"Ig Nobel Prize The Ig Nobel Prize ( ) is a parody of the Nobel Prize awarded every autumn to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. Since 1991, the Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded to ""honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think."" The name of the award is a pun on the word ""ignoble,"" which means ""characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness,"" and is satirical social criticism that identifies ""absurd"" research, although, occasionally, such research has succeeded in yielding useful knowledge. Organized by the scientific humor magazine, the ""Annals of Improbable"
"professional highlights): Bowdoin Prizes The Bowdoin Prizes are prestigious awards given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students. 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 work in the English Language, in the Natural Sciences, in Greek, and in Latin. Each winner of a Bowdoin Prize receives, in addition to a sum of money, a medal, a certificate, and his or her name printed in the Commencement Program. The award was established in 1791, and past winners include (with year of"
"School in Boston, Massachusetts and the Warren Alpert Foundation, located in Providence, Rhode Island. An annual symposium is held at Harvard Medical School each fall where the recipient(s) present their work. The prize currently includes $500,000, a citation and plaque. Warren Alpert Foundation Prize The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize is awarded annually to scientist(s) whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of or ability to treat disease. The prize was established in 1987 by"
"Bowdoin Prizes The Bowdoin Prizes are prestigious awards given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students. 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 work in the English Language, in the Natural Sciences, in Greek, and in Latin. Each winner of a Bowdoin Prize receives, in addition to a sum of money, a medal, a certificate, and his or her name printed in the Commencement Program. The award was established in 1791, and past winners include (with year of award and"
"the George Ledlie Prize."" The amount of this initial bequest was $1,000, and it has varied little with time. The prize is sought not for its monetary value, but for its recognition of the significance of scientific work carried out by the recipient. Thomas Weller, 1954 Nobel Prize winner for his research into polio, said of his Ledlie Award: ""In 1963 in recognition of my isolation of the CMV and rubella viruses I was greatly pleased by the award by Harvard of the George Ledlie prize, an award given every two years to the Harvard faculty member considered to have"
"Research"" (AIR), the Ig Nobel Prizes are presented by Nobel laureates in a ceremony at the Sanders Theater, Harvard University, and are followed by the winners’ public lectures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Ig Nobels were created in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor and co-founder of the ""Annals of Improbable Research"", editor-in-chief of the ""Journal of Irreproducible Results"" and master of ceremonies at all subsequent awards ceremonies. Awards were presented at that time for discoveries ""that cannot, or should not, be reproduced"". Ten prizes are awarded each year in many categories, including the Nobel Prize categories of physics,"
"recipient and a commemorative bookmark. The Harvard Prize Books are usually presented at the end of the academic year at high school award ceremonies or high school graduations. Harvard Prize Book is an achievement award from the Harvard Alumni Association awarded to the outstanding high school student in the next-to-graduating class (junior year) who ""displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievements in other fields."" State level Harvard Clubs provide the awards to approximately 2,000 selected high schools around the world. The Minnesota Harvard Alumni group states ""We fellow Minnesotans participate in the Harvard alumni Association's Prize book"
"an extraordinary scientific achievement"", has been awarded on 4 occasions (twice in 2013, and once in 2016 and 2018). The monetary value of the award is also $3 million.<ref name=""breakthroughprize.org/45""></ref> The New Horizons in Physics Prize, awarded to promising junior researchers, carries an award of $100,000. The winners of 2015 New Horizons in Physics Prize are Sean Hartnoll of Stanford University, for applying holographic methods to obtain remarkable new insights into strongly interacting quantum matter; Philip C. Schuster and Natalia Toro of Perimeter Institute, for pioneering the “simplified models” framework for new physics searches at the Large Hadron Collider, as"
"Harvard Book Award The Harvard Book Award or Harvard Prize Book is an award given out by the alumni of Harvard University to the top-performing student(s) in 11th/12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 ""selected"" high schools from around the world. The award has been in existence since 1910. The award is traditionally handed out at graduation ceremonies. Criteria for selection vary by school, and it is usually associated with unmistakable academic excellence, strength of character and achievements in other fields. Each Book awarded comes with an official Harvard bookplate which states the name of the donor and the award"
"accomplishments cited in the nomination represent new or different work. However, some scientists who won the Harvey Prize were later presented with the Nobel Prize, e.g. Eric Kandel and Shuji Nakamura. Below is a list of recipients of the prize: Harvey Prize The Harvey Prize is an Israeli scientific distinction awarded annually for breakthroughs in science and technology, as well as contributions to Peace in the Middle East, by Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. It was named after an industrialist and inventor Leo Harvey. Two awards of $75,000 each are made each year. Candidates to the Prize"
"give it yearly. The first award was given to Robert Hare, for his invention of the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, in 1839. Twenty-three years elapsed before the award was given a second time, to John Ericsson. The prize is awarded whenever the academy recognizes a significant achievement in either of the two fields. It has been given 62 times to 79 individuals, and once to a tri-group committee of 21 people. Awardees receive a gold-and-silver medal. Previous prizewinners include Thomas Alva Edison, for his investigations in electric lighting; Enrico Fermi, for his studies of radiation theory and nuclear energy; and Charles H."
