Varied Deadlines

Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards

Deadline TBD

The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards offers two $125,000 prizes each year to researchers who have had a positive international impact in promoting the understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety, and/or human nutrition or who have helped improve nutritional health and/or food security to disadvantaged communities.

Discipline(s): food science, crop or livestock genetics, agro-ecology, pest management, supply chain management, soil health, human nutrition, food processing, food packaging, or food safety

Canadian Association of Physicists

Deadline: TBD

Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) recognizes achievements across many branches of research in physics.

Discipline(s): science, physics

Canadian Mathematical Society Awards and Prizes

Deadline varies

CMS Prizes and Awards recognize excellence in mathematical research and education, as well as outstanding contributions to the Canadian mathematical community.

Discipline(s): mathematics

Canadian Society of Zoologists Awards

Deadline varies

The Canadian Society of Zoologists recognizes excellence in research. Many prizes and awards are given every year by the Zoological Education Trust (ZET) and the sections, members of the Society and CSZ.

Discipline(s): zoology

Chemical Institute of Canada Student Awards and Competitions

Deadline varies

Each CIC society administers student awards and competitions to recognize the outstanding contributions by students at all levels of Canadian universities and colleges.

Discipline(s): Chemistry; biochemistry; chemical engineering

Geological Association of Canada Awards

Deadline varies

The Geological Association of Canada funds numerous awards, including national awards, divison and section awards, and service awards.

Discipline(s): geology

January

Canadian Association of Geographers Awards

Deadline: January 31, 2023

The Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) funds several awards for outstanding researchers in Canadian geography. Nominees must be current members of the CAG, except in the case of the Award for Geography in the Service of Government or Business.

Discipline(s): geography

Folger Institute Fellowships

Deadline: January (TBA)

Fellowships have supported research and writing done at the Folger Shakespeare Library throughout the Folger's history. Due to a major building renovation project that began in 2020, the Folger Institute is now offering fellowships for research and writing away from the Folger during the construction period.

Discipline(s): Humanities, Social Sciences & Fine Arts

Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education

Deadline: January 13, 2023

The Engineers Canada Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education recognizes an exemplary contribution to the teaching and learning of the engineering profession at Canadian universities. This award has the objective of encouraging excellence in the current teaching of engineering.

Discipline(s): engineering education

SSHRC Impact Awards

Internal Deadline: January 31, 2023
Deadline: April 1, 2023

The SSHRC Impact Awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or completely by SSHRC. They include the Gold Medal, the Talent Award, the Insight Award, the Connection Award, and the Partnership Award.

USask is limited to one submission per award, so potential nominees will be considered internally prior to developing a full nomination package.

Internal submission should be sent to research.communications@usask.ca and include: Nominee name and affiliation; Award category being considered; 500-word rationale for suitability for award; Names of potential nominators (if known); Current CV (specific CV format not needed at this stage, however, if the nomination is to go forward, an updated SSHRC CV format will be required)

Discipline(s): humanities, social sciences

Volvo Environment Prize

Deadline: January 10, 2023

Since the first award in 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize has become one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental prizes.

Laureates represent all fields of environmental and sustainability studies and initiatives.

The Prize is awarded by an independent foundation. A Scientific Committee does the initial screening and evaluation of candidates. Internationally renowned scientists in the Prize Jury make the final selection of prize laureate.

The Prize is awarded annually and consists of a hand-crafted diploma, a glass sculpture and a cash award of SEK 1.5 million (approximately EUR 150,000 or USD 160,000). The award ceremony is held in Stockholm in November  each year.

Discipline(s): environmental sciences

February

Harvey Prize

Deadline: February 1, 2023

The Harvey Prize is awarded annually in a variety of disciplines within the categories of Science & Technology and Human Health. The Harvey Prize has also been awarded for Contribution to Peace in the Middle East.

Harvey Prize winners are selected by a council of world-renowned scientists and experts in each field through a rigorous selection process. The Harvey Prize Council, comprised of the President of the Technion, one Vice-President, Dean of the Graduate School, two representatives of both the Israel National Academy of Science and the Technion Senate, reviews all nominations. The Council then makes recommendations, which are scrutinized by professional evaluation committees in the respective fields, and then to the Technion Senate Committee for Honorary Degrees and Prizes. Once the Harvey family and the American Technion Society (ATS) have been formally notified of the choice of finalists, the President of the Technion informs the awardees of their impending honor.

