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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.

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==Astronomy, space, atmospheric science==
* [[Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy|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<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dri.edu/component/content/article/70-research-and-publications/sponsored-awards-and-honors/181-wagner-memorial-award-for-women-in-atmospheric-sciences | title = Wagner Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences | publisher = Desert Research Institute | date = | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>

==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"<ref>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Blackwell Award|url=http://www.amwa-doc.org/awards/elizabeth-blackwell|publisher=American Medical Women's Association|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[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]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.aamc.org/professional-development/affinity-groups/gwims | title = Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) | work = AAMC | publisher = Association of American Medical Colleges | date = | access-date = 26 January 2020 | quote = 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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.aamc.org/professional-development/affinity-groups/gwims/past-award-winners | title = Previous Award Winners: Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Development Award | work = AAMC | publisher = Association of American Medical Colleges | date = | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ascb.org/award/women-in-cell-biology-awards/|title=Women in Cell Biology Awards|website=ASCB | publisher = The American Society for Cell Biology |language=en-US|access-date=1 December 2019}}</ref>

==Chemistry==
* [[ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences]], sponsored by the [[Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=awards%5Cwomen.html | title = ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. | work = chemistry.org | publisher = [[American Chemical Society]] | date = 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070203212103/http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=awards%5Cwomen.html | archive-date = 3 February 2007}}</ref>
* [[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]]<ref name="Awards">{{cite web|url=http://www.iotasigmapi.info/awards/professionalawards.html|title=PROFESSIONAL AWARDS|publisher=Iota Stigma Pi: National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry|accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref>
** Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research<ref name="Awards"/>
** Centennial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<ref name="Awards"/>
** [[Gladys Anderson Emerson]] Undergraduate Scholarship<ref name="Studentawards"/>
** Members-at-Large Re-entry Award<ref name="Studentawards"/>
** National Honorary Member<ref name="Awards"/>
** Outstanding Young Women in Chemistry award.<ref name="Studentawards"/>
** Undergraduate Excellence in Chemistry<ref name="Studentawards">{{cite web|url=http://www.iotasigmapi.info/awards/studentawards.html#alh|title=Student Awards|publisher=Iota Stigma Pi: National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry|accessdate=16 December 2014}}</ref>
** Violet Diller Professional Excellence Award<ref name="Awards"/>

==Engineering==<!-- This section is linked from [[Women in engineering]] -->
* [[Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.asee.org/activities/awards/current/keillor.cfm | title = Sharon A. Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education | publisher = American Society for Engineering Education | date = 2007 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928062556/http://www.asee.org/activities/awards/current/keillor.cfm | archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref>
* Achievement Award of the [[Society of Women Engineers]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://swe.org/awards/individual-awards/ | title = Individual Awards | publisher = Society of Women Engineers | access-date = 24 January 2020 | quote = 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.}}</ref>
* [[Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award]]

==Mathematics==
* Awards by the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]]:
** [[Alice T. Schafer]] Prize – established 1991<ref>{{cite web | url = https://awm-math.org/awards/schafer-prize-for-undergraduates/ | title = Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize: For Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman | publisher = Association for Women in Mathematics | date = | access-date = 25 January 2020 | quote = 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.}}</ref>
** Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics Essay Contest – established in 2001 for biographical essays<ref>{{cite web | url = https://awm-math.org/awards/student-essay-contest/ | title = Student Essay Contests: Sponsored by AWM and Math for America | publisher = Association for Women in Mathematics | date = | access-date = 25 January 2020 | quote = 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.}}</ref>
** [[Noether Lecture|Emmy Noether Lectures]] – an honorary lecture award
** [[M. Gweneth Humphreys Award]]
** [[Louise Hay Award|Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education]] – established 1991<ref>{{cite web | url = https://awm-math.org/awards/hay-award/ | title = Louise Hay Awards: For Contributions to Mathematics Education | publisher = Association for Women in Mathematics | date = | access-date = 25 January 2020 | quote = 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.}}</ref>
** [[Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize]]
** [[Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics]] – established 1990
** additional awards by the AWM<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/prizes.htm | title = Prizes, Awards, and Honors for Women Mathematicians | first = Larry | last = Riddle | date = 17 December 2019 | work = Biographies of Women Mathematicians | publisher = [[Agnes Scott College]] | access-date = 25 January 2020}}</ref>
* Awards sponsored by the [[Kovalevskaia Fund]] in Mexico,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.smm.org.mx/sofia-kovalevskaia | title = Fundación Kovalevskaia - Sociedad Matemática Mexicana | trans-title = Kovalevskaia Foundation - Mexican Mathematical Society | language = Spanish | publisher = Sociedad Matemática Mexicana  | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref> Peru,<ref name="peru">{{citation | url = http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/eventos/adjuntos/III_EMPCM_Triptico_Final.pdf | title = PREMIO SOFIA KOVALEVSKAIAA: la mejor Tesis en Ciencias Matemáticas | trans-title = SOFIA KOVALEVSKAIAA AWARD: The Best Thesis in Mathematical Sciences | language = Spanish | publisher = GRUPO MUJERES PERUANAS EN CIENCIAS MATEMÁTICAS and FUNDACIÓN SOFÍA KOVALEVSKAIA | date = 8 March 2018 | location = Lima, Peru | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref> and southern Africa<ref>{{cite web | url = https://masamu.auburn.edu/pm/kovawards | title = Kovalevskaia Research Grants | work = Masamu: A SAMSA Initiative | publisher = Auburn University | date = | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Krieger–Nelson Prize]] for Distinguished Research by Women in Mathematics – established 1995 by the [[Canadian Mathematical Society]]

