Artist Foundation of San Antonio
- Beck's Futures
- Bungeishunjū Manga Award
- Carnegie Prize
- Cartazini Art Award €20.000 bi-ennial award in the Visual arts
- CPS Principal's Championship
- Factor Prize in Southern Art
- Charles Lang Freer medal
- Green Room Awards
- Hanno and Ilse Hahn Prize for outstanding contributions in Italian Art History
- Hunting Art Prize
- KAIROS Prize
- Murphy and Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts
- Osamu Tezuka Culture Award
- Prix de Rome
- Puvis de Chavannes Prize
- Rome Prize
- Saint-Affrique Prize
- Schock Prize in Visual Arts
- Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards
- Tezuka Award for manga
- Turner Prize
- Wynn Newhouse Award
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
- New South Wales Institute for Educational Research Award for Outstanding Educational Research
History
- Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement
- Bancroft Prize
- Beveridge Award
- Caird Medal
- John Lyman Book Awards
- K. Jack Bauer Award
- Mountbatten Maritime Prize
- Pulitzer Prize for History
- Samuel Eliot Morison Award
Journalism
- Cavling prize (Denmark)
- CPJ International Press Freedom Award
- DuPont-Columbia Award
- Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
- Glenn Rogers -- Media Maverick
- George Foster Peabody Award - Broadcast journalism
- John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Awards[4]
- Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage[5] (Germany)
- NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language
- Ortega y Gasset Award
- Pulitzer Prize for
- Robert Capa Gold Medal - awarded for "best published photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise".
- Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Journalism Award
- Sriburapha Award (Thailand)
- UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
- Walkley Award, (Australia)
- World Association of Newspapers's Golden Pen of Freedom Award
Language
Literature
Theology
Business and management
- Deming Prize for Quality
- European IST Grand Prize
- The Shingo Prize[1]
- 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
- Entrepreneurship Award
- E-Commerce Awards
- European Business Awards
- Bryce Hentges Award - Best Business Ever
- Woodrow Wilson Awards for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution.
Logic and philosophy
- Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
Law
- Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law
- Holberg International Memorial Prize
- Manuel Maria de Peralta Prize (Costa Rica)
Politics
- Lawrence O'Brien Award in Democratic Politics
- Profiles in Courage Award
- Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse College Historical Society, Trinity College Dublin
Humanitarianism and service
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Medal - for Anglo-American cooperation (Royal Society of Arts)
- Freedom Award
- Gandhi Peace Prize
- 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
- Ho-Am Prize: Community Service
- Human Rights Medal (Australia)
- Indira Gandhi Prize
- 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
- Wateler Peace Prize - awarded by the Carnegie Foundation
- Woodrow Wilson Awards for Public Service - awarded by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution.
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)
- King's Scout Award, Malaysia and Thailand
- Pramuka Garuda (Eagle Scout, Indonesia)
- Queen's Scout
- Queen's Venturer Award
- Silver Award (Boy Scouts of America)
- Silver Award (Girl Scouts of the USA)
- Tiger Scout (Korea Scout Association)
See also: Merit badge (Boy Scouts of America)
Honors, military and patriotic medals
- Category: Orders, decorations, and medals
Commonwealth and its member states
Australia
- Australian of the Year
- Cross of Valour
- Order of Australia
- Western Australian Citizen of the Year Award
Bangladesh
Canada
India
- Bharat Ratna
- Gandhi Peace Prize
- Padma Vibhushan
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Shri
- Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Military gallantry awards:
Military distinguished service awards:
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Military gallantry awards:
- Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
- Weerodara Vibhushanaya
- Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya
- Rana Wickrama Padakkama
- Rana Sura Padakkama
Military distinguished service awards:
- Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
- Uttama Seva Padakkama
- Videsha Seva Padakkama
- Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal
South Africa
United Kingdom
- 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)
- Order of Industrial Heroism
European Union and its member states (UK excepted, see Commonwealth above)
European Union
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 African Star (not currently awarded)
- Royal Order of the Lion (not currently awarded)
- Order of the Crown
- Order of Leopold II
- Commemorative Cross of the Volunteers of 1830 (no longer awarded)