"of books. It was also understood that the annual prize would not be awarded if the Faculty of Arts and Sciences deemed there were no suitable entries for that year. Waldo Higginson (1814–1894) graduated from Harvard in 1833 and had given the grant to honor his brother-in-law, George Brimmer Sohier (1832–1877), an 1852 Harvard graduate. George B. Sohier Prize The George B. Sohier Prize, established by Bostonian businessman Waldo Higginson in 1890, is a $250 annual award for the best thesis of approximately 10,000 words or text submitted by a student of English or Modern Literature at Harvard University or"
"Chronister (2015) for ""How the Blood Spills"". Rich Larson (2014) for ""Nostalgia Calculator"", Lara Donnelly (2013) for ""To the Dogs"", Rebekah Baldridge (2012) for ""Superposition"", and Seth Dickinson (2011) for ""The Immaculate Conception of Private Ritter"". The David G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award is an annual award and stipend presented to a graduate student for a paper presented at the conference. The most recent winner (2015) is ""The Strange and Wonderful Workings of Science in the Land of the Free, or, the Technology of Race"" by Taylor Evans. Previous winners include Melisa Kurtz (2014), Cassandra Bausman (2013), Timothy S. Miller"
"George B. Sohier Prize The George B. Sohier Prize, established by Bostonian businessman Waldo Higginson in 1890, is a $250 annual award for the best thesis of approximately 10,000 words or text submitted by a student of English or Modern Literature at Harvard University or Radcliffe College. Resident graduate students attending Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are also eligible for the prize. Higginson’s $6,500 grant, later increased to $7,000, was given with the stipulation that the prize money would be drawn from its annual interest and that any surplus would go toward Harvard University Library for the purchase"
"by members of the Harvard faculty. Upon receipt of her Ledlie Prize, physicist Lene Hau explained her reaction in these terms: “I am very honored to receive the prize. It is really wonderful to receive this kind of recognition from your home institution,”. Psychologist Howard Gardner, winner of the 1999-2000 Ledlie stated that: ""It’s especially heartwarming when an institution you identify with selects you as somebody they think well of."" Past winners of the Ledlie Award have included: George Ledlie Prize The George Ledlie Prize is awarded by the ""President and Fellows of Harvard College"" for contributions to science. George"
"program because we honor Minnesota Students, and the educators and institutions who encourage of student to respect ideas and their free expression, and to rejoice in discovery and in critical thought; to pursue excellence in a spirit of productive cooperation; and to assume responsibility for the consequences of personal actions."" Harvard Book Award The Harvard Book Award or Harvard Prize Book is an award given out by the alumni of Harvard University to the top-performing student(s) in 11th/12th grade reading classes in nearly 2,000 ""selected"" high schools from around the world. The award has been in existence since 1910. The"
"Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association The Harvard–Radcliffe Science Fiction Association (HRSFA) is the undergraduate science fiction association at Harvard University. Founded in 1986, its purpose is to promote science fiction (and fantasy) and aid in activity of those interested in the genre. HRSFA also co-sponsors the annual Ig Nobel awards and organizes Vericon, an annual science fiction convention; and it intermittently publishes ""Fusion"", a speculative-fiction literary magazine. Other events held by HRSFA include the Wyld Hunt, Going of the Hour, and Masquerade Ball. It is sometimes cited as an example of a social organization whose parties and events do not focus"
"Harvard Society of Fellows The Harvard Society of Fellows is a group of scholars recognized for their extraordinary academic potential, upon whom are bestowed distinctive opportunities for individual growth and intellectual collaboration. Appointed by senior fellows, junior fellows receive a stipend for three years, during which they conduct independent research at Harvard University in any discipline, without being required to meet formal degree requirements. The only stipulation is that they remain in residence at Cambridge, Massachusetts, for the duration of their fellowship. Membership in the society is for life. As early as 1925, Harvard scholars Henry Osborn Taylor, Alfred North"
"of $1,000,000. All winners receive a medal and scroll, but they split the cash award if there is more than one winner in their category. The Foundation also works to promote increased public understanding of scientists and their work, has programs to help scientists become better communicators, and has programs with museums and other public institutions to help reach the general public about science. The Foundation supports a meeting program that has led to a number of new science initiatives. Among them is The BRAIN Initiative, a broad collaborative research initiative launched in 2013 to accelerate the development of technologies"
