Discover awards recognizing outstanding efforts, excellence, leadership, and exceptional impact in nonprofit work, business management, education, and research. Cash awards are available to acknowledge significant contributions and efforts to advance community, educational, and research initiatives.
Award of $10,000 to a USA, Canada, or International nonprofit organization to recognize accomplishments in providing sleep health initiatives and services on a local, regional, or national level. The purpose of the award is to acknowledge successful community-based sle...
Prizes to USA, Canada, and International scientists, researchers, and physicians to recognize outstanding achievements in the field of human disease. Successful nominees will be honored for exceptional work that has led to the treatment, cure, and prevention of human d...
Awards of $2,000 to USA, Canada, and International writers to recognize an outstanding debut literary work. Submissions must be the author's first fiction publication. Winning submissions will be published in an annually released anthology, and each of the literary mag...
Opportunity for USA, Canada, and International photography students to participate in a photography competition. The competition is open to individuals aged from 18 to 30 years old who are attending a photography program. Students are required to submit five to ten ima...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International individual or organization for social activism. Nominations are accepted annually on behalf of those whose work has made a significant and positive impact to further or defend human rights. The purpose of this program is to reco...
Prizes to USA, Canada, and International K-12 schools for innovative educational programming. Prizes are available in a range of categories, including: health and well-being, STEM education, the environment, peacebuilding, arts and culture, artificial intelligence, and...
Awards to USA and territories K-12 public school teachers to recognize excellence in environmental education. The winning teachers' LEAs will receive awards as well. Applicants will be evaluated in several categories, including integration, service to the community and...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International investigator for outstanding research related to lupus. Nominations will be accepted for researchers at biomedical, research, academic, or biotechnology institutions worldwide. The award recognizes and honors a scientist who has...
Award valued at $3,000 to a USA, Canada, or International psychologist to recognize significant contributions to the field of psychology instruction. Nominations should demonstrate the individual's exemplary performance in professional development and classroom teachin...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International nonprofit organization, public or government agency, or institution to recognize impactful leadership and programs that promote kidney patient safety. Award funds may be used for an activity, lecture, or program to promote kidne...
Awards to USA and territories businesses, small business owners, and entrepreneurs to recognize their outstanding impact, innovations, and contributions to increasing the country's global competitiveness. Awards are intended to celebrate excellence in a wide range of a...
Award of $10,000 plus travel expenses to a USA, Canada, or International professor of computing education at an undergraduate IHE for excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to educators who have been teaching for ten years or less. Applications will be evalua...
Awards to USA and territories K-12 school, university, college, and public librarians to recognize outstanding professional accomplishments. A ceremony will be held in honor of the successful nominees and each will receive a cash award. Previous awardees have displayed...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International individual to recognize significant contributions to the field of neuroscience. Nominators must be individuals associated with hospitals, medical schools, universities, or research institutes, and have a background in neuroscien...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International graduate students to support dissertations on US ethnic, emigration, or immigration history topics. Funding is intended to assist these students as they write and research their dissertations. Any Ph.D. candidate who will have c...
Award of $10,000 to a USA or Canada K-12 teacher for outstanding classroom science education. The award recipient will be honored for having positively impacted the school, community, and students through excellence in teaching. In addition, the awardee and finalists w...
Awards of $1,800 to USA and territories K-12 science educators in urban areas to participate in professional development learning opportunities. The purpose of the program is to expand the talent pool for science teachers in order to prepare for future workforce challe...
Award of $500 to a USA or Canada female student in grades 5 through 8 for outstanding involvement in science. A strong connection to science is the main criterion for the selection of the recipient. Proposals will be evaluated based on the quality of support materials,...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International individual or group to recognize significant contributions to the planning and development of the built environment. Nominees may come from any discipline and include, but are not limited to, public officials, developers, educat...
Awards and grants to USA, Canada, and International researchers for studies related to choroideremia. Funding is available to early-career research professionals and emerging scientists with either a doctoral or post-doctoral degree. The purpose of the program is to de...
Competition for USA, Canada, and International photographers for images in a selection of categories. The competition includes an award for the overall winner of the open competition and another for female photographers entering the competition, as well as 15 shortlist...
Opportunity for USA, Canada, and International young photographers to submit their favorite images and compete for prizes. The competition is open to applicants ages 19 and under. All genres, styles, and approaches are welcome. Photographers can enter up to three imag...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International journalists and student journalists to recognize exceptional reporting on disabilities. Entries can be presented digitally, broadcasted, or printed. Eligible applicants include professional journalists as well as college student...
Opportunity for USA, Canada, and International professional photographers over the age of 18 to participate in a photography contest and compete for a financial award, equipment, and global exposure. Entrants must submit a series of 5 to 10 images per category. Latin A...
