International Awards & Honours A-G

International Awards & Honours A-G
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation – Fellowships
Deadline: September 15
The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise.  These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 118 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

American Mathematical Society – Centennial Fellowship Program
Deadline: December 1
The AMS Centennial Research Fellowship Program makes awards annually to outstanding mathematicians to help further their careers in research. The primary selection criterion for the Centennial Fellowship is the excellence of the candidate's research.

Arctic Inspiration Prize
Deadline: September 2
The Arctic Inspiration Prize is intended for multidisciplinary teams who have made a substantial, demonstrated and distinguished contribution to the gathering of Arctic knowledge and who have provided a concrete plan and commitment to implement their knowledge into real world application for the benefit of the Canadian Arctic, its Peoples and therefore Canada as a whole.  One to five Prizes, with associated awards totaling $1 million CAD, are presented annually to distinguished teams on a competitive basis.

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Titular Fellowships
Deadline: June 1
The ACU Titular Fellowships provide opportunities for staff from member universities and employees working in industry, commerce or public service in a Commonwealth country to spend periods of time at other member universities or relevant institutions outside their own country.

Australia Endeavour Awards
Deadline: June 30
The Endeavour Executive Award provides professional development opportunities of (1 to 4 months) for high achievers in business, industry, education or government from participating countries.  The Awards focus on building skills and knowledge through a host work environment rather than through formal enrolment in a study program at a host organization and are not intended to fund direct academic research (if your activity will result in you receiving, or contributes to, a formal academic qualification, you will not be eligible to apply for an Executive Award).

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
Deadline: June 30
These awards seek to recognize and encourage world-class research and artistic creation, prizing contributions of broad impact for their originality and theoretical significance. The name of the scheme is intended to encapsulate both research work that successfully enlarges the scope of our current knowledge – pushing forward the frontiers of the known world – and the meeting and overlap of different disciplinary areas.

Brandeis University – Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize
Deadline: April 15
The Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize was created by the late Professor Joseph B. Gittler to recognize outstanding and lasting scholarly contributions to racial, ethnic and/or religious relations. 
The award includes a cash prize of $25,000 and a medal.

Bressler Prize in Vision Science
Deadline: December 31
This prize recognizes a professional in the field of vision science whose leadership, research and service have resulted in important advancements in the treatment of eye disease or rehabilitation of persons with vision loss. A panel of distinguished vision science professionals will select the winner who receives a prize of $43,500.

Dan David Prize
Deadline: November 30
Three prizes of US$ 1 million each are annually awarded for achievements having an outstanding scientific, technological, cultural or social impact on our world. Each year fields are chosen within the three Time Dimensions - Past, Present and Future.

Franklin Institute-Bower Award or Achievement in Science
Deadline: May 31
The award, with its gold medal and cash prize of $250,000, is presented annually to a distinguished member of the international scientific community for work in a prescribed discipline that changes each year.

Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
Deadline: September 30
The Fukuoka Prize was established to honor outstanding achievements by individuals or groups/organizations in preserving and creating the unique and diverse cultures of Asia. The aim is to foster and increase awareness of the value of Asian cultures as well as to establish a framework within which Asians can learn from, and share with, each other.