Anita Borg Early Career Award (BECA) | CRA-WP | Priority Deadline: March 31 | Woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant research contributions and who has contributed to her profession, especially in the outreach to women. | https://bit.ly/BECA21 |
Skip Ellis Early Career Award | CRA-WP | Priority Deadline: March 31 | Given to a person who identifies as a member of a group underrepresented in computing (African-American, Latinx, Native American/First Peoples, and/or People with Disabilities), who has made significant research contributions in computer science and/or engineering and has also contributed to the profession, especially in outreach to underrepresented demographics. | https://bit.ly/SEECA21 |
ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Service Award | SIGPLAN | January 5 | The award recognizes contributions to ACM SIGPLAN, its conferences, publications, or its local activities. | http://www.sigplan.org/Awards/Service/ |
ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Achievement Award | SIGPLAN | January 5 | The contribution can be a single event or a life-time of achievement. The award is presented at SIGPLAN’s PLDI conference the following June. | http://www.sigplan.org/Awards/Achievement/ |
ACM SIGPLAN Programming Languages Software Award | SIGPLAN | January 5 | The impact may be reflected in the wide-spread adoption of the system or its underlying concepts by the wider programming language community either in research projects, in the open-source community, or commercially. | http://www.sigplan.org/Awards/Software/ |
ACM SIGPLAN Robin Milner Young Researcher Award | SIGPLAN | January 5 | The Robin Milner Young Researcher Award is given by ACM SIGPLAN to recognize outstanding contributions by young investigators in the area of programming languages. | http://www.sigplan.org/Awards/Milner/ |
ACM SIGPLAN Distinguished Educator Award | SIGPLAN | January 5 | The award recognizes contributions to ACM SIGPLAN, its conferences, publications, or its local activities. | https://www.sigplan.org/Awards/Educator/ |
ACM SIGPLAN John C. Reynolds Doctoral Dissertation Award | SIGPLAN | January 15 | Author of an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the area of Programming Languages. At the discretion of the Selection Committee, multiple awards and/or honorable mentions may be presented for a given year. | http://www.sigplan.org/Awards/Dissertation/ |
ACM Athena Lecturer Award | ACM | January 15 | Each year ACM honors a preeminent woman computer scientist as the Athena Lecturer. | https://awards.acm.org/athena/nominations |
ACM Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough In Computing Award | ACM | January 15 | The ACM Charles P. "Chuck" Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award (the "ACM Breakthrough Award") is presented biennially to an individual who reflects Thacker's pioneering contributions in making a surprising or disruptive leapfrog in computing ideas or technologies, and his inspiration of generations of young computer scientists. The award is presented at the June ACM Awards Banquet and is accompanied by a prize of $100,000 plus travel expenses to the banquet and to the ACM Breakthrough Award Lecture. Financial support is provided by Microsoft. | https://bit.ly/2K5tBER |
ACM Distinguished Service | ACM | January 15 | Individuals, or in special cases a small group, are selected on the basis of the value and degree of their service overall, including activities on behalf of the Association, other computer organizations, and/or other entities. | http://bit.ly/2yDMZSq |
ACM Eugene Lawler for Humanitarian Contributions | ACM | January 15 | Examples: application of computer technology to aid the disabled; using computers in inner city schools; creative research concerning intellectual property issues; expansion of educational opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities; application of computers to problems of developing countries. | https://awards.acm.org/lawler/nominations |
ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award | ACM | January 15 | Candidate must have been 35 years of age at time of contribution; outstanding young computer professional of the year, selected on the basis of a single recent major technical or service contribution. | https://awards.acm.org/hopper/nominations |
ACM Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator | ACM | January 15 | Outstanding educator who is: appointed to a recognized educational baccalaureate institution; recognized for advancing new teaching methodologies, or effecting new curriculum development or expansion in Computer Science and Engineering; or making a significant contribution to the educational mission of the ACM | https://awards.acm.org/karlstrom/nominations |
ACM Prize in Computing | ACM | January 15 | The award is given for achievements during the early years of an individual's career, although enough time must have passed to clearly establish evidence of impact (i.e., candidates are typically within 8-16 years of the terminal degree, with consideration made for interrupted or second careers). | http://bit.ly/2v4bNV9 |
