Awards

This award, instituted in 1991, is given annually to accord recognition to high calibre scientific research undertaken by Indian Scientists, below the age of 50, living and working in India. Their work done mostly during past 5 years is given preference. The award is open to any branch of science and technology including medical science, basic as well as applied sciences. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 2.5 Lakh and a citation.

BIRAC has partnered with Nesta to create a separate pool of India fund which would provide SEED funds to Indian innovators through Discovery Awards. Discovery Awards are small seed grants to help teams and individuals further develop their ideas for the main Longitude Prize Challenge. Through this partnership BIRAC would be able to spread the message of Longitude Prize to a large network, towards creating a pipeline of innovators for the Longitude Prize, in the area of Antimicrobial Resistance. Nesta had announced a call soliciting proposals under the Discovery awards.

The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an international distinction awarding outstanding contributions made by individuals in communicating science to society and promoting the popularization of science. It is UNESCO?s oldest prize, created in 1951 following a donation from Mr. Bijoyanand Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India.

Lenovo, a global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology has partnered with TWAS to launch a high-level prize to give international recognition and visibility to individual scientists in the developing world for their outstanding scientific achievements. The Prize carries a monetary award of US $ 100,000 provided by Lenovo, as well as a medal and a certificate highlighting the recipient's major contributions to science.

This Prize is named after TWAS Founding Fellow and former president Prof. C.N.R. Rao. It is initiated to honour TWAS Fellows from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), who have made significant contributions to global science. It carries a cash award of US $ 5,000 generously provided by Professor Rao.

The TWAS Prizes are awarded to individual scientists from developing countries in recognition of scientific research achievement of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought and/or outstanding contribution to the application of science and technology for sustainable development. Candidates for this Prize must be scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least 10 years prior to their nomination.

The Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, presented every year by the World Food Prize Foundation, is endowed by the Rockefeller Foundation in honour of Nobel Peace Prize winner and World Food Prize founder, Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. This $10,000 award recognizes exceptional, science-based achievement in the field of international agriculture and food production by an individual under the age of 40. The Award is presented in a ceremony during World Food Prize Week events in Des Moines, Iowa, on or near World Food Day, October 16.

The Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards given for outstanding work and intellectual achievement in the world to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The Prizes are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel. The prizes in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics and Physiology or Medicine were first awarded in 1901.

Longitude Prize, a challenge with a prize fund of £10 million, has been launched to help solve one the greatest issues of our time: the rise of antibiotic resistance. The prize has been developed and is being run by Nesta, the UK?s innovation foundation. The prize was announced by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2013 and a public vote was launched on BBC in May 2014, and the antibiotics challenge emerged the winner.

This award is given in recognition of international cooperation in Science & Technology and for contributions to public understanding of Science. Scientists from all nations are eligible for consideration. The award was first given in 1990. The award carries a plaque and a citation. The name of the awardee is announced at the Annual General Meeting of the Academy.