National Awards & Honours A-C
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ACUNS – Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
Deadline: January 31
The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies is seeks nominees for the Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research, a new award which recognizes a significant contribution and broad impact of a career devoted to Northern research by an individual who has demonstrated leadership, inspiration, and mentorship in research in the Canadian north. The recipient will receive a $50,000 cash prize.  Nominations may be made by an individual or group of individuals.

Bank of Canada Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 15
The purpose of the Fellowship Program is to foster excellence in research and analysis, and to develop partnerships with experts outside the Bank of Canada in areas important to the Bank's mandate; i.e., macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance, financial markets and institutions, financial stability and regulation, labour economics, and economic growth.

Bank of Canada Governor’s Award
Deadline: November 15
The Governor's Award provides funding to exceptional assistant and associate professors working at Canadian universities who have demonstrated the potential to make exemplary research contributions in their fields.  The award consists of a $25,000 stipend paid annually to the recipient and is for a two-year term subject to an annual confirmation process. Recipients of this award cannot apply for a second term.

Bloomberg-Manulife Research Prize
Deadline: May 15
The Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health, valued at $50,000 CAD, is offered each year by McGill University to an academic whose research, taking place within the last five years, has had, or has the potential to have, a significant impact on the health and well-being of North Americans.

Canada Council for the Arts – Killam Prize
Deadline: June 15
Every year the Killam Program offers awards to outstanding Canadian scholars working in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences and engineering. These awards are among Canada’s most distinguished research awards.  Five prizes of $100,000 are awarded each year in recognition of outstanding career achievements (1 prize in each of the 5 fields).

Canada Council for the Arts – Molson Prize
Deadline:  December 1
Two Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes, in the amount of $50,000 each, are awarded annually to distinguished individuals (one in the arts and one in the social sciences and humanities). The prizes are intended to encourage continuing contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.

Canada’s Top 40 Under 40
Deadline: June 15
Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Awards are presented to exceptional Canadians under the age of 40 who are outstanding leaders in their chosen fields and who are shaping our country's future.

Canadian 3M Environmental Innovation Award
Deadline: August 31
The Award seeks to celebrate individuals involved in a local, regional or national project, program or initiative that has provided innovative solutions that protect, restore or preserve the environment.

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Deadline: March 23
CAHS recognizes individuals of great accomplishment and achievement in the academic health sciences in Canada. Fellows elected to the Academy will be well recognized by their peers nationally and internationally for their contributions to the promotion of health science. They will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies and a commitment to advance academic health science.

Canadian Education Association – Pat Clifford Award
Deadline: May 31
This Award is named after Dr. Pat Clifford, one of the co-founders of The Galileo Educational Network. Pat had an extensive teaching background from primary through graduate level, and was the recipient of numerous awards for both research and teaching practice.  The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $25,000, enough to fund one prize each year

Canadian Education Association – Whitworth Award
Deadline: May 31
The Whitworth Award recognizes individuals who have made a sustained and substantial contribution to educational research over a period of time.

Canadian Gene Cure Foundation – Champions of Genetics
Deadline: September 30
The Champions of Genetics Programme includes both an award and a grant component that together will provide much deserved recognition, encouragement and support to Canada’s research community.

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation’s (CHSRF) Excellence Through Evidence
Deadline: January 11
This award recognizes a health services leader who has successfully implemented evidence-informed innovations in care and service delivery.

Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) - Coxeter-James Prize
Deadline: June 30
The Coxeter-James Prize Lectureship recognizes young mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The selected candidate will deliver the prize lecture at the Winter Meeting.

Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) - Jeffery-Williams Prize
Deadline: June 30
The Jeffery-Williams Prize Lectureship recognizes mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The prize lecture will be delivered at the Summer Meeting.

Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) - Krieger-Nelson Prize
Deadline: June 30
The Krieger-Nelson Prize Lectureship recognizes outstanding research by a female mathematician. The prize lecture will be delivered at the Summer Meeting.

Canadian Medical Association (CMA) – Special Awards (several)
Deadline: November 30

Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Deadline: June 25
The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame laureates are Canadian citizens, living and posthumous, whose outstanding contributions to medicine and the health sciences have led to extraordinary improvements in human health. Their work may be a single meritorious contribution or a lifetime of superior accomplishments. Pioneers in their field, they are considered role models who inspire young Canadians to pursue careers in the health sciences.

Canadian Nurses Association– Jeanne Mance Award
Deadline: January 15, 2012
According to CNA’s bylaws, the board of directors has the responsibility and authority to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to nursing. The association began to do so in 1971. In 1979, the board of directors decided that CNA’s award was to be conferred biennially at the annual meeting and convention. In 1983, the board of directors decided to name the award for a major inspiration to Canadian nursing, Jeanne Mance. The first lay nurse in North America, Jeanne Mance founded Hotel Dieu Hospital and co-founded the surrounding settlement of Ville Marie, later to become Montreal.