Prize to a USA, Canada, or International individual who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to the field of economics. The program recognizes an individual for significant achievements in the field through the development of new modes of analysis or new knowledg...
Prize to a USA, Canada, or International individual to acknowledge exceptional contributions to the field of mathematics. The program recognizes an individual for significant achievements in the field through the development of critical new modes of analysis or new kno...
Prize to a USA, Canada, or International individual for outstanding achievement and contributions in the field of earth sciences. The program recognizes an individual for exceptional accomplishments in the field demonstrated by the development of new modes of analysis ...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International individual in recognition of exceptional contributions to the field of musical composition. Eligible nominees have accumulated an outstanding body of work that is particularly creative. The recipient is expected to participate i...
Awards to USA and territories songwriters to recognize excellence. Funding is intended to be used for professional expenses such as recording costs, study, and the purchase of instruments. Eligible songwriters are between the ages of 17 and 24 and have songs in any of ...
Awards to USA and territories young songwriters and composers to recognize excellence in specific genres of music. This award is intended to encourage student songwriters and to help pay for their studies. Eligible applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 24, and ...
Awards to USA and International young classical composers to recognize the excellence of their work. Eligible applicants must be under the age of 28. An awards ceremony will be held to honor the winners. The award is intended to highlight and encourage emerging classic...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International PhD students and postdoctoral fellows for laboratory-based research training opportunities. The award is intended to help applicants learn new research techniques and to promote innovative, multi-disciplinary research related to...
Award to a USA, Canada, or International nonprofit or for-profit organization that is addressing environmental and social issues. Applicants are required to submit a preliminary application prior to submitting a full application. Funding is intended to support and incr...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International undergraduate and graduate students for outstanding research papers related to food and foodways. Eligible entries incorporate current folkloric viewpoints in their studies. Winning students, who will present their papers at the...
Award of $10,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for outstanding contributions in the study of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to an individual who, through high-level research and writings over time, has had a notable infl...
Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for contributions in mathematical research. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to authors for outstanding publications in the field. Eligible publications include notable surveys, books, or ex...
Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for notable contributions in the study of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to an author of a written work that has had lasting importance or fundamental impact on the developmen...
Award of $500 to a USA, Canada, or International senior scholar to recognize lifetime achievement in the field of folklore. The purpose of the award program is to honor outstanding scholarly work over the course of the individual's career. In addition to the monetary a...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International scholars and publishers to recognize outstanding published works related to folklore. The purpose of the award program is to honor book-length works related to folklore from around the world. Books may be either physically print...
Award of $500 to a USA, Canada, or International folklorist to recognize outstanding lifetime accomplishments in the field. Nominees will be judged by their work in the field, including publications, awards, work positions, honors, and any other evidence that demonstra...
Prize of $4,000 to a USA, Canada, and International institution or individual for a project that combines digital technology and history. The purpose of the award program is to support and honor work on a media project that is open to the public. Eligible projects will...
Award of $1,000 to a USA, Canada, or International author to recognize a publication on the post-Columbus history of North America. This award is intended to acknowledge and celebrate excellence in historical research. Biographies, monographs, and works of synthesis an...
Award of $500 to a USA, Canada, or International graduate student for excellent scholarship in the field of religious folklife and folk belief. The purpose of the award is to recognize a research paper written within the previous 17 months, which may be published or un...
Award of $3,500 to a USA, Canada, or International psychologist affiliated with a nonprofit institution or government entity to recognize scholarly contributions. The program is intended for psychologists at all levels of their careers. Applicants should demonstrate th...
Award of $300 to a USA, Canada, or International student to recognize scholarship in the field of storytelling in folklore. The purpose of the award is to acknowledge a student paper that explores the process of creating narratives and storytelling. The prize is awarde...
Awards of $400 to USA, Canada, and International junior and senior scholars to recognize exceptional papers that focus on folklore and science. One award will be given to a senior scholar and one to a junior scholar. The presentation length paper should address the bou...
Award of $500 to a USA, Canada, or International student scholar to recognize exceptional research addressing folklore in the Mediterranean region. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students may apply. All topics and subject areas in the discipline will be considered...
Award of $500 to a USA, Canada, and International folklore scholar or practitioner to recognize accomplishments in integrating scholarship with community engagement. The award may be given for a wide range of accomplishments, including exhibits, articles, books, softwa...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International students and individuals in recognition of outstanding writing related to women's folklore. Submissions by undergraduate and graduate students must be a maximum of 30 pages and be part of their degree program. Scholarly submissi...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International organizations, individuals, societies, and groups to acknowledge outstanding achievements in flower preservation. One prize will be awarded for conservation work related to native orchid species in the United States, Canada, or ...