List of science and technology awards for women explained

This list of science and technology awards for women is an index to articles about notable awards made to women for work in science and the STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields generally. It includes awards for astronomy, space and atmospheric science; biology and medicine; chemistry; engineering; mathematics; neuroscience; physics; technology; and general or multiple fields.

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 Sciences – awarded annually since 1998, based on paper completion, to a woman studying for a Masters or PhD in atmospheric science at a university in the United States^[1]

Biology and medicine

• Elizabeth Blackwell Medal, given by the American Medical Women's Association to a woman physician "who has made the most outstanding contributions to the cause of women in the field of medicine"^[2]
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Excellence in Science Award
• Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Awards, Association of American Medical Colleges^{[3] [4]}
• Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society, Rockville, Maryland – given to a woman who "has achieved prominence for 'substantial contributions to science'" and showing high promise in the early part of her career
• Pearl Meister Greengard Prize – established 2004
• WICB Junior and Senior Awards from Women in Cell Biology (WICB)^[5]

Chemistry

• ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation^[6]
• Garvan–Olin Medal – annual award that recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists
• Awards by the Iota Sigma Pi honorary society for women in chemistry:
  • Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award^[7]
  • Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research^[7]
  • Centennial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching^[7]
  • Gladys Anderson Emerson Undergraduate Scholarship
  • Members-at-Large Re-entry Award
  • National Honorary Member^[7]
  • Outstanding Young Women in Chemistry award.
  • Undergraduate Excellence in Chemistry^[8]
  • Violet Diller Professional Excellence Award^[7]

Engineering

• Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education^[9]
• Achievement Award of the Society of Women Engineers^[10]
• Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award

Mathematics

• Awards by the Association for Women in Mathematics:
  • Alice T. Schafer Prize – established 1991^[11]
  • Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics Essay Contest – established in 2001 for biographical essays^[12]
  • Emmy Noether Lectures – an honorary lecture award
  • M. Gweneth Humphreys Award
  • Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education – established 1991^[13]
  • Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize
  • Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics – established 1990
  • additional awards by the AWM^[14]
• Awards sponsored by the Kovalevskaia Fund in Mexico,^[15] Peru, and southern Africa^[16]
• Krieger–Nelson Prize for Distinguished Research by Women in Mathematics – established 1995 by the Canadian Mathematical Society

Neuroscience

• Awards by the Society for Neuroscience:^[17]
  • Bernice Grafstein Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Mentoring – for dedication to mentoring women neuroscientists
  • Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award – honors an individual who has significantly promoted the professional development of women in neuroscience through teaching, organizational leadership, public advocacy, or other efforts that are not necessarily related to research
  • Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award – presented for outstanding career achievements in neuroscience who has also significantly promoted the professional advancement of women in neuroscience
  • Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor – posthumously recognizes a neuroscientist who has pursued career excellence and exhibited dedication and advancement of women in neuroscience

Physics

• Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, American Physical Society

Technology

• BlackBerry Women and Technology Awards^{[18] [19]}
• WITI@UC Athena Awards – Awards recognize those who embody, encourage, and promote the inclusion of women in technology. Awardees are leaders who inspire others to pursue and persist in technical careers.
• Lori Bunch "Recognized for Innovation in Cerner Millennium Implementation." She started with Cerner as an installation director then was promoted to senior project architect in 1997. She continues to be an innovator in the information technology industry.^[20]

