List of biology awards

This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornithology and paleontology, which are covered by separate lists.

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
International	Alexander von Humboldt Medal (IAVS)	International Association for Vegetation Science	Vegetation scientist for an outstanding body of work^[1]
International	Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology	UNESCO	Outstanding contributions to microbiology (including immunology, molecular biology, genetics, etc.) and its applications^[2]
International	Edison Award	Edison Awards	Honoring excellence in innovation
International	Harrison Prize	International Society of Developmental Biologists	Developmental biology^[3]
International	Redi Award	International Society on Toxinology	Significant contributions in toxinology, the scientific study of venoms, poisons and toxins^[4]
International	UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences	UNESCO	Scientific research in the life sciences leading to improving the quality of human life^[5]

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
Canada	Flavelle Medal	Royal Society of Canada	Outstanding contribution to biological science^[6]^[7]
Canada	Fry Medal	Canadian Society of Zoologists	Canadian zoologist who has made an outstanding contribution to knowledge and understanding of an area in zoology^[8]
Chile	National Prize for Natural Sciences	National Prize of Chile	Natural sciences^[9]
United States	Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics	National Academy of Sciences	Outstanding contributions in biophysics^[10]
United States	Asa Gray Award	American Society of Plant Taxonomists	Living botanist for career achievements^[11]
United States	Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics)	Bioinformatics Organization	Individual who has, in his or her practice, promoted free and open access to the materials and methods used in the life sciences^[12]
United States	Biotechnology Heritage Award	Biotechnology Innovation Organization and Science History Institute	Significant contributions to the development of biotechnology through discovery, innovation, and public understanding^[13]
United States	Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences	Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Sergey Brin, Yuri Milner and Anne Wojcicki	Discoveries that extend human life^[14]
United States	C. Hart Merriam Award	American Society of Mammalogists	Outstanding research in mammalogy^[15]
United States	C. W. Woodworth Award	Entomological Society of America	Achievement in entomology in the Pacific region of the United States^[16]
United States	Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal	National Academy of Sciences	Meritorious work in zoology or paleontology study^[17]
United States	DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Most accessible and innovative development or application of computer technology to enhance research in the life sciences at the molecular level^[18]
United States	E.B. Wilson Medal	American Society for Cell Biology	Significant and far-reaching contributions to cell biology over the course of a career^[19]
United States	Early Career Life Scientist Award	American Society for Cell Biology	Outstanding scientist early in their career^[20]
United States	Edwin Grant Conklin Medal	Society for Developmental Biology	Member of the society who has carried out distinguished and sustained research in developmental biology^[21]
United States	FASEB Excellence in Science Award	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology	Outstanding achievement by women in biological science^[22]
United States	Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal	National Academy of Sciences	Excellence in published research on marine or freshwater algae^[23]
United States	ISCB Innovator Award	International Society for Computational Biology	Leading scientists who are within two decades post-degree, who consistently make outstanding contributions to the field, and who continue to forge new directions^[24]
United States	José Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany	Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History	Botanist and scholar worldwide of international stature who has contributed significantly to advancing the field of tropical botany^[25]
United States	Keith R. Porter Lecture	American Society for Cell Biology	Eminent cell biologist^[26]
United States	Larry Sandler Memorial Award	Drosophila Research Conference : Genetics Society of America	Best dissertation of the preceding year^[27]
United States	Leidy Award	Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University	Excellence in publications, explorations, discoveries or research in the natural sciences^[28]
United States	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize	Columbia University	Outstanding contribution in basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry^[29]
United States	MBC Paper of the Year	American Society for Cell Biology : Molecular Biology of the Cell	Paper judged to be the best of the year in the field of molecular biology^[30]^[31]
United States	March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology	March of Dimes	Investigator whose research brings us closer to the day when all babies will be born healthy^[32]
United States	Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award	Biophysical Society	Woman who holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research^[33]^[34]
United States	Mary Soper Pope Memorial Award	Cranbrook Institute of Science	Notable achievement in plant sciences^[35]^[36]
United States	Max Delbruck Prize	American Physical Society	Recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in biological physics research^[37]
United States	Merton Bernfield Memorial Award	American Society for Cell Biology	Outstanding graduate student or postdoctoral fellow who has excelled in research^[38]
United States	Methuselah Mouse Prize	Methuselah Foundation	World record for the oldest-ever mouse; Most successful late-onset rejuvenation strategy^[39]^[40]
United States	Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology	Found Animals Foundation	Safe and effective, single-dose, nonsurgical sterilant for male and female cats and dogs^[41]
United States	NAS Award in Molecular Biology	National Academy of Sciences	Recent notable discovery in molecular biology by a young scientist who is a citizen of the United States^[42]
United States	Overton Prize	International Society for Computational Biology	Outstanding accomplishment by a scientist in the early to mid stage of his or her career^[43]^[44]
United States	Pearl Meister Greengard Prize	Rockefeller University	Women scientists in biology^[45]
United States	Romer-Simpson Medal	Society of Vertebrate Paleontology	Sustained and outstanding scholarly excellence and service to the discipline of vertebrate paleontology^[46]
United States	Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology	National Academy of Sciences	Excellence in the field of microbiology^[47]
United States	Sewall Wright Award	American Society of Naturalists	Fundamental contributions to the conceptual unification of the biological sciences^[48]
United States	W. Alden Spencer Award	College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Department of Neuroscience and The Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University	Outstanding research contributions^[49]^[50]
United States	WICB Junior and Senior Awards	American Society for Cell Biology, Women In Cell Biology Committee	Outstanding achievements by women in cell biology^[51]
United States	Wiley Prize	Wiley Foundation	Breakthrough research in pure or applied life science research that is distinguished by its excellence, originality and impact on our understanding of biological systems and processes^[52]
United States	William C. Rose Award	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research and a demonstrated commitment to the training of younger scientists^[53]

