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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.


== Astronomy, space, atmospheric science ==
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


== 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"
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
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)


== Chemistry ==
ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
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
Anna Louise Hoffman Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Research
Centennial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Gladys Anderson Emerson Undergraduate Scholarship
Members-at-Large Re-entry Award
National Honorary Member
Outstanding Young Women in Chemistry award.
Undergraduate Excellence in Chemistry
Violet Diller Professional Excellence Award


== Engineering ==
Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education
Achievement Award of the Society of Women Engineers
Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award


== Mathematics ==
Awards by the Association for Women in Mathematics:
Alice T. Schafer Prize – established 1991
Biographies of Contemporary Women in Mathematics Essay Contest – established in 2001 for biographical essays
Emmy Noether Lectures – an honorary lecture award
M. Gweneth Humphreys Award
Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics Education – established 1991
Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize
Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics – established 1990
additional awards by the AWM
Awards sponsored by the Kovalevskaia Fund in Mexico, Peru, and southern Africa
Krieger–Nelson Prize for Distinguished Research by Women in Mathematics – established 1995 by the Canadian Mathematical Society


== Neuroscience ==
Awards by the Society for Neuroscience:
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
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
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.
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.


== General or multiple fields ==
Awards by the Association for Women in Science:
Leadership Award
Kirsten R. Lorentzen Award – for undergraduates in science
Next Generation Award
Pinnacle Award
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
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 W. Chasman Scholarship – awarded to a graduate student performing research at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Gertrude S. Goldhaber Prize – awarded to a graduate student at Stony Brook University and/or performing thesis research at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Edison Awards – Honoring excellence in innovation
Edith D. Hendley Award – for a woman pursuing graduate studies at the University of Vermont
Elizabeth Blackwell Award – given by Hobart and William Smith Colleges, established in 1958
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
Inspiring Women in Science Awards - awarded by Nature in partnership with 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
Katharine F. Erskine Award for Medicine and Science
Kovalevskaia prizes sponsored by the Kovalevskaia Fund in Vietnam and Cuba
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science, aka the Helena Rubinstein Women in Science Awards
L’Oréal Korea-UNESCO for Women in Science Award, a national variant of the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize – established in 1987 by the History of Science Society
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"
Mariafranca Morselli Award – for a woman pursuing undergraduate studies in science at the University of Vermont
Outstanding Women in Science Award – established 2002 by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World
Rachel Carson Prize – Norwegian prize for women environmentalists
Robin Copeland Memorial Fellowship – fellowship from CRDF Global for women leaders in emerging countries
Saruhashi Prize – an award for Japanese women researchers in the natural sciences
South African Awards for Women in Science (SAWiSA)
Tagea Brandt Rejselegat – Danish award for women who have made significant contributions in science, literature, or art
Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Awards – for Taiwanese female STEM field researchers
Weizmann Women & Science Award
Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame
Women of Discovery Award by WINGS WorldQuest
Woman Scientist/Engineer of the Year Award – for South Korean female STEM field researchers
VinFuture Prize by Vingroup


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


== References ==


== External links ==
AAAS Women's International Science Collaboration