General or multiple fields

• Awards by the Association for Women in Science:
  • Leadership Award^[21]
  • Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award – for undergraduates in science^[22]
  • Next Generation Award
  • Pinnacle Award
• Amelia Earhart Fellowship^[23]
• Athena SWAN – a recognition scheme for UK universities working to advance and promote careers of women in science, engineering, and technology
• Scholarships for women in science by Brookhaven Women in Science:
  • Renate W. Chasman Scholarship – awarded to a graduate student performing research at Brookhaven National Laboratory^[24]
  • Gertrude S. Goldhaber Prize – awarded to a graduate student at Stony Brook University and/or performing thesis research at Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Edison Awards – Honoring excellence in innovation
• Edith D. Hendley Award – for a woman pursuing graduate studies at the University of Vermont^[25]
• Elizabeth Blackwell Award – given by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, established in 1958^[26]
• Faculty for the Future Fellowships – awarded by the Schlumberger Foundation to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for PhD or post-doctoral study in the physical sciences and engineering^[27]
• Inspiring Women in Science Awards - awarded by Nature in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies to recognise exceptional early career women researchers and initiatives that support girls or young women to engage with, enjoy and study STEM subjects or to increase the retention of women in STEM careers^[28]
• Katharine F. Erskine Award for Medicine and Science^[29]
• Kovalevskaia prizes sponsored by the Kovalevskaia Fund in Vietnam^[30] and Cuba^[31]
• L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, aka the Helena Rubinstein Women in Science Awards
• L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award, a national variant of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
• Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize – established in 1987 by the History of Science Society^[32]
• Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award – from the Maria Mitchell Association "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"^[33]
• Mariafranca Morselli Award – for a woman pursuing undergraduate studies in science at the University of Vermont
• Outstanding Women in Science Award – established 2002 by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation^[34]
• OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World^{[35] [36]}
• Rachel Carson Prize – Norwegian prize for women environmentalists
• Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship – fellowship from CRDF Global for women leaders in emerging countries^[37]
• Saruhashi Prize – an award for Japanese women researchers in the natural sciences
• South African Awards for Women in Science (SAWiSA)^[38]
• Tagea Brandt Rejselegat – Danish award for women who have made significant contributions in science, literature, or art
• Weizmann Women & Science Award
• Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame
• Women of Discovery Award by WINGS WorldQuest^[39]
• Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award – for South Korean female STEM field researchers
• VinFuture Prize by Vingroup^[40]

See also

• List of organizations for women in science
• Lists of science and technology awards
• Lists of awards

