Award Opportunities and Nomination Deadlines

University leadership encourages nominating deserving colleagues for honors, awards, and learned societies. Nominations are managed by the Office of the Chancellor. 

• If you intend to submit a nomination that requires EVCP or Chancellor endorsement, please contact us. 
• We aim to acknowledge those who have received awards. If a recipient needs to be added below, let us know.

March

Harvey Prize, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (3/1/25) 
Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize (3/3/25) 
Keio Medical Science Prize (3/3/25) 
Princess of Asturias Awards (TBD) Past Recipient: David Julius, 2010 
AAMC – Herbert W. Nickens Award (3/10/25) 
AAMC – Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award (3/3/25) Past Recipients: Elisabeth Wilson, 2015; Sharad Jain, 2004 
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (TBD) 
American Philosophical Society – Judson Daland Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Investigation (TBD) 
James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards (3/12/25) Past Recipients: Dean Schillinger, 2016; Patricia Dennehy, 2012; Steven Pantilat, 2011
Stephenson Global Prize (3/14/25)
Balzan Prize (3/15/25) Past Recipient: Shinya Yamanaka, 2010 
Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease (TBD) 
King Faisal International Prize for Medicine (3/31/25) Past Recipient: Shinya Yamanaka, 2011 
King Faisal International Prize for Science (3/31/25) 
Yidan Prize (3/31/25)

April

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Academy members only) 
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering (4/1/25) – awarded every two years 
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Awards (4/1/25) 
Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases (4/4/25) 
AAMC – Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards (4/5/25) 
Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (TBD) Past Recipients: David Julius, 2019; Peter Walter, 2018 
UCSF Society of Hellman Fellows (4/7/25) 
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellows (4/16/25) 
Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research (4/30/25) – awarded every two years

May

National Medal of Science (TBD) Past Recipients: Bruce Alberts, 2012; Stanley Prusiner, 2009; J. Michael Bishop, 2003; Herbert Boyer, 1990 
Society for Neuroscience – Peter and Patricia Gruber International Research Award (5/8/25)
National Academy of Medicine Awards (5/15/25) 
Eugene M. Landis Research Award (5/16/25) 
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator Awards (2026) – every five years

June

Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research (TBD) Past Recipient: David Julius, 2013 
Michelson Prize Next Generation Grants (TBD) 
Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science (6/9/25) Past Recipients: Jeanne Paz, 2019; Hani Goodarzi, 2022; Tomasz Nowakowski, 2024 
Vilcek Prizes in Biomedical Science (6/9/25; nomination by committee) Past Recipients: Lily Jan and Yuh Nung Jan, 2017; Peter Walter, 2015 
AAAS Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility (TBD) 
AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science (TBD) 
AAAS Mentor Awards (TBD) 
AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize (TBD) 
AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Award (TBD) 
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards (6/30/25)

July

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (TBD, 2025) – awarded every two years

August

Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (8/9/24) 
Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research (8/31/24) Past Recipient: David Julius, 2019 
Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences (8/31/24) Past Recipient: Ronald Vale, 2012

September

AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy (9/1/24) 
Alan T. Waterman Award (TBD) 
International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Young Investigator Awards (9/13/24)
Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine (9/16/24) 
American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships (9/25/24) 
Dan David Prize (9/30/24) Past Recipients: Cynthia Kenyon, 2011 
Tang Prize in Sustainable Development (9/30/25)
APS – Daland Fellowships in Clinical Investigation (TBD) 

October

Canada Gairdner International Awards (10/1/24) Past Recipients: Ronald Vale, 2019; David Julius, 2017; Peter Walter, 2009; Shinya Yamanaka, 2009; Elizabeth Blackburn, 1998; Stanley Prusiner, 1993; Y. W. Kan, 1984; J. Michael Bishop and Harold Varmus, 1984; John Clements, 1983 
American Philosophical Society – Franklin Research Grants (10/1/24 and 12/24 see website for distinction between deadlines) 
NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (10/7/24) 
NAS Award in Molecular Biology (10/7/24) 
NAS Award for Scientific Discovery (10/7/24) – awarded every two years; Recipient: Kevan Shokat, 2023 
NAS Public Welfare Medal (10/7/24) 
NAS Troland Research Awards (10/7/24) 
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists (internal deadline 10/7/24) – Applications for this Limited Submission Program (LSP) opportunity to be vetted through UCSF's Research Development Office. Past Recipient: Edward F. Chang, 2015 
Wolf Prize (11/1/24) 
March of Dimes Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize (10/14/24) Past Recipients: Susan Fisher, 2020; Shinya Yamanaka, 2010 
Millennium Technology Prize (deadline for 2025 award TBD) Past Recipient: Shinya Yamanaka, 2012