- Military Cross
- Croix de Guerre
- Cross for Service Under Fire (1914-1918)
- Medal of the Voluntary Combatant (1914-1918)
- Deportees Cross (1914-1918)
- Escaper's Cross (1940-1945)
- Medal of the Armed Resistance (1940-1945)
- Cross for Political Prisoners of War (1940-1945)
- Cross of Honour for Military Service Abroad
- Military Decoration for exceptional action or for acts of bravery or devotion
- Military Decoration for Meritorious Service
- Civic Decoration for acts of bravery, devotion or humanity
- Civic Decoration for Meritorious Service in the Administration
- Civic Decoration (1914-1918)
- Civic Decoration (1940-1945)
- Civic Decoration for Meritorious Service as a Fireman
- Commemorative Medal for Armed Humanitarian Operations
- Commemorative Medal for Foreign Operation or Mission
- Medal of Military Merit
- Commemorative Medals for Army Marches
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
- Mannerheim Cross
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
Italy
For a more complete list, see Italian medals 1860-today (Italian Wikipedia)
Latvia
Lithuania
- Order of Vytautas the Great
- Order of the Cross of Vytis
- Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
- Order for Merits to Lithuania
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Netherlands
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
Spain
- Order of the Golden Fleece
- Order of Carlos III
- Order of Santiago
- Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Order of Calatrava
- Order of Alcántara
Sweden
Other nations
Greenland
Hong Kong
Iceland
Israel
- Israel Prize
- Medal of Valor (Hebrew: עיטור הגבורה, Itur HaGvura)
- Medal of Courage (Hebrew: עיטור העוז, Itur HaOz)
- Medal of Distinguished Service (Hebrew: :עיטור המופת, Itur HaMofet)
- Israel Defense Prize
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 Treasure (Zuihō sho)
- Order of Culture (Bunka Kunsho)
- Person of Cultural Merit (Bunka kōrōsha)
- Medals of Honor (Hosho)
- Military Medals of Honor (Jugun kisho)
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)
Kosovo
Orders:
- Order of the Hero of Kosovo (Urdhri Hero i Kosovës)
Medals:
- Gold Medal of Freedom (Medalja e Artë e Lirisë)
- Gold Medal of Independence (Medalja e Artë e Pavarësisë)
- Gold Medal of the League of Prizren (Medalja e Lidhjes së Prizrenit)
Decorations:
- Honorary Citizen of Kosovo (Dekorata Qytetar Nderi i Kosovës)
- Crystala Dardanica (Dekorata Crystala Dardanica)
Kuwait
- Order of Kuwait
Liechtenstein
Mexico
- Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
- Condecoración Miguel Hidalgo
- Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle
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
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Russia
Honorary title:
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 Naval Merit
- Order of Honour
- Order of Friendship
Crosses:
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)
- 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
Thailand
Turkey
State decorations
- Medals
- State Medal of Honor (Devlet Şeref Madalyası)
- State Medal of Pride (Devlet Övünç Madalyası)
- State Medal of Distinguished Service (Devlet Üstün Hizmet Madalyası)
- State Medal of War (Devlet Savaş Madalyası)
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- Orders
- Order of State (Devlet Nişanı)
- Order of Merit (Liyakat Nişanı)
- Order of the Republic (Cumhuriyet Nişanı)
Military decorations
- Medals
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor (TSK Şeref Madalyası)
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Pride in Service (TSK Hizmet Övünç Madalyası)
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice (TSK Üstün Cesaret ve Feragat Madalyası)
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service (TSK Üstün Hizmet Madalyası)
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Achievement (TSK Başarı Madalyası)
- Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Merit (TSK Liyakat Madalyası)
- Orders
- Turkish Armed Forces Order of Honor (TSK Şeref Nişanı)
- Turkish Armed Forces Order of Pride (TSK Övünç Nişanı)
- Turkish Armed Forces Order of Merit (TSK Liyakat Nişanı)
Former decorations
- Medal of Independence (İstiklal Madalyası)
United States
- Medal of Honor
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Congressional Gold Medal
- Honorary Citizen of the United States
- Legion of Merit
Entertainment
- ATOM Award (Australia, New Zealand) - for film, television, and digital multimedia
- Bambi Prize (Germany) - Hubert Burda Media, for television and media
- Jacob's Award (Ireland) - for outstanding contributions to Irish radio and television
- 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)
- Seiyu Awards (Japan) - for voice acting in anime and other media
Advertising
- The International Andy Awards
- Clio Awards
- Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival
- D&AD
- Effie Awards
- Summit International Awards
- The One Show
- The Caples Direct Marketing Awards
Beauty
- Miss Universe
- Miss World
- Miss Europe