Laureates are requested to come to the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology to receive their awards. While in Israel, recipients give lectures and meet with Israeli scientists, academicians, and leaders at Technion and other universities. Material from these lectures is published in a continuing library, the Harvey Prize Papers.

Discipline(s): science, technology, human health

March

Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Deadline: March 14, 2022

The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences brings together Canada’s top-ranked health and biomedical scientists and scholars to make a positive impact on the urgent health concerns of Canadians. These Fellows, drawn from all disciplines across our nation’s universities, healthcare and research institutes, evaluate Canada’s most complex health challenges and recommend strategic, actionable solutions. Elected Fellows will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies & background, and a commitment to advance academic health science.

Discipline(s): health sciences, biomedical, social sciences, population health

NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships

Internal Deadline: March 15
Deadline: June 7

Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. NSERC awards up to six McDonald Fellowships each year.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

Royal Society of Canada Awards

Deadline: March 31, 2023

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) administers over 20 prestigious awards in recognition of outstanding achievement.

Discipline(s): various

April

L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships

Deadline: April 18, 2023

The L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowships are supported by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. The purpose of this fellowship program is to highlight the role of women in devising scientific solutions to problems confronting humankind in the 21st century. The program supports major research projects undertaken by women scientists at the postdoctoral level in Canada.

Discipline(s): Open to all with potential focus each year

NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Deadline: April 1, 2023

Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research

Deadline: April 1, 2023

The NSERC Donna Strickland Prize for Societal Impact of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research is awarded annually to an individual or team whose outstanding research, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE), has led to exceptional benefits for Canadian society, environment and/or economy.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering

Deadline: April 1, 2023

The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded annually to an individual whose body of work, conducted in Canada in the natural sciences for engineering, has demonstrated persistent excellence and influence.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

NSERC John C. Polanyi Award

Deadline: April 1, 2023

Created in 2006, the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award is given to an individual or team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

NSERC Synergy Awards for Innovation

Deadline: April 19, 2022

The annual Synergy Awards for Innovation recognize examples of collaboration that stand as models of effective partnership between partner organizations and colleges or universities.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

SSHRC Impact Awards

Internal Deadline: January 31, 2023
Deadline: April 1, 2023

The SSHRC Impact Awards recognize outstanding researchers and celebrate their achievements in research, research training, knowledge mobilization and outreach activities funded partially or completely by SSHRC. They include the Gold Medal, the Talent Award, the Insight Award, the Connection Award, and the Partnership Award.

USask is limited to one submission per award, so potential nominees will be considered internally prior to developing a full nomination package.

Internal submission should be sent to research.communications@usask.ca and include: Nominee name and affiliation; Award category being considered; 500-word rationale for suitability for award; Names of potential nominators (if known); Current CV (specific CV format not needed at this stage, however, if the nomination is to go forward, an updated SSHRC CV format will be required)

Discipline(s): humanities, social sciences

May

L'Oreal UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards

Deadline: May 31, 2022

Created in 1998, the International Awards L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science honours - every year - 5 eminent women scientists from 5 regions of the world. Alternating every other year, these exceptional researchers are rewarded for their important contributions to the progress of science, either in Life sciences or in the fields of Physical sciences, Mathematics and Computer science. An award of €100,000 is given to each of the five laureates selected by a jury of internationally renowned experts.

Discipline(s): 2023 call for Physical sciences, Mathematics and Computer science

Ramon Margalef Prize

Deadline: May 20

The Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology is awarded annually to recognize an exceptional scientific career or discovery in the field of ecology or other envrionmental science. It is open to ecologists from anywhere in the world.

Discipline(s): ecology; science

June

American Physical Society Prizes and Awards

Deadline: June 1

Various awards and prizes available.

Discipline(s): science, physics

Dorothy Killam Fellowship

Deadline: June 17

The Dorothy Killam Fellowships provide support to scholars of exceptional ability by granting them time to pursue research projects of broad significance and widespread interest within the disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering or studies linking any of these disciplines.