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
India	National Bioscience Award for Career Development	Government of India	Recognizing excellence and promoting research in bio-sciences disciplines^[54]^[55]
India	Om Prakash Bhasin Award	Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation	Research in science in India (biotechnology)^[56]
India	VASVIK Industrial Research Award	VASVIK	Excellence in industrial research in the areas of science and technology
India	Infosys Prize in Life Sciences	Infosys Science Foundation	Awards outstanding achievements of contemporary researchers and scientists across six categories, including Life Sciences
Iran	Iranian Biology Olympiad	International Biology Olympiad	Competition for Iranian high school students of the age of 17-18 in the field of biology^[57]
Israel	Sackler Prize	Tel Aviv University	Physical principles of biological systems^[58]
Japan	International Prize for Biology	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	Outstanding contribution to the advancement of research in fundamental biology^[59]
Japan	Kihara Memorial Foundation Academic Award	Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation	Outstanding original research in life sciences^[60]^[61]
Japan	Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences	Inamori Foundation	Global achievement in Basic Sciences^[62]^[63]
Pakistan	Abdus Salam Award	International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Pakistan chapter	Young Pakistani scientists for their research in chemistry, mathematics, physics or biology^[64]^[65]
South Korea	Donghun Award	Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Members of who made creative research achievements in biochemistry and applied fields^[66]
South Korea	Korean Biology Olympiad	Korean Biology Educational Society	Finalists become eligible to join the International Biology Olympiad^[67]