==Neuroscience==
* Awards by the Society for Neuroscience:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sfn.org/initiatives/awards | title = We Support Your Work | date = 2019 | publisher = Society for Neuroscience | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
** [[Bernice Shanet|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
** [[Miriam Salpeter|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<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4718703.stm | title = Awards to applaud women in tech | date = 27 July 2005 | work = BBC | publisher = British Broadcasting Corporation | access-date = 1 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240061467/BlackBerry-launches-women-in-technology-awards | title = BlackBerry launches women in technology awards | first = Tash | last = Shifrin | date = 2 August 2005 | work = ComputerWorld | publisher = TechTarget | access-date = 1 February 2020}}</ref>
* [https://witi.berkeley.edu/athena-awards/ 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.
* [https://www.proquest.com/docview/447049722 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |last= |date=2000 |title=Roy Simpson, Cerner Vice President, Wins Prestigious Nursing Informatics Award |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00006216-200010000-00027 |journal=Nursing Administration Quarterly |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=146–147 |doi=10.1097/00006216-200010000-00027 |issn=0363-9568}}</ref>

==General or multiple fields==
* Awards by the [[Association for Women in Science]]:
**Leadership Award<ref name=AWS-PRNewswire>{{cite news | url = https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/awis-announces-top-awards-for-stem-excellence-leadership-workplace-equity-and-inclusion-300929913.html | title = AWIS Announces Top Awards for STEM Excellence, Leadership, Workplace Equity and Inclusion | date = 2 October 2019 | location = Washington, DC | author = PRNewswire | work = CISTON | publisher = PR Newswire Association LLC | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
** Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award – for undergraduates in science<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.awis.org/alexandra-detweiler-2019-recipient-awis-kirsten-r-lorentzen-award/ | title = Alexandra Detweiler is the 2019 recipient of AWIS Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award | date = 23 July 2019 | author = AWIS Educational Foundation | publisher = Association for Women in Science | access-date = 26 January 2020 | quote = 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.}}</ref>
**Next Generation Award<ref name=AWS-PRNewswire />
**Pinnacle Award<ref name=AWS-PRNewswire />
* [[Zonta International#Amelia Earhart Fellowship|Amelia Earhart Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.zonta.org/Global-Impact/Education/Amelia-Earhart-Fellowship | title = Amelia Earhart Fellowship | publisher = Zonta International Foundation | date = | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[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 Chasman|Renate W. Chasman]] Scholarship – awarded to a graduate student performing research at [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]<ref name=BWIS>{{cite web | url = https://www.bnl.gov/bwis/scholarships.php | title = Scholarships & Awards | work = Brookhaven National Laboratory / Brookhaven Women in Science | publisher = U.S. Department of Energy | date = | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
** [[Gertrude S. Goldhaber]] Prize – awarded to a graduate student at [[Stony Brook University]] and/or performing thesis research at Brookhaven National Laboratory<ref name=BWIS />
*[[Edison Awards]] – Honoring excellence in innovation
*Edith D. Hendley Award – for a woman pursuing graduate studies at the [[University of Vermont]]<ref name="UVM">{{cite press release | url = http://www.uvm.edu/~stffcncl/?Page=news&storyID=22044&category=stffcncl | title = UVM Women's Center Seeking Nominations for Annual Awards | date = 18 December 2015 | author = The Women’s Center | publisher = The University of Vermont | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Blackwell Award]] – given by [[Hobart and William Smith Colleges]], established in 1958<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.hws.edu/about/blackwell.aspx | title = THE BLACKWELL AWARD | publisher = Hobart and William Smith Colleges | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
* 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<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.slb.com/news/inside_news/2016/2016_0603_faculty_for_future.aspx | title = Faculty for the Future 2016 | publisher = Schlumberger Limited | date = 3 June 2016 | access-date = 1 February 2020}}</ref>
* [https://www.nature.com/immersive/inspiringwomeninscience/index.html Inspiring Women in Science Awards] - awarded by [[Nature Portfolio|Nature]] in partnership with [[Estée Lauder Companies|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<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inspiring Women in Science |url=https://www.nature.com/immersive/inspiringwomeninscience/index.html |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.nature.com |language=en}}</ref>