"and $100 to support original research. All members from chapters in good standing are eligible to apply. Recipients are expected to present their results at National Conference. Presentations at the National Conference are judged and the top three receive cash awards of $100, $75, and $50. All eligible presenters received a grant of $50. Chi Beta Phi Chi Beta Phi National Science Honorary (ΧΒΦ) is an honorary scientific society for undergraduates. The object of the organization is to promote interest in science and to give recognition to scholarly attainment in science. Members participate together in events of scientific interest and"
"Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics The Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics is an annual award of the Breakthrough Prize series announced in 2013. It is funded by Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg and others. The annual award comes with a cash gift of $3 million, and up to three laureates are chosen for the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize, at $100,000 which is intended for early-career researchers. The founders of the prize have stated that they want to help scientists to be perceived as celebrities again, and to reverse a 50-year ""downward trend"". They hope that this may make ""more young students"
"chemistry, physiology/medicine, literature, and peace, but also other categories such as public health, engineering, biology, and interdisciplinary research. The Ig Nobel Prizes recognize genuine achievements, with the exception of three prizes awarded in the first year to fictitious scientists Josiah S. Carberry, Paul DeFanti, and Thomas Kyle. The awards are sometimes criticism via satire, as in the two awards given for homeopathy research, prizes in ""science education"" to the Kansas State Department of Education and Colorado State Board of Education for their stance regarding the teaching of evolution, and the prize awarded to ""Social Text"" after the Sokal affair. Most"
"an honors-eligible program requiring a senior thesis and/or advanced course work. Students graduating in the top 4–5% of the class are awarded degrees ""summa cum laude"", students in the next 15% of the class are awarded ""magna cum laude"", and the next 30% of the class are awarded ""cum laude"". Harvard has chapters of academic honor societies such as Phi Beta Kappa and various committees and departments also award several hundred named prizes annually. Harvard, along with other universities, has been accused of grade inflation, although there is evidence that the quality of the student body and its motivation have"
"scientific insight or extrapolation. James Blish, in a caustic review, described the novel as ""incompetent, pedantic, graceless, incredible, unpopulated and boring"" and concluded that its publication ""accomplishes nothing but the placing of a blot on the memory of a justly honored man."" Gernsback combined his fiction and science into ""Everyday Science and Mechanics"" magazine, serving as the editor in the 1930s. The Hugo Awards or ""Hugos"" are the annual achievement awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention, selected in a process that ends with vote by current Convention members. They originated and acquired the ""Hugo"" nickname during the 1950s"
"smaller number receive the ""Scientiarum Baccalaureus"" (S.B.). There are also special degree programs, such as a five-year program leading to both a Harvard undergraduate degree and a Master of Arts from the New England Conservatory of Music. Undergraduates must also fulfill the General Education requirement of coursework in eight designated fields: Each student's exposure (via ""Gen Ed"") to a range of intellectual areas, while pursuing a chosen concentration in depth, fulfills the injunction of Harvard past-president Abbott Lawrence Lowell that liberal education should produce ""men who know a little of everything and something well."" In 2012, dozens of students were"
"Warren Alpert Foundation Prize The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize is awarded annually to scientist(s) whose scientific achievements have led to the prevention, cure or treatment of human diseases or disorders, and/or whose research constitutes a seminal scientific finding that holds great promise of ultimately changing our understanding of or ability to treat disease. The prize was established in 1987 by the late philanthropist and businessman, Warren Alpert and the Warren Alpert Foundation. The Warren Alpert Prize is given internationally and since its inception, seven Nobel Prize winners have received the award. The prize is administered in concert with Harvard Medical"