Canadian Nurses Association – Order of Merit
Deadline: January 15
According to CNA’s bylaws, the board of directors has the responsibility and authority to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to nursing.  CNA invites nominations from members of the board of directors and CNA jurisdictional and associate members. All other interested individuals, hospitals and other organizations are also welcome to submit nominations.

Canadian Red Cross – Power of Humanity Award
Deadline: May 1
The Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian Award is presented to two individuals (one adult, one youth age 29 and under) and one organization that has demonstrated this spirit of humanity in a local, national and/or international capacity in one or more of the following areas:

• Promotion of mutual understanding, friendship, cooperation and lasting peace among all peoples
• Contributing to the alleviation of human suffering, protection of life, or the promotion of health
• Education of the public on the meaning and importance of humanity and protection of human dignity Promotion of respect for the human being

Canadian Science & Engineering - Hall of Fame
Deadline: November 1
The objectives of the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame are twofold: 1) To honour Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to society in developing science and engineering, 2) To promote role models that will help attract young Canadians to careers in science, engineering and technology.

Canadian Space Agency – John H. Chapman Award of Excellence
Deadline: February 28
The John H. Chapman Award of Excellence honours exceptional achievement. Established in 2000 and presented annually by the Canadian Space Agency to a member of the space community, this award celebrates a remarkable contribution to the advancement of the Canadian Space Program and a lifetime of achievement in space science and technology.

CIHR – Barer-Flood Prize for Health Services and Policy Research
Deadline: May 1
The CIHR Barer-Flood Prize for Health Services and Policy Research is a career achievement award that honours and recognizes an exceptional researcher in the area of health services and policy research who has created a seminal body of work that has had a substantial impact on health services and policy research, policy and/or care delivery.

CIHR - Knowledge Translation Awards
Deadline: February 15
The CIHR Knowledge Translation Award honours and supports teams or organizations that make an outstanding contribution to the health of Canadians or to the health system through exemplary knowledge translation. The aim of the award is to recognize excellence in knowledge translation, and to provide financial support to further foster excellence in knowledge translation in Canada.

CIHR - Knowledge Translation Awards in Aging
Deadline: February 15
Through the Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Translation in Aging, the CIHR-Institute of Aging will recognize individual(s), team(s) or organization(s) that have advanced the translation of research in aging at a local or regional level.

CIHR - Partnership Award
Deadline: May 1
The CIHR Partnership Award, established in 2002, recognizes partnerships between organizations that exemplify excellence by bringing health research communities together to create innovative approaches to research, develop research agendas that are responsive to the health needs of Canadians and/or accelerate the translation of knowledge for the benefit of Canadians. The emphasis of the award is on innovative cross-sectoral partnerships that promote excellence.

CIHR - Researcher of the Year Award
Deadline: March 15
The CIHR Health Researcher of the Year Prize (formerly called the Michael Smith Prize in Health Research) is CIHR's most prestigious prize. A career achievement award, it honours and recognizes an exceptional health researcher in any area of health research who has demonstrated significant achievements in advancing knowledge through excellence in research, in capacity building and mentorship and through research and knowledge translation activities that have made a significant impact on improving health and/or the health system.

CIHR - Synapse Mentorship Awards
Deadline: January 28
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Synapse Mentorship Awards are given out to emphasize the importance of mentors in developing Canada's next generation of health researchers. The CIHR Synapse Mentorship Awards honour persons who have made exceptional contributions to the promotion of health research among Canadian secondary school students.

CIHR - Top Achievement in Health Research
Deadline: September 12
The aim of this competition is to acknowledge Canadian health research achievements that have had a significant impact on health, health care, and health research by improving our understanding of health and human diseases, tackling health challenges, and improving our health system.

CMC Microsystems – Douglas R. Colton Award for Research Excellence
Deadline: September 12
The Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence recognizes excellence in research leading to new understanding and novel developments in microsystems and related technologies, such as Photonics/Optoelectronics, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Microelectronics, Microfluidics and Embedded Software, or the application of microsystems and related technologies in Canada. The annual award includes a medal and a monetary prize of $4,500. Previous winners include truly innovative researchers from across Canada.

CSCI Distinguished Scientist Lecture and Award
Deadline: December 1
This award recognizes a Canadian MD or PhD medical Scientist who has made significant contributions to new knowledge and is generally recognized in her/his field as expert, innovative, and in the forefront of research endeavour.  The award will consist of a free one-year CSCI membership, a plaque and $2,000 Canadian