External links

• AAAS Women's International Science Collaboration

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wagner Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences . Desert Research Institute . 24 January 2020.
2. Web site: Elizabeth Blackwell Award. American Medical Women's Association. 8 May 2013.
3. Web site: Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) . AAMC . Association of American Medical Colleges . 26 January 2020 . The Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Awards recognize outstanding individual and organizational contributions to advancing women leaders in academic medicine and science. Since the first award in 1995, these prestigious awards have recognized over 30 individuals and organizations. The GWIMS awards may not always be given every year.... Nominees for the GWIMS Leadership Award should be individuals (women or men) or institutions (e.g. medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic societies, associations, departments, committees, or Women in Medicine and Science programs) that advance the role of women in academic medicine and science. The committee will consider the extent of the nominee’s impact at a local, regional, and national level..
4. Web site: Previous Award Winners: Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Development Award . AAMC . Association of American Medical Colleges . 26 January 2020.
5. Web site: Women in Cell Biology Awards. ASCB . The American Society for Cell Biology . en-US. 1 December 2019.
6. Web site: ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. . chemistry.org . . 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070203212103/http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=awards%5Cwomen.html . 3 February 2007.
7. Web site: PROFESSIONAL AWARDS. Iota Stigma Pi: National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. 16 December 2014.
8. Web site: Student Awards. Iota Stigma Pi: National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry. 16 December 2014.
9. Web site: Sharon A. Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education . American Society for Engineering Education . 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928062556/http://www.asee.org/activities/awards/current/keillor.cfm . 28 September 2007.
10. Web site: Individual Awards . Society of Women Engineers . 24 January 2020 . The Achievement Award is the highest award given by the Society of Women Engineers. It is presented annually to a woman who has made an outstanding technical contribution for at least twenty (20) years of time in a field of engineering. Her academic training may be in either science or engineering..
11. Web site: Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize: For Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman . Association for Women in Mathematics . 25 January 2020 . The Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) has established the Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize to be awarded to an undergraduate woman for excellence in mathematics. The Schafer Prize was established in 1990 and is named for AWM former President and one of its founding members, Alice T. Schafer, who contributed a great deal to women in mathematics throughout her career..
12. Web site: Student Essay Contests: Sponsored by AWM and Math for America . Association for Women in Mathematics . 25 January 2020 . To increase awareness of women’s ongoing contributions to the mathematical sciences, the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and Math for America co-sponsor an essay contest for biographies of contemporary women mathematicians and statisticians in academic, industrial, and government careers. The essays will be based primarily on an interview with a woman currently working in a mathematical sciences career..
13. Web site: Louise Hay Awards: For Contributions to Mathematics Education . Association for Women in Mathematics . 25 January 2020 . The Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics has established the Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education to recognize outstanding achievements in any area of mathematics education, to be interpreted in the broadest possible sense. The annual presentation of this award is intended to highlight the importance of mathematics education and to evoke the memory of all that Hay exemplified as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and human being..
14. Web site: Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians . Larry . Riddle . 17 December 2019 . Biographies of Women Mathematicians . . 25 January 2020.
15. Web site: Fundación Kovalevskaia - Sociedad Matemática Mexicana . Kovalevskaia Foundation - Mexican Mathematical Society . Spanish . Sociedad Matemática Mexicana . 24 January 2020.
16. Web site: Kovalevskaia Research Grants . Masamu: A SAMSA Initiative . Auburn University . 24 January 2020.
17. Web site: We Support Your Work . 2019 . Society for Neuroscience . 26 January 2020.
18. News: Awards to applaud women in tech . 27 July 2005 . BBC . British Broadcasting Corporation . 1 February 2020.
19. News: BlackBerry launches women in technology awards . Tash . Shifrin . 2 August 2005 . ComputerWorld . TechTarget . 1 February 2020.
20. 2000 . Roy Simpson, Cerner Vice President, Wins Prestigious Nursing Informatics Award . Nursing Administration Quarterly . 25 . 1 . 146–147 . 10.1097/00006216-200010000-00027 . 0363-9568.
21. News: AWIS Announces Top Awards for STEM Excellence, Leadership, Workplace Equity and Inclusion . 2 October 2019 . Washington, DC . PRNewswire . CISTON . PR Newswire Association LLC . 26 January 2020.
22. Alexandra Detweiler is the 2019 recipient of AWIS Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award . 23 July 2019 . AWIS Educational Foundation . Association for Women in Science . 26 January 2020 . A part of the AWIS Educational Foundation program, the Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award is for women who are college sophomores and juniors studying physics, including space physics and geophysics, or geoscience..
23. Web site: Amelia Earhart Fellowship . Zonta International Foundation . 24 January 2020.
24. Web site: Scholarships & Awards . Brookhaven National Laboratory / Brookhaven Women in Science . U.S. Department of Energy . 26 January 2020.
25. UVM Women's Center Seeking Nominations for Annual Awards . 18 December 2015 . The Women’s Center . The University of Vermont . 26 January 2020.
26. Web site: THE BLACKWELL AWARD . Hobart and William Smith Colleges . 26 January 2020.
27. Faculty for the Future 2016 . Schlumberger Limited . 3 June 2016 . 1 February 2020.
28. Web site: Inspiring Women in Science . 2023-10-24 . www.nature.com . en.
29. Homeless women's health advocate awarded Katharine F. Erskine Award for Women: Family physician Linda Weinreb, MD, is director of the Worcester Homeless Families Program . Sandra . Gray . 6 May 2015 . University of Massachusetts Medical School . 26 January 2020.
30. News: Women Union marks 30 years of Kovalevskaia prize . 6 March 2016 . VOV.vn . The Voice of Vietnam Online . 24 January 2020.
31. News: Reciben científicas cubanas premio Sofía Kovalievskaia . Cuban scientists receive Sofia Kovalievskaia award . 4 October 2017 . La Habana . Lino . Luben Pérez . Sierra Maestra . 24 January 2020.
32. Web site: The Society: Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize . History of Science Society . 2009 . 17 October 2013 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012021853/http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_rossiter.html . 12 October 2013 .
33. Web site: Award Winner Announced! Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award . 2003 . Maria Mitchell Association . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060928085508/http://www.mmo.org/category.php?cat_id=14 . 28 September 2006.
34. Web site: Outstanding Women in Science Award . . 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071127024339/http://www.kosef.re.kr/english_new/introduction/introduction_01.html . 27 November 2007.
35. Web site: 5 September 2019 . Awards: The OWSD - Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World . 26 January 2020 . Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World.
36. Twelve Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation TWOWS Awards . The Elsevier Foundation . 17 June 2010 . Beijing . 24 January 2020.
37. Web site: The Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship . . 26 January 2020.
38. Web site: South African Women in Science Awards . 2019 . University of Cape Town . 1 February 2020.
39. Web site: 2018 Women of Discovery Awards . WINGS WORLDQUEST . 2019 . 24 January 2020.
40. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnamese-billionaire-launches-global-sci-tech-prize-4209076.html Vietnamese billionaire launches global sci-tech prize