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The Havenga Prize (Havengaprys in Afrikaans) is a prize awarded annually by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Arts) to a candidate for original research in the Sciences since 1945. Candidates are judged on the quality of research publications and evidence of the promotion of Afrikaans. The Havenga prize can only be awarded to a person once, but can be awarded posthumously.
The prize is named after Finance Minister Nicolaas Christiaan Havenga, who donated £50 annually to the academy for the prize from 1946. A bequest of R4 000 was received from Havenga's estate and R14 000 from the estate of his wife, Olive. Since 1979 the prize has been awarded in the form of a gold medal.
== Havenga prize winners ==
1947 – Dr. T.E.W. Schumann (Mathematics and Physics); Dr. P.J. du Toit (Medicine); Dr. H.O. Mönnig (Medicine)
1948 – Dr. A.I. Malan (Chemistry); Dr. R.J. Ortlepp (Biology); Prof. C.G.S. de Villiers (Biology)
1949 – Prof. Dr. D.L. Scholtz (Geology); Dr. S.J. du Plessis (Agricultural Sciences)
1950 – Dr. M.H. de Kock (Economics); Dr. R. Campbell Begg (Medicine)
1951 – Prof. Meiring Naudé (Mathematics and Physics); Prof. HL de Waal (Chemistry)
1952 – Dr. A.J. Heese (Biology); Dr. M.M. Loubser (Engineering)
1953 – Prof. Dr. E.H.D. Arndt (Economics); Prof. JJ Theron (Agricultural Sciences)
1954 – Dr. D.G. Steyn (Medicine); Prof. H.A.W. Verlegen (Mathematics and Physics)
1955 – Dr. L.T. Nel (Geology); Dr. F.J. de Villiers (Chemistry); Dr. T.J.W. Jorden (Chemistry)
1956 – Dr. C.S. Grobler (Biology); Dr. C.R. van der Merwe (Agricultural Sciences)
1957 – Prof. F.R. Tomlinson (Economics); Prof. W.O. Neitz (Medicine)
1958 – Dr. A.J. Petrick (Chemistry); Prof. D.J. Malan (Mathematics and Physics)
1959 – Dr. L.D. Boonstra (Biology); Dr. A.J.A. Roux (Engineering)
1960 – Prof. D.G. Franzsen (Economics); Prof. I. de V. Malherbe (Agricultural Sciences)
1961 – Prof. M.W. Henning (Medicine); Dr. J.N. van Niekerk (Physics); Prof. H. Rund (Mathematics)
1962 – Prof. H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt (Biology); Prof. G.W. Perold (Chemistry)
1963 – Prof. T.W. Gevers (Geology); Prof. B.J. Dippenaar (Agricultural Sciences)
1964 – Prof. O.S. Heyns (Medicine); Dr. A. Strasheim (Mathematics and Physics)
1965 – Prof. G. Eloff (Biology); Prof. J.D.J. Hofmeyr (Biology); Dr. P.R. Enslin (Chemistry)
1966 – Dr. W.L. Grant (Engineering); Prof. D.M. Joubert (Agricultural Sciences)
1967 – Prof. A.J. Brink (Medicine); Prof. J. H. van der Merwe (Mathematics and Physics)
1968 – Prof. P.A.J. Ryke (Biology); Prof. D.G. Roux (Chemistry)
1969 – Prof. D.R. Osterhoff (Agricultural Sciences); Dr. W.P. de Kock (Geology)
1970 – Prof. W.E. Frahn (Physics); Prof. H.P. Wassermann (Medicine); Prof. H.S. Steyn (Mathematics)
1971 – Prof. J.A. van Eeden (Biology); Prof. V. Pretorius (Chemistry); Dr. N. Stutterheim (Engineering)
1972 – Prof. J. de Villiers (Geology); Prof. D.G. Haylett (Agricultural Sciences)
1973 – Prof. P.H. Stoker (Physics); Prof. J.H. Louw (Medicine); Dr. A.P. Burger (Mathematics)
1974 – Prof. M. P. de Vos (Biology); Prof. C.J.H. Schutte (Chemistry)
1975 – Prof. O.R. van Eeden (Geology); Prof. A.P.G. Söhnge (Geology); Prof. B.C. Jansen (Agricultural Sciences)
1976 – Prof. C.W.F.T. Pistorius (Physics, posthumus); Prof. H.W. Snyman (Medicine); Prof. G.J. Hauptfleisch (Mathematics)
1977 – Prof. M.J. Toerien (Biology); Prof. C.F. Garbers (Chemistry); Dr. J.J. Wannenburg (Engineering)
1978 – Dr. J.E. van der Plank (Agricultural Sciences); Dr. J.W. von Backström (Geology); Dr. J.F. Enslin (Geology)
1979 – Prof. B.J. Meyer (Medicine); Prof. P.C. Haarhoff (Physics); Prof. H.J. Schutte (Mathematics)