Discipline(s): humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering

Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Deadline: June 1, 2022

The awards celebrate Canada’s vibrant arts community and recognized remarkable careers in the visual and media arts.

Up to eight awards are distributed every year: six awards recognize artistic achievements, one award recognizes excellence in fine craft (Saidye Bronfman Award) and one award recognizes an outstanding contribution to contemporary visual arts, media arts or fine craft. The winners each receive a medallion and a cash prize of $25,000 each.

Discipline(s): arts, visual arts, media arts

Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research

Deadline: June 1, 2022

The Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research was established in recognition of Dr. Friesen’s distinguished leadership, vision and innovative contributions to health research and health research policy. The award, announced each spring, supports an annual fall lecture or series of lectures by a worthy and accomplished speaker of international stature on topics related to the advancement of health research and its evolving contributions to society. The lecture endeavours to reach the broadest possible audience at major centres across Canada. The Prize provides a significant cash award and covers the travel and hospitality costs of the Honouree. The Prize is a joint project of Friends of CIHR with the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and financed through a fund established for that purpose. Broadcast partner is CBC Radio One.

Discipline(s): health research

Holberg Prize

Deadline: June 15

The Holberg Prize is awarded annually to scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology - either within these fields or through interdisciplinary work. The prizewinner must have had a decisive influence on international research.

Discipline(s): Humanities, Social Sciences & Fine Arts

Killam Prize

Deadline: June 30

The Killam Prizes are awarded to active Canadian scholars who have distinguished themselves through sustained research excellence, making a significant impact in their respective fields in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, and engineering.

Discipline(s): humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering

NSERC Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships

Internal Deadline: March 15
Deadline: June 7

Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships recognize early stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and support them to enhance their research capacity, so that they can become leaders in their field and inspire others. NSERC awards up to six McDonald Fellowships each year.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences

Deadline: June 30, 2022

The Steacie Prize is named in memory of E.W.R. Steacie, a physical chemist and former President of the National Research Council of Canada, to whom much is owed for the development of science in Canada. The Prize is awarded annually to a young scientist or engineer in Canada.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

July

Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation Awards

Deadline: July 4, 2022

The Canadian Society for Clinical Studies (CSCI) strives to provide a voice for young clinician investigators in the early stages of their career, CIP trainees and MD/PhD students. Various awards are available.

Discipline(s): clinical health

Chemical Institute of Canada Awards

Deadline: July 2, 2022

The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) recognizes outstanding contributions to research in the chemical sciences and engineering.

Discipline(s): chemical sciences, engineering

Gairdner Momentum Award

Deadline: July 15, 2022

Two $50 000 awards given annually Mid-career investigators working in Canada who in their last 6 active years have produced exceptional scientific research contributions with continued potential for impact on human health. Submissions from all areas of health research welcome, including but not limited to discovery, clinical, global health, and population science and translational research. Secondary and self-nominations both accepted.

Discipline(s): health sciences

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Deadline: July 15, 2022

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) champions bold, groundbreaking engineering innovation which is of global benefit to humanity. The world’s leading award for engineers and engineering, the annual £500,000 prize promotes excellence in engineering and celebrates engineering’s visionaries. It inspires young minds to consider engineering as a career choice, and it encourages engineers to push the boundaries of what is possible.

Discipline(s): engineering

Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research

Deadline: July 15, 2022

The prestigious Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research is awarded each year to an outstanding rising star researcher in the field of mental health, to recognize, encourage and support them as they pursue their research interests and goals.

The annual national prize provides $100,000 in funding to Canadian early-career researchers with a demonstrated track record in research; excellence in scientific rigor, innovative thinking, imagination and originality; and a clear ability to work in partnership with other disciplines and/or research teams external to the institution with which they are affiliated.

Discipline(s): mental health research

Society of Toxicology of Canada Awards

Deadline: July 1, 2022

The Society of Toxicology of Canada (STC)'s V. E. Henderson Award honours an individual who has made a significant contribution to the discipline of toxicology in Canada. Their Gabriel L. Plaa Award of Distinction recognizes those individuals who have made outstanding and sustained contributions to the science of toxicology in Canada and/or the Society of Toxicology of Canada.