- Mr. Universe
- Mr. World
- National
- Miss America
- Miss Canada International
- Miss Teen Canada International
- Miss Colombia
- 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
- Australian Film Institute 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)
Cesky Lev (Czech Republic)
- 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
- FAMAS Awards - Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
- Genie Awards
- Golden Bear (Germany) - Berlin Film Festival
- Golden Boll (Turkey) - Adana Film Festival
- Golden Globe Award
- Golden Leopard (Switzerland) - Locarno International Film Festival
- Golden Lion (Italy) - Venice Film Festival
- Golden Orange (Turkey) - Antalya Film Festival
- Goya Award (Spain)
- Guldbagge Award (Sweden)
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Independent Spirit Award
- Lola Awards - Awarded by the German Film Academy
- Luna Awards - Film Academy of the Philippines
- Palme d'Or (France) - Cannes Film Festival
- SIGNY award - Adult entertainment industry
- Spencer Tracy Award - UCLA Campus Events Commission
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
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
- Gat Perich Internacional Humor Prize (Spain)
Internet and computers
- Prix Ars Electronica (Austria)
- Webby Award
- New Statesman New Media Awards (UK)
- Shorty Awards
Music
- Akil Koci Prize
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Music
- ASCAP/CMA Award
- ARIA Music Awards - Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards
- BAFTA Anthony Asquith Award
- BET Awards (United States)
- The Brit Awards
- Comet (award) - German all music channel Viva
- Country Music Awards of Australia
- 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 Prize [6]
- Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica - (previously known as MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica or VMALA's)
- Music Journalist Awards[2] - International prizes awarded by the International Federation of Music Journalists
- MTV Africa Music Awards
- MTV Asia Awards
- MTV Australia Awards
- 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/Theater
- Back Stage Garland Awards
- Drama Desk Awards
- Drama League Award
- Drama-Logue Award
- Evening Standard Awards (United Kingdom)
- Laurence Olivier Awards (United Kingdom)
- Leonardstatuetten (Norway)
- LA Weekly Theater Award
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
- Lucille Lortel Awards
- New York Drama Critics' Circle
- Obie Award
- Outer Critics Circle Award
- Ovation Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- Sarah Siddons Award (Chicago)
- The Eugene O'Neill Award (Sweden)
- Theatre World 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
Sports and Games
Overall
- Egebergs Ærespris
- NACDA Director's Cup
- Laureus World Sports Awards
- James E. Sullivan Award
- Olympic Cup
Auto racing
- Borg-Warner Trophy
- Gordon Bennett Cup
- Vanderbilt Cup
- Harley Earl Trophy
- Category:Auto racing trophies and awards
Baseball
- Cy Young Award
- Rookie of the Year Award
- Manager 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 awards:
- WNBA awards:
- U.S. college basketball awards:
- European awards:
Board games
Boxing
Chess
- National Chess Champions
- World Chess Champions
- World Junior Chess Champions
- International Grandmasters
Cricket
Figure skating
- World Figure skating Champions
- European Figure skating Champions
- Four Continents Figure skating Champions
- U.S. Figure skating Champions
Gridiron football|American Football
- see College football#College Football Awards
- Grey Cup (Canadian football)
- Super Bowl
- Category:American football trophies and awards
- Category:Canadian football trophies and awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
Ice hockey
North America
- 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
- Turner Cup
- Vezina Trophy
- William M. Jennings Trophy
Sweden
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 (men) (women)
- 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: freestyle and Greco-Roman
Rugby union
- Webb Ellis Cup – Rugby World Cup trophy
- Melrose Cup – Rugby World Cup Sevens trophy
- IRB Awards (includes two awards given by the International Rugby Players' Association as part of the awards program):
- IRB International Player of the Year
- IRB International Team of the Year
- IRB International Coach of the Year
- IRB Junior Player of the Year
- IRB International Sevens Player of the Year
- IRB Spirit of Rugby Award
- IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service
- IRB International Women's Personality of the Year
- IRB Development Award
- IRPA Special Merit Award
- IRPA Try of the Year
- International two-team challenge trophies
- Contested in the Six Nations Championship:
- Calcutta Cup — England and Scotland
- Centenary Quaich - Ireland and Scotland
- Millennium Trophy — England and Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy — France and Italy
- England and France have no official trophy, but their matches are popularly known as "Le Crunch".