1980 – Prof. H.P. van der Schijff (Biology)
1981 – Prof. F.J. Joubert (Chemistry); Dr. H.G. Denkhaus (Engineering); Mr. A.F. Lombaard (Geology); Dr. B.W. Strydom (Agricultural Sciences)
1982 – Prof. P.J. Pretorius (Medicine); Prof. C.A. Engelbrecht (Physics); Prof. H.S.P. Grässer (Mathematics)
1983 – Prof. C.W. Holzapfel (Chemistry); Prof. N. Grobbelaar (Biology)
1984 – Prof. L. van Biljon (Engineering); Prof. W.J. van Biljon (Geology); Prof. J. Heyns (Agricultural Sciences)
1985 – Prof. R.H. Lemmer (Physics); Prof. D.J. de Waal (Mathematics); Prof. J.N. Coetzee (Medicine)
1986 – Prof. J.C.A. Boeyens (Chemistry); Prof. D.G. Kröger (Engineering); Prof. E.M. van Zinderen-Bakker (Biology)
1987 – Dr. D.W. Verwoerd (Agricultural Sciences); Prof. W.J. Verwoerd (Geology)
1988 – Prof. J.H. Venter (Mathematics); Prof. J.S. Vermaak (Physics); Prof. O.W. Prozesky (Medicine)
1989 – Prof. B.V. Burger (Chemistry); Prof. G.N. Louw (Biology); Prof. J.D. van Wyk (Engineering)
1990 – Prof. Dr. J.N.J. Visser (Geology); Prof. J.C. Bonsma (Agricultural Sciences)
1991 – Prof. Dr. G.C.L. Brümmer (Mathematics); Prof. F.J.W. Hahne (Physics); Prof. A. du P. Heyns (Medicine)
1992 – Dr. P.S. Steyn (Chemistry); Prof. J. van Staden (Biology); Prof. G. van R. Marais (Engineering)
1993 – Prof. D.J.L. Visser (Geology); Prof. I.S. Pretorius (Agricultural Sciences)
1994 – Dr. J.T. Fourie (Physics); Prof. A. Lochner (Medicine); Prof. J.J. Grobler (Mathematical Sciences)
1995 – Prof. J.G.C. Small (Biology); Prof. A.M. Heyns (Chemical Sciences); Prof. J.A.G. Malherbe (Engineering)
1996 – Prof. I.C. Rust (Geology); Prof. Z.A. Pretorius (Agricultural Sciences)
1997 – Prof. F. Lombaard (Mathematical Sciences); Prof. H. Fiedeldey (Physics, posthumus); Prof. H.J. Odendaal (Medicine)
1998 – Prof. M.J. Wingfield (Biology); Prof. D. Ferreira (Chemical Sciences)
1999 – Prof. A. Eicker (Agricultural Sciences); Prof. C.P. Snyman (Geology)
2000 – Prof. J.F. van Staden (Chemical Sciences); Prof. J.J.A. van der Walt (Biological Sciences)
2001 – Prof. R.C. Franz (Medicine); Prof. P.W. Crous (Biological Sciences)
2002 – Prof. J.R.E. Lutjeharms (Physical Sciences); Prof. F.C. Botha (Biological Sciences)
2003 – Prof. J.N. Eloff (Biological Sciences); Prof. H. Moraal (Physical Sciences)
2004 – Prof. H. Huismans (Biological Sciences)
2005 – Prof. T.E. Cloete (Biological Sciences)
2006 – Prof. D.P. Laurie (Mathematical Sciences); Prof. Ben-Erik van Wyk (Biological Sciences)
2007 – Prof. H.H. Vorster (Medicine); Prof. A.J. Reinecke (Biological Sciences)
2008 – Prof. M.A. du Plessis (Biological Sciences); Prof. H.G. Raubenheimer (Chemical Sciences); Prof. I.C. Dormehl (Physical Sciences)
2009 – Prof. J.W.H. Swanepoel (Mathematics); Prof. J-H. Hofmeyr (Biology)
2010 – Prof. A.E. van Wyk (Life Sciences)
2011 – Prof. D.E. Rawlings (Life Sciences)
2012 – Prof. M.S. Potgieter (Technological Sciences); Prof. N.C. Bennett (Life Sciences)
2013 – Prof. D. Richardson (Life Sciences); Prof. T.F. Kruger (Health Sciences)
2015 – Prof. L.M.T. Dicks (Life Sciences); Prof. J.P. Petzer (Physical Sciences)
2016 – Prof. A.M. Viljoen (Life Sciences); Prof. R.C. Pattinson (Health Sciences)
2017 – Prof. J. Roux (Life Sciences); Prof. H.B. Geyer (Physical Sciences)
2018 – Prof. E. van Zyl (Life Sciences); Prof. B.M. Herbst (Physical Sciences)
2019 - Prof. I. A. Dubery (Plant metabolomics); Prof. B. Huisamen (Health Sciences)
2020 – Prof. J.A.C. Weideman (Physical Sciences); Prof. Bernard Slipper (Life Sciences)
2021 – Prof. J.M.M. Meyer (Life Sciences); prof. O.B.W. Greeff (Health Sciences)
2022 – Prof. H.C. Swart (Physical Sciences)
== Sources ==
Mostly compiled from akademie.co.za (in Afrikaans), archived on The WaybackMachine
