Honors & Awards

The Medical School recognizes and celebrates the members of our community who are making significant advances within our mission areas of research, education, and clinical care. We strive to attract a diverse pool of nominees for awards by sponsoring and including nominations that reflect the broad range of identities in our Medical School, such as race, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, national origin, religious practice, and socioeconomic status.

The Medical School considers nominees for awards for the following:

Faculty awards for the University of Minnesota, national awards, and international awards (by month of deadline)


**NOTE: Deadlines are subject to change. Information will be updated accordingly.

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December

December
American Philosophical Society – Franklin Research Grants 
Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, and Neuroscience 
Heineken Prizes
Gruber Prizes in Genetics and Neuroscience
Eugene M. Landis Research Award
Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience
Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences – awarded every two years

January

January
AAMC Award for Excellence in Medical Education
AAMC Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences
AAMC – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award
Japan Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, Life Science, Medicine
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare
Welch Award in Chemistry
LUI Che Woo Prize for World Civilization

February

February
AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award
Harvey Prize, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
National Academy of Medicine Membership - nomination by NAM members
Lasker Awards - Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Lasker Awards - DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
Lasker Awards - Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science – awarded every two years
Lasker Awards - Bloomberg Public Service Award
Switzer Prize – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science

March

March
Princess of Asturias Awards
Keio Medical Science Prize
Balzan Prize
AAMC – Herbert W. Nickens Award
AAMC – Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
Yidan Prize
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease
King Faisal International Prize for Medicine
King Faisal International Prize for Science
Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences (FNIH)
The FNIH Trailblazer Prize for Clinician Scientists

April

April
American Academy of Arts and Sciences - nomination by Academy members
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize
Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Awards
AAMC – Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards
Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research – awarded every two years
UCSF Society of Hellman Fellows
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows
James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering – awarded every two years

May

May
Society for Neuroscience – Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award
National Academy of Medicine Awards
National Medal of Science
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Awards – awarded every five years

June

June
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science
Vilcek Prizes in Biomedical Science 
Michelson Prize Next Generation Grants
AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science
AAAS Mentor Awards
AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

July

July
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering – awarded every two years

August

August
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences

September

September
AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy
Alan T. Waterman Award
APS – Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Young Investigator Awards
Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine
Vannevar Bush Award (National Science Board)
Tang Prize in Sustainable Development
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology

October

October
Canada Gairdner International Awards
American Philosophical Society – Franklin Research Grants
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences
NAS Award in Molecular Biology
NAS Award for Scientific Discovery – awarded every two years
NAS Public Welfare Medal
NAS Troland Research Awards
Dan David Prize
Wolf Prize
Dickson Prize in Medicine
March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize
Millennium Technology Prize

November

November
Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science – awarded every two years
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize
Steven C. Beering Award for Advancement of Biomedical Science
Passano Award
Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine
Mark Brothers Award
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine - by invitation only

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Amory Prize (reproductive biology) – nominations accepted from Academy Fellows only
American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Rumford Prize (heat and light) – nominations accepted from Academy Fellows only
American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Scholar Patriot Award - nominations are accepted from Academy Fellows only
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships
American Philosophical Society – The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship
American Philosophical Society – Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation
American Philosophical Society – Karl Spencer Lashley Award
August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals: Grants and Funding
Innovators in Science Award in Regenerative Medicine
Kyoto Prize
Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award
Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Unilever Science Prize

For information about faculty awards, contact the Office of Faculty Affairs, ms-ofa@umn.edu. 

For information about faculty educator, student, resident, and Duluth awards, contact Marianne Watters, mwatters@umn.edu.

For information about alumni awards, contact Maureen Long, mlong@umn.edu.

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MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY NOMINATION REVIEW PROCESS

Submit a suggestion for a faculty member for an internal University of Minnesota award (University level), or a national and international award by filling out this form. OFA will assist departments with assembling the materials for review by the Medical School Awards and Nominations Committee and the final submission material if a nominee is selected to move forward.

RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS

  • For a list of national and international awards, please visit the Medical School Intranet.
  • Center for Women and Medicine and Science (CWIMS) Nominations and Letters of Support Toolkit
    • This toolkit includes key considerations, helpful resources, and templates to be utilized by award/recognition nominators and individuals preparing a letter of support. See an introduction video of the toolkit below. 

 

PRESENT AND PAST EDUCATION AWARD RECIPIENTS