The most prominent international prizes and medals awarded for achievement in the sciences, mathematics and computing, from the Nobel Prize and Copley Medal to the Fields Medal, the Turing Award and the newer Breakthrough Prize. An award belongs here when its cited article describes it as an international prize or medal for scientific achievement. Each is conferred by a named body on a regular schedule. Browse By lists these entries together so that a reader can move from one to the next and compare how each is described in the sources of the atlas.
All Major International Science Prizes
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Fields Medal (Wikipedia)
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is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) of the International Mathematical Union (I
Wolf Prize (Wikipedia)
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is an international award granted in Israel, that has been presented most years since 1978 to living scientists and artists for "achievements in the interest of mankind and fri
Lasker Award (Wikipedia)
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is a medical award given annually to the living person considered to have made the greatest contribution to medical science, or who has demonstrated public service on behalf o
Wikipedia: Copley Medal
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is the most prestigious award of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom, conferred "for sustained, outstanding achievements in any field of science"
Breakthrough Prize (Wikipedia)
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are a set of international awards bestowed in three categories by the Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advances
IEEE Medal of Honor (Wikipedia)
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is the highest recognition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Nobel Prize (Wikipedia)
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The Nobel Prizes are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Abel Prize (Wikipedia)
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The Abel Prize ( AH-bəl; Norwegian: Abelprisen [ˈɑ̀ːbl̩ˌpriːsn̩]) is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.
Kyoto Prize (Wikipedia)
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The Kyoto Prize (京都賞, Kyōto-shō) is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences.
Turing Award (Wikipedia)
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The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science.
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