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The Professor Stephen Hawking Fellowship is a prestigious annual fellowship of the Cambridge Union Society in the University of Cambridge. Awarded to an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to the STEM fields and social discourse, it is unique amongst comparable accolades in that it is conferred by the students of the University (through the Union), rather than the University itself.
Established to celebrate Hawking’s achievements and the close relationship between him and the students of Cambridge, Professor Hawking accepted the inaugural fellowship and delivered the lecture in his last public appearance before his passing. Each honouree visits the Union to commence their tenure as fellow, delivering what is known as ‘The Hawking Lecture’.
== List of Fellows ==
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The Hector Medal, formerly known as the Hector Memorial Medal, is a science award given by the Royal Society Te Apārangi in memory of Sir James Hector to researchers working in New Zealand. It is awarded annually in rotation for different sciences – currently there are three: chemical sciences; physical sciences; mathematical and information sciences. It is given to a researcher who "has undertaken work of great scientific or technological merit and has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the particular branch of science." It was previously rotated through more fields of science – in 1918 they were: botany, chemistry, ethnology, geology, physics (including mathematics and astronomy), zoology (including animal physiology). For a few years it was awarded biennially – it was not awarded in 2000, 2002 or 2004.
In 1991 it was overtaken by the Rutherford Medal as the highest award given by the Royal Society of New Zealand.
The obverse of the medal bears the head of James Hector and the reverse a Māori snaring a huia. The last confirmed sighting of a living huia predates the award of the medal by three years.
== Recipients ==
== See also ==
Category:New Zealand scientists
The Shorland Medal given by the New Zealand Association of Scientists
List of chemistry awards
List of mathematics awards
List of physics awards
== References ==
== External links ==
Hector Medal, Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi

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Heinrich Rohrer Medals are a series of awards presented to celebrate the late Nobel laureate Heinrich Rohrer for his work in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, and specifically for co-creating the scanning tunneling microscope. Medals are awarded triennially by the Surface Science Society of Japan with IBM Research – Zurich, Swiss Embassy in Japan, and Ms. Rohrer. The Grand Medal is for a single researcher who has made "distinguished achievements in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology based on surface science" but can be awarded to several individuals. The Rising Medal is presented to up to three researchers upwards of 37 years in age each with different topics. The Rising Medal is given for their outstanding efforts with the assumption that they will continue to actively work in their respective fields. Medals are given with a framed certificate and a cash prize of JPY 1,000,000 for the Grand Medal and JPY 300,000 for the Rising Medal.
Awards have been presented in 2014 and 2017 and is scheduled to be presented in November 2020 at the 9th International Symposium on Surface Science (ISSS9) in Takamatsu, Japan. The 2020 medals will be presented and laureates are requested to give award lectures at the upcoming ISSS9.