November

Dickson Prize in Medicine (11/4/24) 
Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science (deadline for 2026 award TBD) – awarded every two years
Warren Alpert Foundation Prize (11/8/24) 
Passano Award (11/15/24) Past Recipients: David Julius, 2010; Elizabeth Blackburn, 1999; Peter Walter, 1988 (Young Scientist Award) 
Ross Prize in Molecular Medicine (11/15/24) 
Mark Brothers Award (11/18/24) 
Steven C. Beering Award for Advancement of Biomedical Science (11/18/24) 
Albert Einstein World Award of Science (TBD) 
Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (11/30/24, by invitation) Past Recipients: Ronald Vale, 2017; Peter Walter, 2014; David Julius, 2010; Shinya Yamanaka, 2008; Y. W. Kan, 2004; Herbert Boyer, 2004

December

American Philosophical Society – Franklin Research Grants (12/2/24) 
Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences (12/5/24) – awarded every two years 
Gruber Prizes in Genetics and Neuroscience (12/15/24) 
Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience (12/15/24) Past Recipients: Roger Nicoll, 2012; Lily Jan and Yuh Nung Jan, 2010; David Julius, 2007 
Heineken Prizes (TBD, 2025) 
Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, and Neuroscience (TBD, 2025) Past Recipients: David Julius, 2020; Michael Merzenich, 2016 
Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science (TBD) Past Recipient: Elizabeth Blackburn, 2007

January

AAMC Award for Excellence in Medical Education (1/24/25) 
AAMC Award for Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences (1/24/25) 
AAMC – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation David E. Rogers Award (1/24/25) 
Japan Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, Life Science, Medicine (1/31/25) 
Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences (FNIH) (TBD) 
Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry (1/31/25) 
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1/31/25) Past Recipients: David Julius, 2021; Shinya Yamanaka, 2012; Elizabeth Blackburn, 2009; Stanley Prusiner, 1997; J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus, 1989 
Welch Award in Chemistry (1/31/25)

February

AAAS Martin and Rose Wachtel Cancer Research Award (2/1/24) Past Recipient: Hani Goodarzi, 2017 
National Academy of Medicine Membership (2/1/24; nomination by NAM members) 
Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award (2/5/24) Past Recipients: Peter Walter, 2014; Ronald Vale, 2012
Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award (2/5/24) Past Recipient: John Clements, 1994 
Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science (2025) – awarded every two years
Lasker~Bloomberg Public Service Award (2/5/24) 
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2/5/24) 
Switzer Prize – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (2/28/24) 
Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science (paused) – Past Recipient: Stephen Hauser, 2017

American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Amory Prize (reproductive biology – nominations accepted from Academy Fellows only) 
American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Rumford Prize (heat and light – nominations accepted from Academy Fellows only) 
American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Scholar Patriot Award (nominations accepted from Academy Fellows only)
American Philosophical Society – The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship 
American Philosophical Society – Karl Spencer Lashley Award 
August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research (TBD) 
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals: Grants and Funding 
immunoSEQ Young Investigator Awards (awarded quarterly) 
immunoSEQ Women in Immune Science (WISE) Award (TBD) 
Innovators in Science Award in Regenerative Medicine (TBD) – Applications for this Limited Submission Program (LSP) opportunity to be vetted through UCSF's Research Development Office. 
Kyoto Prize 
LUI Che Woo Prize for World Civilisation (not awarded since 2019) 
Michelson Philanthropies & Science Prize for Immunology (no longer offered) Past Recipients: Murad Mamedov, 2019; Kamal Mandal, 2019 
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Past Recipient: Zachary Knight, 2019 
Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award (TBD) 
Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science (TBD) 
Unilever Science Prize (TBD; may no longer be awarded) Past Recipient: David Julius, 2007 
Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare (no longer offered) Past Recipient: Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn, 2021