- Contested in the Tri Nations:
- Bledisloe Cup — Australia and New Zealand (also contested once a year outside the Tri Nations)
- Mandela Challenge Plate — Australia and South Africa
- Freedom Cup — New Zealand and South Africa
- Other trophies:
- Antim Cup — Georgia and Romania
- Cook Cup — Australia and England
- Dave Gallaher Trophy — France and New Zealand
- Elgon Cup — Kenya and Uganda
- Hillary Shield — England and New Zealand
- Hopetoun Cup — Australia and Scotland
- James Bevan Trophy — Australia and Wales
- Lansdowne Cup — Australia and Ireland
- Puma Trophy — Argentina and Australia
- Prince William Cup — South Africa and Wales
- Trophée des Bicentenaires — Australia and France
- Tom Richards Trophy — Australia and the British and Irish Lions
- Contested in the Six Nations Championship:
- Club trophies:
- Pan-European:
- Heineken Cup (top competition)
- European Challenge Cup (second-tier competition)
- European Shield (defunct; repechage cup for losers in European Challenge Cup)
- Great Britain and Ireland:
- Anglo-Welsh Cup (cup competition for English and Welsh top-level club teams)
- British and Irish Cup (cup competition for British and Irish semi-pro club teams)
- France:
- Bouclier de Brennus (awarded to champions of the country's Top 14 league)
- New Zealand:
- Air New Zealand Cup (top-tier domestic league)
- Meads Cup (top trophy in second-tier domestic league)
- Lochore Cup (secondary trophy in second-tier domestic league)
- Ranfurly Shield (challenge trophy between provincial teams)
- South Africa:
- Currie Cup (domestic league)
- Pan-European:
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
Video games
- Interactive Achievement Awards
- Spike Video Game Awards
- Justin Scheierl Gamer Award
Other sports
- America's Cup, the oldest active trophy in international sport, since 1851
- Commonwealth Games
- Alpine skiing World Cup
- Cricket World Cup
- The Ashes - the oldest prize in international cricket, since 1882
- FIFA 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 Team of the Year Award,
- BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year,
- 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 Young Sports Personality of the Year,
- BBC Sports Unsung Hero Award
- Melbourne Cup,
- Cox Plate,
- Caulfield Cup,
- Callahan MVP Award - Ultimate Frisbee[7]
Quizbowl
- 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
Awards by recipient
- List of awards honoring African Americans
- List of early career awards
- List of national decorations to foreign recipients
- List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
See also
- Honorary degree
- International Prize Court
- List of honorary societies
- List of prizes, medals, and awards in Singapore
- List of reference tables
- Literary award
- Prize money
UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards
Sources and references
- ^ "Automotive X Prize". Automotive X Prize. http://auto.xprize.org. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ Official FAI awards website
- ^ a b c d e f g h International prizes in medicine/public health
- ^ "Lettre International Award". http://www.ajr.org/awards2.asp?aw=148. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "Lettre Ulysses Award". Lettre International Aventis Foundation. http://www.lettre-ulysses-award.org. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "Denmark’s Premier Music Award". sonning. http://www.sonningmusik.dk/cms/view/index.asp?ipageid=221. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ "Callahan Award". Ultimate Player Association (UPA). http://www.callahan-mvp.com. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
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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