Discipline(s): science, toxicology

August

Blue Planet Prize

Submissions accepted August - October

In 1992, the year of the Earth Summit, the Asahi Glass Foundation established the Blue Planet Prize, an award presented to individuals or organizations from around the world in recognition of outstanding achievements in scientific research and its application that have helped provide solutions to global environmental problems. The Prize is offered in the hope of encouraging efforts to bring about the healing of the Earth's fragile environment.

Discipline(s): Open to all

Gairdner Early Career Investigator Award

Deadline: August 1, 2022

This call is open to all faculty and professionals at the Assistant Professor or equivalent rank working at Canadian institutions. Research must be connected to this year’s laureate fields.

Awardees are selected by the laureates, and will present their research as part of the Gairdner Science Week events in October 2022 and participate in a networking session with 2022 laureates. The talks will be broadcast live and recorded for YouTube distribution globally.

Discipline(s): health sciences

Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Deadline: August 12, 2022

Established in 1973 by the late John and Alice Tyler, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is one of the first international premier awards for environmental science, environmental health, and energy.

Recipients encompass the spectrum of environmental concerns, including environmental policy, health, air and water pollution, ecosystem disruption and loss of biodiversity, and energy resources.

Discipline(s): environmental sciences

September

Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement Award

Deadline: September 16, 2022

The Banting Medal for Scientific Achievement is the highest scientific award of the American Diabetes Association. Given in memory of Sir Frederick Banting, a medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate who is noted as one of the key investigators in the discovery of insulin, the Banting Medal is awarded annually to honor highly meritorious career achievement in the field of diabetes research.

Discipline(s): diabetes research

Guggenheim Fellowships

Deadline: mid-September

Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts and exhibit great promise for their future endeavors. The Guggenheim Foundation offers fellowships to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation of any artform, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.

Discipline(s): Humanities, Social Sciences & Fine Arts

International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Distinguished Scientist Award

Deadline: expected mid-September 2023

Science Awards Committee has the responsibility of selecting awardees from among the nominations of renowned scientists submitted by Association members. Various award categories exist.

Discipline: Dentistry

Rhodes Scholarship

Deadline: September 28, 2022

The Rhodes Scholarship is a fully funded, full time, postgraduate award which enables talented young people from around the world to study at the University of Oxford.

The Scholarships in Canada are administered by six regional selection committees with three Scholarships to: The Prairie Region (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta).

Discipline(s): Open to all

Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Internal Deadline: September 12, 2022
Deadline: December 1, 2022

The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. It comprises a fourth entity (along with the current three Academies) within the Royal Society of Canada. The Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years.

Discipline(s): various

Royal Society of Canada Fellowship

Internal Deadline: September 12, 2022
Deadline: December 1, 2022

Fellows of the RSC are distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. There are 2,558 active Fellows of the RSC.

Sloan Research Fellowships

Deadline: September 15, 2022

These two-year, $75,000 fellowships are awarded yearly to early career researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.

Discipline(s): chemistry, computer science, Earth system science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, or a related field

October

Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Awards

Deadline: October 15, 2022

Recognizing and celebrating distinguished individuals for their leadership, excellence and achievements in academic medicine.

Discipline(s): Academic medicine

Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes

Deadline: October 1, 2022

The Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes are awarded to two persons – one in the arts and the other in the social sciences and humanities, who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding achievements. The prizes are intended to encourage ongoing contributions to Canada's cultural and intellectual heritage.

These prizes are administered by the Canada Council in collaboration with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The winners are chosen by a peer assessment committee, which is appointed jointly by the Canada Council and the SSHRC.

Discipline(s): Humanities, Social Sciences & Fine Arts

Canada Gairdner International Award

Deadline: October 1, 2022

Five $100,000 awards given annually Awarded to outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine resulting in an increased understanding of human biology and disease.

The award is intended for seminal bodies of work, not cumulative lifetime achievement. Self-nominations not accepted for the International Award.

Discipline(s): health sciences

John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

Deadline: October 1, 2022

One $100, 000 award given annually (can be shared) Awarded for scientifically based research that has improved the health and well-being of those facing health inequities worldwide.

Discipline(s): health sciences

National Humanities Center Fellowships

Deadline: October 6, 2022

The National Humanities Center offers fellowships for advanced study in the humanities. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the Center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects.