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
Austria	International Birnstiel Award	Research Institute of Molecular Pathology	Doctoral Research in Molecular Life Sciences^[68]
Austria	Erzherzog Rainer-Medaille	Kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien	Scientist in commemoration of Archduke Rainer of Austria^[69]
Austria	Lieben Prize	Austrian Academy of Sciences	Young scientists working in the fields of molecular biology, chemistry, or physics^[70]
Belgium	Golden Eurydice Award	International Forum for Biophilosophy	Outstanding contribution, or contributions over a period, in the field of biophilosophy^[71]
Europe	EMBO Gold Medal	European Molecular Biology Organization	Young scientists for outstanding contributions to the life sciences in Europe^[72]
Europe	EMBO Membership	European Molecular Biology Organization	Research excellence and the outstanding achievements made by a life scientist^[73]
Europe	John Maynard Smith Prize	European Society for Evolutionary Biology	Outstanding young researcher^[74]
France	Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer	French Academy of Sciences	Outstanding work in the biological sciences; especially in the areas of cell or molecular biology^[75]
France	HFSP Nakasone Award	Human Frontier Science Program	Frontier-moving research, including technological breakthroughs, which has advanced biological research^[76]
France	Leconte Prize	French Academy of Sciences	Important discoveries in mathematics, physics, and biology^[77]^[78]^[79]^[80]
Germany	Ernst Schering Prize	Ernst Schering Foundation	Outstanding basic research in the fields of medicine, biology or chemistry^[81]
Germany	International Biology Olympiad	Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education	Science olympiad for high school students^[82]^[83]
Germany	Otto Warburg Medal	German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Important work in the field of biological chemistry^[84]
Germany	Schleiden Medal	Academy of Sciences Leopoldina	Outstanding achievements in the field of cellular biology^[85]
Netherlands	Leeuwenhoek Medal	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	Scientist judged to have made the most significant contribution to microbiology^[86]
Russia	A.O. Kovalevsky Medal	St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists	Contributions in the fields of evolutionary developmental biology and comparative zoology^[87]
Russia	Demidov Prize	Russian Academy of Sciences	Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences for outstanding achievements in natural sciences and humanities^[88]^[89]
Slovakia	Miroslav Zei Award	National Institute of Biology	Outstanding scientific achievements in biology^[90]
Sweden	Acharius Medal	International Association for Lichenology	Life work of distinguished lichenologists^[91]
United Kingdom	Beverton Medal	Fisheries Society of the British Isles	Lifelong contribution to all aspects of the study of fish biology and/or fisheries science, with a focus on ground-breaking research^[92]
United Kingdom	Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society	Linnean Society of London	Work done by a biologist under the age of 40 years^[93]^[94]
United Kingdom	Chatt Lecture	John Innes Centre	Plant science and microbiology^[95]
United Kingdom	Copley Medal	Royal Society	Outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science^[96]
United Kingdom	Darwin Medal	Royal Society	Work of acknowledged distinction in the broad area of biology in which Charles Darwin worked, notably in evolution, population biology, organismal biology and biological diversity^[97]
United Kingdom	Darwin–Wallace Medal	Linnean Society of London	Major advances in evolutionary biology^[98]^[99]
United Kingdom	FSBI Medal	Fisheries Society of the British Isles	Scientist in the earlier stages of his or her career for exceptional advances in fish biology and/or fisheries science^[100]
United Kingdom	Frink Medal	Zoological Society of London	Significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology^[101]
United Kingdom	H. H. Bloomer Award	Linnean Society of London	Amateur naturalist who has made an important contribution to biological knowledge^[102]
United Kingdom	Irene Manton Prize	Linnean Society of London	Best thesis in botany examined for a doctorate of philosophy in the United Kingdom^[103]
United Kingdom	Linnean Medal	Linnean Society of London	Awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist^[104]^[105]
United Kingdom	Linnean Tercentenary Medal	Linnean Society of London	Outstanding contributions to natural history^[106]
United Kingdom	Marjory Stephenson Prize	Microbiology Society	Outstanding contribution of current importance in microbiology^[107]
United Kingdom	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Medal	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Outstanding individual contribution in any field related to the work of the RBGE^[108]
United Kingdom	Royal Society Africa Prize	Royal Society	Researchers at the start of their career who are making innovative contributions to the biological sciences in Africa^[109]
United Kingdom	Stamford Raffles Award	Zoological Society of London	Distinguished contributions to zoology by amateur zoologists or professional zoologists in recognition of contributions which are outside the scope of their professional activities^[110]
United Kingdom	Trail-Crisp Award	Linnean Society of London	Outstanding contribution to biological microscopy that has been published in the UK^[111]^[112]
United Kingdom	Waddington Medal	British Society for Developmental Biology	Outstanding research performance as well as services to the developmental biology community^[113]
United Kingdom	William Bate Hardy Prize	Cambridge Philosophical Society	Original memoir, investigation or discovery by a member of the University of Cambridge in connection with Biological Science^[114]

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
Australia	Clarke Medal	Royal Society of New South Wales	Distinguished work in the Natural Sciences (geology, botany and zoology) done in the Australian Commonwealth and its territories^[115]
Australia	K. Radway Allen Award	Australian Society for Fish Biology	Outstanding contribution in fish or fisheries science^[116]
Australia	Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture	Australian Academy of Science	Outstanding scientific research in the biological sciences^[117]
Australia	Suzanne Cory Medal for Biomedical Sciences	Australian Academy of Science	Biomedical or biological research ^[118]
Australia	Whitley Awards	Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales	Outstanding publications, either printed or electronic, that contain new information about the fauna of the Australasian region^[119]^[120]

List of biology awards

General awards

International

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Ecology

Genetics

Neuroscience

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References

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