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Award Sponsor Description International RIBA President's Medals Royal Institute of British Architects Established in 1836 when the first RIBA Silver Medal was awarded, these are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards in architectural education in the world. [1] United States: ACM Student Research Competition: Association for Computing ...
King Faisal Prize (1979), which recognizes outstanding contributions in five categories (namely, service to Islam; Islamic studies; Arabic language and literature; medicine; and science), the first three of which are widely considered as the most prestigious awards in the Muslim world, and more than 20 laureates of the other two in science and ...
Annual award for "the most significant contribution to an understanding of the Canadian past" [1] since 1977 Cundill History Prize: McGill University: Literature award for history [2] since 2008 François-Xavier Garneau Medal: Canadian Historical Association: Awarded every five years for an outstanding Canadian contribution to historical ...
The Dan David Prize is an international group of awards that recognize and support outstanding contributions to the study of history and other disciplines that shed light on the human past. [1] Nine prizes of $300,000 are awarded each year to outstanding early- and mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines. [ 2 ]
José Vasconcelos World Award of Education: World Cultural Council: Renowned educators, experts in the field of teaching, and legislators of education policies who have significant influence in enriching the culture of mankind International: Noma Literacy Prize: UNESCO: Group or individual who has done most to combat illiteracy International
Nobel amassed a fortune during his lifetime, with most of his wealth coming from his 355 inventions, of which dynamite is the most famous. [ 12 ] There is a popular story about how, in 1888, Nobel was astonished to read his own obituary , titled "The Merchant of Death Is Dead", in a French newspaper.
The Bowdoin Prizes are prestigious awards given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students. [1] From the income of the bequest of Governor James Bowdoin, AB 1745, prizes are offered to students at the university in graduate and undergraduate categories for essays in the English language, in the natural sciences, in Greek and in Latin. [2]
The annual graduation ceremony honors the academic achievements of students of Iranian heritage who will be graduating in that academic year [34] Iran: Khwarizmi International Award: Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology (IROST) The Khwarizmi International Award is a research award given annually by the President of Iran.