== Laureates ==
=== Grand Medal ===
=== Rising Medal ===
== See also ==
Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology
Kavli Prize
List of physics awards
== References ==

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The Museum of Science & Industry (Tampa) honors a Hispanic scientist every year since 2001. MOSI awards a Scientist every year to provide role models for the diverse youth of the Tampa Bay area.
== 2001 ==
The 2001 honoree was Dr. Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez, a Marine Biologist from Mexico.
== 2002 ==
The 2002 honoree was Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, a NASA Astronaut from Argentina.
== 2003 ==
The 2003 honoree was Dr. Mario Molina, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry from Mexico.
== 2004 ==
Dr. Antiona Coello Novello was the 2004 honoree, and she was the U.S. Surgeon General from 1990 to 1993. She is originally from Puerto Rico.
== 2005 ==
Dr. Edmond Yunis was the 2005 honoree, and he is an Immunologist from Colombia.
== 2006 ==
The 2006 honoree was Dr. Ines Cifuentes, a Seismologist from England, Ecuador, and America.
== 2007 ==
Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega is an Industrial Engineer from America and Puerto Rico, and he was the 2007 honoree.
== 2008 ==
The 2008 honoree was Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, a Molecular Biologist from America and Mexico.
== 2009 ==
Dr. Nils Diaz, the former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was the 2009 honoree, and he is from Cuba.
== 2010 ==
Dr. Dan Arvizu, the 2010 honoree, is the Director and Chief Executive of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and he is from Mexico.
== 2011 ==
Dr. Cristian Samper, Director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, was the 2011 honoree, and he is from Colombia.
== 2012 ==
Dr. Nora Volkow, the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health, was the 2012 honoree, and she is originally from Mexico.
== 2013 ==
Dr. Raul Cuero, Inventor and Microbiologist, is the 2013 honoree, and he is from Colombia
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== 2014 ==
Dr. Rafael L. Bras, Civil Engineer, Puerto Rico.
Prize expanded to include an Early Career Honoree: Dr. Ana Maria Rey, Physicist, Colombia.
== 2015 ==
Dr. Modesto Alex Maidique, Electrical Engineer, Cuba.
Early Career Honoree: Dr. Miguel Morales Silva, Physicist, Puerto Rico.
== 2016 ==
Dr. Adriana Ocampo, Planetary Geologist, USA.
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The Ho-Am Prize in Science was established in 1990 by Kun-Hee Lee, the Chairman of Samsung, to honour the late Chairman, Lee Byung-chul, the founder of the company. The Ho-Am Prize in Science (previously the Ho-Am Prize in Science & Technology) is one of six prizes awarded annually, covering the five categories of Science, Engineering, Medicine, Arts, and Community Service, plus a Special Prize, which are named after the late Chairman's sobriquet (art-name or pen name), Ho-Am.
The Ho-Am Prize in Science is presented each year, together with the other prizes, to individuals of Korean heritage who have furthered the welfare of humanity through distinguished accomplishments in the field of Science.
== Prizewinners of Ho-Am Prize for Science ==
Source: Ho-Am Foundation
== See also ==
List of general science and technology awards
Ho-Am Prize in Medicine
Ho-Am Prize in the Arts
Ho-Am Prize in Engineering
Ho-Am Prize in Community Service
POSCO TJ Park Prize
== References ==
== External links ==
Ho-Am Prize winners
Laureates 2025

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The Honda Prize is awarded by the Honda Foundation. It is awarded for "the efforts of an individual or group who contribute new ideas which may lead the next generation in the field of ecotechnology". It is sometimes referred to as the "Nobel Prize in Technology" since it has put a spotlight on achievements in a variety of fields based on a wide perspective in the future, including two Turing-awarded artificial intelligence accomplishments.
== Prize ==
The prize consists of a diploma, medal, and a reward of 10 million yen.
== List of recipients ==
== References ==

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The Howard N. Potts Medal was one of The Franklin Institute Awards for science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is named for Howard N. Potts. The first Howard N. Potts Medal was awarded in 1911 but was merged in 1991, along with other Franklin Institute historical awards, into the Benjamin Franklin Medal.