"Robert Koch Prize, Lasker Award and Gairdner Foundation International Award winning co-discoverer of Hepatitis C and of the Hepatitis D genome Michael Houghton (Biological Sciences, 1972); Darwin Medal, Darwin–Wallace Medal and Erwin Schrödinger Prize winning evolutionary biologist Nick Barton (PhD, 1979); Potamkin Prize winning pathologist Karen Duff (Biological Sciences, 1987); climate scientists Tim Lenton, Chris Turney, Neil Adger, Benjamin D. Santer, Keith Briffa, Timothy Osborn, and Peter Thorne; and the Fellows of the Royal Society James Barber, Keith Beven, Mervyn Bibb, Richard Flavell, Don Grierson, Brian Hemmings, Terence Rabbitts, Nick Talbot. Literary alumni include the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature"
"Humanities, Natural Sciences and Engineering and Technology, analyzes and determines the recipients of the various awards granted annually by AMC. Every year, half the Commission's members, who have held the post for two years, are replaced by new members, elected by members' vote. During the academic year, the Academia offers the following awards: Instituted in 1961 and regarded as the highest distinction conferred by AMC, this award is offered to young researchers under the age of 40 undertaking state-of-the-art research in the areas of exact, natural and social sciences, humanities and engineering and technology. Since 1961, AMC has given research"
"Harvard Brain Initiative, co-chaired by Michael Greenberg and Joshua Sanes, funds collaborations and research initiatives specifically between members of the Department faculty and other neuroscientists at Harvard University. In October 2016, current and past faculty, students, and researchers will gather in Boston to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Department. The Department currently has 38 faculty members and close to 300 graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and other research staff. The Department’s current research generally encompasses the following areas: The Department's faculty also participates in the Program in Neuroscience PhD Program offered by Harvard University. Nobel Prize in"
"as students, faculty, or researchers. In addition, Harvard students and alumni have won 10 Academy Awards, 48 Pulitzer Prizes, and 108 Olympic medals (46 gold, 41 silver and 21 bronze). Harvard was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1638, it acquired British North America's first known printing press. In 1639, it was named ""Harvard College"" after deceased clergyman John Harvard, an alumnus of the University of Cambridge, who had left the school £779 and his scholar's library of some 400 volumes. The charter creating the Harvard Corporation was granted"
"must be citizens of the United States. The fellowship award amount changes from year to year. For the 1965–66 academic year, the fellowship award was $3,000. For the 2010–2011 academic year, the fellowship award is $24,000. The inward-facing and outward-facing fellowships are administered independently. The inward-facing fellowship is better publicized, while the outward-facing fellowship is only detailed within the Harvard community. The outward-facing fellowship is administered jointly with two substantially similar Harvard Fellowships: the Sinclair Kennedy and Fredrick Sheldon Traveling Fellowships. Like Knox, Sinclair Kennedy and Fredrick Sheldon were outspoken proponents of cooperation between the United States and Britain, in"
"submit invoices. Scientist.com receives a transaction fee on all marketplace purchases. In 2013, Scientist.com partnered with the Rare Genomics Institute to create and run a science challenge called Be HEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries). Half a million dollars worth of scientific services, ranging in value from $2,500 to $75,000, were awarded to 26 rare disease researchers. In 2015, the Be HEARD science challenge resulted in over $600,000 in awards to 31 rare disease research programs. In 2017, Scientist.com partnered with Global Genes to sponsor the “RARE Battle of the Brains,” a Shark Tank-style pitch competition between early-stage innovators"
"Fellowships for Science and Engineering to provide the nation’s most promising early-career scientists and engineers with flexible funding and the freedom to take risks and explore new frontiers in their fields of study. Each year, the Foundation invites the presidents of 50 universities to nominate two early-career professors each from their institutions. An advisory panel of distinguished scientists and engineers carefully reviews the nominations and selects 16 Fellows to receive individual grants of $875,000, distributed over five years. Packard Fellows have gone on to receive additional awards and honors, including the Nobel Prize; the Fields Medal; and MacArthur, Sloan, Searle,"