List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
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[edit] Astronomy, Space, Atmospheric Science
- Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy - annual award for outstanding contributions to astronomy by a woman within five years of earning a doctorate degree
- Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Scientists (created 1998) [1]
[edit] Biology and Medicine
- FASEB Excellence in Science Award
- Pearl Meister Greengard Prize (established 2004)
- Women in Medicine Leadership Development Awards, American Association of Medical Colleges
- WICB Junior and Senior Awards
[edit] Chemistry
- ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation [2]
- Garvan-Olin Medal, an annual award that recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists
- Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award, an award given by the Iota Sigma Pi honorary society for women in chemistry
[edit] Engineering
- Sharon A. Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education [3]
[edit] Mathematics
- Krieger-Nelson Prize for Distinguished Research by Women in Mathematics, established 1995 by the Canadian Mathematical Society
- Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education, established 1991 by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
- Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
- Emmy Noether Lectures, an honorary lecture award established by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
- Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics, established 1990 by the American Mathematical Society with funds from Joan S. Birman
- Alice T. Shafer Prize, established 1991 by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
See also Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians
[edit] Technology
- Blackberry Women and Technology Awards
[edit] General or Multiple Fields
- Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Educational Foundation Award and other Educational Foundation Awards
- Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize, established in 1987 by the History of Science Society
- Athena SWAN, a recognition scheme for UK universities working to advance and promote careers of women in science, engineering, and technology
- Brookhaven Women in Science Scholarships and Awards for women in science
- Katharine F. Erskine Award for Medicine and Science, YWCA (created 1993)
- Edith Hendley Award for a woman pursuing graduate studies
- Korea Outstanding Women in Science Award (established 2002 by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation [4]
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (aka the Helena Rubinstein Women in Science Awards)
- Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award "to recognize an individual whose efforts have encouraged the advancement of girls and women in the natural and physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, computer science and technology"
- Mariafranca Morselli Award for an undergraduate woman in science
- South African Awards for Women in Science, including
- Distinguished Woman Scientist Award
- Distinguished Scientist Award for Contribution to the Improvement of the Quality of Life of Women
- Best Emerging Young Woman Scientist Award
- Weizmann Women & Science Award
- WISE Excellence Award (Women Into Science and Engineering)
- Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame
- Women of Discovery Award, WINGS WorldQuest [5]