* Katharine F. Erskine Award for Medicine and Science<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2015/05/homeless-womens-health-advocate-awarded-katharine-f-erskine-award-for-women/ | title = 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 | first = Sandra | last = Gray | date = 6 May 2015 | publisher = University of Massachusetts Medical School | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Sofia Kovalevskaia|Kovalevskaia]] prizes sponsored by the [[Kovalevskaia Fund]] in Vietnam<ref>{{cite news | url = http://english.vov.vn/society/women-union-marks-30-years-of-kovalevskaia-prize-313984.vov | title = Women Union marks 30 years of Kovalevskaia prize | date = 6 March 2016 | work = VOV.vn | publisher = The Voice of Vietnam Online | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref> and Cuba<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.sierramaestra.cu/index.php/cuba/16362-reciben-cientificas-cubanas-premio-sofia-kovalievskaia | title = Reciben científicas cubanas premio Sofía Kovalievskaia | trans-title = Cuban scientists receive Sofia Kovalievskaia award | date = 4 October 2017 | location = La Habana | first = Lino | last = Luben Pérez | work = Sierra Maestra | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science]], aka the Helena Rubinstein Women in Science Awards
* [[Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize]] – established in 1987 by the History of Science Society<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_rossiter.html |title=The Society: Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize | publisher = History of Science Society | year = 2009 | accessdate=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012021853/http://www.hssonline.org/about/society_rossiter.html |archivedate=12 October 2013 }}</ref>
* [[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"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mmo.org/category.php?cat_id=14 | title = Award Winner Announced! Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award | date = 2003 | publisher = Maria Mitchell Association | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060928085508/http://www.mmo.org/category.php?cat_id=14 | archive-date = 28 September 2006}}</ref>
* Mariafranca Morselli Award – for a woman pursuing undergraduate studies in science at the [[University of Vermont]]<ref name=UVM />
* Outstanding Women in Science Award – established 2002 by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kosef.re.kr/english_new/programs/programs_05_02_02.html | title = Outstanding Women in Science Award | publisher = [[National Research Foundation of Korea|Korea Science and Engineering Foundation]] | date = 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071127024339/http://www.kosef.re.kr/english_new/introduction/introduction_01.html | archive-date = 27 November 2007}}</ref>
* [[OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award|OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World]]<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2019 |title=Awards: The OWSD - Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World |url=https://owsd.net/awards/awards |access-date=26 January 2020 |publisher=Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/twelve-women-scientists-announced-as-winners-of-elsevier-foundation-twows-awards-97254244.html |title=Twelve Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation TWOWS Awards |author=The Elsevier Foundation |date=17 June 2010 |location=Beijing |access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)|Rachel Carson Prize]] – Norwegian prize for women environmentalists
* Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship – fellowship from [[CRDF Global]] for women leaders in emerging countries<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.crdfglobal.org/robin-copeland-memorial-fellowship | title = The Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship | publisher = [[CRDF Global]] | access-date = 26 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Saruhashi Prize]] – an award for Japanese women researchers in the natural sciences
* South African Awards for Women in Science (SAWiSA)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.uct.ac.za/main/research/awards/women-in-science | title = South African Women in Science Awards | date = 2019 | publisher = University of Cape Town | access-date = 1 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[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<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wingsworldquest.org/2018-women-of-discovery | title = 2018 Women of Discovery Awards | work = WINGS WORLDQUEST | year = 2019 | access-date = 24 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award]] – for South Korean female [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM field]] researchers
* [[VinFuture Prize]] by [[Vingroup]]<ref>[https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnamese-billionaire-launches-global-sci-tech-prize-4209076.html Vietnamese billionaire launches global sci-tech prize] Phuong Nguyen  [[VnExpress]] December 20, 2020</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of organizations for women in science]]
* [[Lists of science and technology awards]]
* [[Lists of awards]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.aaas.org/programs/international/wisc/ AAAS Women's International Science Collaboration]

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