== Laureates ==
The following people received the Howard N. Potts Medal:
1911 - William Weber Coblentz (Physics)
1912 - William Arthur Bone (Chemistry)
1913 - James A. Bizzell (Earth Science)
1913 - Thomas Lyttleton Lyon (Earth Science) for "Plants and Relation to Nitrate in Soils"
1914 - Ralph Modjeski (Engineering)
1916 - William Jackson Humphreys (Physics)
1916 - William Spencer Murray (Engineering)
1917 - Ulric Dahlgren (Life Science)
1918 - Alexander Gray (Engineering)
1918 - Arthur Edwin Kennelly (Engineering)
1918 - Louis Vessot King (Engineering)
1919 - Reynold Janney (Engineering)
1919 - Clarence P. Landreth (Chemistry)
1919 - Harvey D. Williams (Engineering)
1920 - Wendell Addison Barker (Invention)
1920 - Edward P. Bullard, Jr. (Engineering)
1921 - Elmer Verner McCollum (Life Science)
1921 - Alfred O. Tate (Engineering)
1922 - Ernest George Coker (Physics)
1922 - Charles R. Downs (Chemistry)
1922 - Richard Bishop Moore (Chemistry)
1922 - J. M. Weiss (Chemistry)
1923 - Albert Wallace Hull (Chemistry) for X-ray crystallography
1924 - John August Anderson (Engineering)
1924 - William Gaertner (Engineering)
1925 - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (Physics)
1926 - William David Coolidge (Physics)
1926 - Howard W. Matheson (Chemistry)
1927 - George E. Beggs (Physics)
1927 - Marion Eppley (Engineering)
1928 - Eugene C. Sullivan (Chemistry)
1928 - William C. Taylor (Chemistry)
1928 - Oscar G. Thurow (Engineering)
1931 - Benno Strauss (Engineering)
1932 - George Paget Thomson (Physics)
1933 - Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Engineering)
1934 - Ernst Georg Fischer (Engineering)
1936 - Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (Engineering)
1937 - John Clyde Hostetter (Engineering)
1938 - Lars Olai Grondahl (Engineering)
1939 - Newcomb K. Chaney (Engineering)
1939 - H. Jermain Creighton (Engineering)
1941 - Harold Eugene Edgerton (Engineering)
1942 - Jesse Wakefield Beams (Physics)
1942 - Harcourt Colborne Drake (Engineering)
1942 - Bernard Lyot (Physics)
1943 - Don Francisco Ballen (Life Science)
1943 - Paul Renno Heyl (Physics)
1945 - Edwin Albert Link (Engineering)
1946 - Ira Sprague Bowen (Physics)
1946 - Bengt Edlen (Physics)
1946 - Sanford Alexander Moss (Engineering)
1947 - Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Engineering)
1948 - Eugene Jules Houdry (Chemistry)
1948 - Clarence A. Lovell (Engineering)
1948 - David Bigelow Parkinson (Engineering)
1949 - J. Presper Eckert, Jr. (Computer and Cognitive Science)
1949 - Clinton Richards Hanna (Engineering)
1949 - John William Mauchly (Computer and Cognitive Science)
1950 - Merle Anthony Tuve (Engineering)
1951 - Basil A. Adams (Engineering)
1951 - Clifford M. Foust (Physics)
1951 - Eric Leighton Holmes (Chemistry)
1956 - Edwin H. Land (Engineering)
1958 - William Nelson Goodwin, Jr. (Engineering)
1958 - Emanuel Rosenberg (Engineering)
1959 - George W. Morey (Engineering)
1960 - Charles Stark Draper (Engineering)
1962 - Wilbur H. Goss (Engineering)
1964 - Erwin Wilhelm Müller (Engineering)
1965 - Christopher Sydney Cockerell (Engineering)
1966 - Robert Kunin (Chemistry)
1967 - John Louis Moll (Engineering)
1968 - Heinrich Focke (Engineering)
1969 - Albert Ghiorso (Chemistry)
1969 - Charles P. Ginsburg (Engineering)
1970 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau (Life Science)
1971 - William David McElroy (Life Science)
1972 - Jacques Ernest Piccard (Engineering)
1973 - Charles Howard Vollum (Engineering)
1974 - Jay Wright Forrester (Engineering)
1975 - LeGrand G. Van Uitert (Engineering)
1976 - Stephanie L. Kwolek (Engineering)
1976 - Paul W. Morgan (Engineering)
1977 - Godfrey N. Hounsfield (Life Science)
1978 - Michael Szwarc (Chemistry)
1979 - Seymour Roger Cray (Computer and Cognitive Science)
1979 - Richard Travis Whitcomb (Engineering)
1980 - Stanley G. Mason (Physics)
1981 - August Uno Lamm (Engineering)
1982 - Charles Gilbert Overberger (Chemistry)
1983 - George G. Guilbault (Life Science)
1983 - Paul Christian Lauterbur (Physics)
1985 - William Cochran (Life Science)
1986 - Martin David Kruskal (Physics)
1986 - Norman J. Zabusky (Physics)
1988 - Dudley Dean Fuller (Engineering)
1989 - Sir Charles William Oatley (Physics)
1991 - Richard E. Morley (Computer and Cognitive Science)
== See also ==
List of general science and technology awards
== References ==

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The Faraday Medal is a top-tier international medal awarded by the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (previously known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)). As one of the world's foremost awards in engineering and the most prestigious in electrical engineering, it is part of the IET Achievement Medals collection of awards. The medal is named after the British physicist Michael Faraday, the father of electromagnetism.