Other ACM Awards - signfigicant ones listed above | ACM | January 15 | Various | https://awards.acm.org/award-nominations |
ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award | ACM-AAAI | January 15 | Key factors in evaluating nominations thus include both the quality of the contributions and their breadth across computer science – with contributions to artificial intelligence being of particular note. | https://awards.acm.org/newell/nominations |
SIGBED Paul Caspi Memorial Dissertation Award | SIGBED | January 15 | The award recognizes outstanding doctoral dissertations that significantly advance the state of the art in the science of embedded systems, in the spirit and legacy of Dr. Paul Caspi’s work. | http://bit.ly/2Ws0imR |
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award | SIGGRAPH | January 31 | Individual for an outstanding achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques. | http://bit.ly/2WnnJxR |
ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Service Award | SIGGRAPH | January 31 | Individual who has given extraordinary service to ACM SIGGRAPH, both in the trenches and in positions of more responsibility or visibility, over a significant period of time. | http://bit.ly/2WnnJxR |
ACM SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award | SIGGRAPH | January 31 | Researcher who has made a recent, significant contribution to the field of computer graphics and is new to the field. | http://bit.ly/3p57IIW |
ACM SIGGRAPH Steven Anson Coons Award | SIGGRAPH | January 31 | Individual who has made a lifetime contribution to computer graphics and interactive techniques. | http://bit.ly/3nu697l |
Other ACM SIGGRAPH Awards - signfigicant ones listed above | SIGGRAPH | January 31 | Various awards to recognize exceptional achievements in computer graphics and interactive techniques. | http://www.siggraph.org/participate/awards |
ACM-IEEE A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation | ACM SIGDA-IEEE | February 1 | Outstanding technical contribution within the scope of electronic design automation, as evidenced by a paper published at least ten years before the presentation of the award. | https://www.sigda.org/awards/newton/ |
IEEE-CEDA A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award in Electronic Design Automation | IEEE-CEDA | February 1 | Individual or a group which has made an outstanding technical contribution in the scope of electronic design automation through a paper published at least ten years before the award is presented. | http://bit.ly/2kaMpty |
SIGMOBILE Outstanding contribution | ACM SIGMOBILE | February 15 | Individual who has made significant and lasting contributions to the research on mobile computing and communications and wireless networking. | http://bit.ly/3r5UNIL |
SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award | ACM SIGMOBILE | February 15 | Individual who has made recent outstanding research or product contributions to the field of mobile computing during the early part of his or her career. | http://bit.ly/3oVks4W |
ABIE Award Series | AnitaB.org | March 1 | Those at AnitaB.org celebrate and highlight the success of women technologists and those who support women in tech. The Abie (pronounced AB-ee) Awards honor these distinguished women, whose achievements and life stories demonstrate that each of us has the power to improve our world, individually and collectively. | https://anitab.org/awards-grants/abie-awards/ |
Gerhard Herzberg Award | NSERC Canada | March 1 | The Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering is awarded annually for both the sustained excellence and overall influence of research work conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering. | http://bit.ly/1lUPc5z |
WITI Hall of Fame | Women in Technology International (WITI) | March 1 | | http://bit.ly/2F1RdaJ |
Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award | DAC | Estimated March 1 | Individuals who have visibly helped to advance women in electronic design. | http://bit.ly/2npwmoY |
ACM Senior Member | ACM | March 3 | Successful candidates for Senior Member must have demonstrated performance that sets them apart from their peers. | http://bit.ly/2oNFPFV |
ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award | ACM-IEEE | March 30 | Administered jointly by ACM and IEEE Computer Society, the ACM - IEEE-CS Eckert-Mauchly Award is given for contributions to computer and digital systems architecture where the field of computer architecture is considered at present to encompass the combined hardware-software design and analysis of computing and digital systems. | https://awards.acm.org/eckert-mauchly/nominations |
SWE Individial Awards (Various) | Society of Women Engineers | March 31 | Varippus Awards. The Society of Women Engineers strives to advance and honor the contributions of women at all stages of their careers as well as recognize the successes of SWE members and individuals who enhance the engineering profession through contributions to industry, education and the community. | http://bit.ly/1pdrhQG |