Discipline(s): Humanities, Social Sciences & Fine Arts

Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Awards

Deadline: October 27, 2022

These awards are presented to two researchers, one who is a mid-career researcher (5-15 years from initial appointment) currently active in Saskatchewan and one senior researcher whose exemplary career achievements in Saskatchewan have inspired us with their drive, leadership and ingenuity.

It recognizes their work over their career to add to our collective knowledge and understanding, build up and lead the people and infrastructure that make excellent health research in Saskatchewan possible, and work to make a difference in health and health care in Saskatchewan and beyond.

Discipline(s): health research

November

Eni Award

Deadline: November 29, 2022

An international award for research and technological innovation in the energy sector.

Discipline(s): applied scientific research into energy; sciences; engineering

Fulbright Awards for Canadian Scholars

Deadline: November 15, 2022

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program operates on the principle of reciprocal exchange and provides the opportunity for outstanding Canadian scholars to lecture and/or conduct research in the United States. Award recipients include prominent and promising scholars, as well as experienced professionals.

Discipline(s): Open to all

Fulbright Awards for Canadian Students

Deadline: November 15, 2022

The Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program operates on the principle of reciprocal exchange and provides the opportunity for outstanding Canadian students to study and/or conduct research in the United States. Award recipients include Canadian citizens who are graduate students, prospective graduate students, or junior professionals.

Discipline(s): Open to all

Governor General’s Innovation Awards

Deadline: Expected November 2022

The objectives of the Governor General’s Innovation Awards are to celebrate excellence in innovation across all sectors of Canadian society and inspire Canadians, particularly Canadian youth, to be entrepreneurial innovators. The Awards are given to individuals, teams and/or organizations whose innovations are Truly exceptional; Transformative; and, Positive in their impact on quality of life in Canada. The awards are not intended for lifetime achievement or innovations that have not yet demonstrated impact. Rather, by recognizing active, current innovators across the breadth of our economy and society the Awards help foster an active culture that celebrates innovation that is having a meaningful impact on our lives.

Discipline(s): Open to all

NSERC Science Promotion

Deadline: November 25, 2022

The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion honour individuals and groups who make an outstanding contribution to the promotion of science in Canada through activities encouraging popular interest in science or developing science abilities. Two recipients (one individual and one group) may be selected for the awards each year.

Discipline(s): natural sciences; engineering

The Huntington Fellowships

Deadline: November 15, 2022

The Huntington Library awards over 150 research fellowships annually. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at The Huntington and to participate in, and make a contribution to, its intellectual life.

The Huntington is a collections-based research institute, which promotes humanities scholarship on the basis of its library holdings and art collections. The Library holds more than eleven million items that span the 11th to 21st centuries.

Discipline(s): humanities

December

J. Tuzo Wilson Medal

Deadline: December 12, 2022

The J. Tuzo Wilson Medal is given annually to recognize scientists who make outstanding contributions to the advancement of knowledge in any research area of the Canadian Geophysical Union (i.e., Solid Earth, Biogeosciences, Geodesy, Hydrology, or Earth Surface Processes).

Discipline(s): Geohysical Science; Solid Earth, Biogeosciences, Geodesy, Hydrology, or Earth Surface Processes

Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Internal Deadline: September 12, 2022
Deadline: December 1, 2022

The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. It comprises a fourth entity (along with the current three Academies) within the Royal Society of Canada. The Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years.

Discipline(s): various

Royal Society of Canada Fellowship

Internal Deadline: September 12, 2022
Deadline: December 1, 2022

Fellows of the RSC are distinguished Canadians from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. There are 2,558 active Fellows of the RSC.

World Cultural Council Awards

Deadline: December 16, 2022

The World Cultural Council acknowledges individuals or institutions that have made outstanding achievements in science, education and the arts by granting the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the José Vasconcelos World Award of Education and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts to eminent figures whose work has had a significantly positive impact on the cultural legacy of mankind. These prizes are widely recognized in the scientific, educational and arts communities.

The World Cultural Council annually organizes an Award Ceremony, at which these acknowledgements are granted to distinguished individuals or organizations. Each ceremony is held in a different country with a renowned university or institute acting as host.

Discipline(s): science, education, arts