== Background ==
The Faraday Medal is the IET's highest honour and one of the world's most prestigious awards for engineers and scientists. Winners include ground-breaking pioneers and inventors. First awarded in 1922, it is one of the oldest medals still being awarded today. The top medal is awarded annually to distinguished individuals who either for notable scientific or industrial achievement in engineering or for conspicuous service rendered to the advancement of science, engineering and technology, without restriction as regards nationality, country of residence or membership of the Institution. The award was established in 1922 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first Ordinary Meeting of the Society of Telegraph Engineers and is named after Michael Faraday. Each year, the recipient received his/her award at a ceremony held in London that is hosted by the IET.
== Winners ==
=== First 50 Years (1922–1972) ===
=== Next 50 Years (1973–2023) ===
== See also ==
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
Millennium Technology Prize
IEEE Medal of Honor
Turing Award
Nobel Prize
== References ==

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Imagine Cup is an annual competition sponsored and hosted by Microsoft Corp. which brings together student developers worldwide to help resolve some of the world's toughest challenges. It is considered as "Olympics of Technology" by computer science and engineering and is considered one of the top competitions and awards related to technology and software design. All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems". Started in 2003, it has steadily grown, with more than 2 million competitors representing 150 countries in 2022. The 2023 Imagine Cup World Championship was held in Seattle, United States.
== History ==
The Imagine Cup began in 2003 with approximately 1,000 competitors from 25 countries and regions and has grown to more than 2 million competitors representing 150 countries in 2022. The Imagine Cup World Championship has been held all over the globe. Since 2014, the Imagine Cup World Championship has been held in Seattle, United States.
2003: Barcelona, Spain – Theme: Link between people, information, systems, and devices, using Web services and. NET as the springboard.
2004: São Paulo, Brazil – Theme: Imagine a world where smart technology makes everyday life easier.
2005: Yokohama, Japan – Theme: Imagine a world where technology dissolves the boundaries between us.
2006: Agra & Delhi, India – Theme: Imagine a world where technology enables us to live healthier lives.
2007: Seoul, South Korea – Theme: Imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all.
2008: Paris, France – Theme: Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment.
2009: Cairo, Egypt – Theme: Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.
2010: Warsaw, Poland – Theme: Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.
2011: New York City, United States – Theme: Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.
2012: Sydney, Australia – Theme: Imagine a world where technology helps solve the world's toughest problems.
2013: Saint Petersburg, Russia – Theme: All dreams are now welcome.
2014: Seattle, United States
2015: Seattle, United States
2016: Seattle, United States
2017: Seattle, United States
2018: Seattle, United States
2019: Seattle, United States
2020: Digital event at Microsoft Build in Seattle, United States
2021: Digital event at Microsoft Build in Seattle, United States
2022: Seattle, United States
2023: Seattle, United States
== Competition structure ==
All Imagine Cup competitors create projects that address the Imagine Cup theme: “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.”
=== Competitions ===
Software DesignThe Software Design competition challenges participants to use technology to solve what they consider to be the toughest problems facing the world today. Using Microsoft tools and technology, competitors create software applications. Participants develop, test, and build their ideas into applications that can change the world.
Game DesignThe Game Design Competition challenges participants to create a new game that illustrates the Imagine Cup theme.
== Winners ==
There are a number of competitions and challenges within the Imagine Cup. The Software Design category is the primary competition in which its winners take home the Imagine Cup trophy.
=== Software Design ===
=== Office Designer ===
=== Web Development ===
=== Embedded Development Competition ===
=== Interoperability Challenge ===
=== Game Design ===
=== IT Challenge ===
=== Digital Media ===
=== Health Awareness Awards ===
=== Connected Planet Award ===
=== Microsoft Azure (Cloud) ===
=== Windows Phone ===
=== Windows 7 Touch Challenge ===
=== World Citizenship Competition ===
=== Innovation Competition ===
=== Facebook Creativity Award ===
=== AppCampus Award ===
=== Skype Award ===
=== Visual Studio Online Boost ===
=== Apps For Office Challenge ===
=== Windows & Windows Phone Challenge ===
=== User Experience Challenge ===
=== Pitch Video Challenge ===
=== Project Blueprint Challenge ===
== Innovation Accelerator ==
The Imagine Cup Innovation Accelerator was a program that, between 2006 and 2008, provided Imagine Cup Software Design teams with direction on the next stage of developing their innovative ideas into a business. Each year, between 2006 and 2008, six teams were selected for the Innovation Accelerator program. Participants in the Innovation Accelerator program travelled to the Microsoft Mountain View campus in Silicon Valley and received technical support and business coaching to create the must-have technology and communications applications of the future.
In 2010, Microsoft began inviting every Imagine Cup team to participate in its new program for startups: Microsoft BizSpark. With this program, startups receive access to current, full-featured software development tools and platforms.
Previous teams include:
2006: Brazil, China, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Norway, India
2007: Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Thailand,
2008: Australia, France, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, South Africa,
== Imagine Cup Grant ==
A three-year, $3 million competitive grant program was established by Microsoft in 2011 to support a select number of winning teams’ solutions to go to market and realize its potential to solve a critical global problem. The inaugural grant recipients were announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 27, 2012, which included the following teams:
Team Lifelens from the United States
Team Apptenders from Croatia
Team Falcon Dev from Ecuador
Team OaSys from Jordan
The grant packages include US$75,000 for each team, as well as software, cloud computing services, solution provider support, premium Microsoft BizSpark account benefits and access to local resources such as the Microsoft Innovation Centers. Microsoft will also connect grant recipients with its network of investors, nongovernmental organization partners and business partners.
For the 2012 version of the competition, the following teams were announced in December 2012. The teams are:

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Team Graphmasters from Germany. The team members are: Christian Brüggemann, Sebastian Heise and Iulian Nitescu.
Team StethoCloud from Australia. The team members are: Hon Weng Chong, Andrew Lin, Mahsa Salehi and Karthik Rajah.
Team Vivid from Egypt. The team members are: Noureldien Hussein (Nour El-Dien Hussein), Muhammed Mousa El-Orabi and Fady Fawzy Rafla.
Team Cipher256 from Uganda The team members are: Aaron Tushabe, Joshua Okello, Dr. Davis Musinguzi, Josiah Kavuma and Joseph Kaizzi.
Team QuadSquad from Ukraine. The team members are: Maxim Osika, Valeriy Yasakov, Anton Stepanov, Anton Posternikov and Dmytro Samoilenko.
== Recognition ==
Imagine Cup participants from around the world who won their regional competitions in 2010 have been recognized by their government leaders.
In October 2010, two Imagine Cup 2010 United States finalists (Wilson To from the Mobilifeteam and Christian Hood from BeastWare) were invited to participate in the White House Science Fair.
New Zealand's Prime Minister, Hon. John Key sent Team OneBeep from New Zealand a personal letter that congratulated them on their third-place finish.
Team Skeek from Thailand, winners of the 2010 Software Design competition, met Dr. Khunying Kalaya Sophonpanich, a member of Parliament and Secretary General of The Rajapruek Institute Foundation.
Microsoft Poland and members of the European Parliament hosted the “Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation” conference in Brussels. Imagine Cup teams from Poland (fteams and Mutants), Serbia (TFZR), Germany (Mediator), and Belgium (Nom Nom Productions) were in attendance.
Greek Imagine Cup winners, Giorgos Karakatsiotis and Vangos Pterneas, of Megadodo, met with the Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou, and demonstrated their project that creates personalized descriptions of museum exhibits based on the user's needs.
Teams Xormis and Educ8 from Jamaica were honored with a special luncheon hosted by the Government of Jamaica that included an address from Hon. Bruce Golding, the prime minister.
Team Think Green had the opportunity to meet with Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia.
== See also ==
Imagine Cup Sri Lanka Page
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website
Winners
Virtual Pressroom (2017)
Blog