The ACM 2022 Call for Awards Nominations
ACM seeks the community’s help in generating nominations for the ACM awards listed below. Please refer to each Award’s Nomination page for guidelines on how to nominate: https://awards.acm.org/award-nominations
Nominations are due December 15, 2022, with the exception of the Doctoral Dissertation Award which is due October 31, 2022. Click here to download a pdf.
A.M. Turing Award: ACM’s most prestigious award recognizes contributions of a technical nature which are of lasting and major technical importance to the computing community. The award is accompanied by a prize of $1,000,000 with financial support provided by Google Inc.
ACM Prize in Computing: recognizes an early-to mid-career fundamental, innovative contribution in computing that, through its depth, impact and broad implications, exemplifies the greatest achievements in the discipline. The award carries a prize of $250,000 with financial support provided by Infosys Ltd.
ACM Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough In Computing Award: recognizes an individual or group of individuals who reflect 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. This biennial award is accompanied by a prize of $100,000 with financial support provided by Microsoft.
ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award: presented to an outstanding young computer professional, selected on the basis of a single recent major technical or service contribution. The candidate must have been 35 years of age or less at the time the qualifying contribution was made. A prize of $35,000 accompanies the award with financial support provided by Microsoft Research.
ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award: honors specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing. This award is accompanied by a prize of $10,000 and is endowed by contributions from the Kanellakis family, and financial support by ACM’s SIGACT, SIGDA, SIGMOD, SIGPLAN, the ACM SIG Project Fund, and individual contributions.
ACM – AAAI Allen Newell Award: recognizes career contributions that have impact across sub-disciplines or that bridge computer science and other disciplines. The $10,000 prize is provided by ACM and AAAI, and by individual contributions.
ACM Software System Award: recognizes an institution or individual(s) for developing a software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both. A prize of $35,000 accompanies the award with financial support provided by IBM.
Doctoral Dissertation Award: presented annually to the author(s) of the best doctoral dissertation(s) in computer science and engineering, and is accompanied by a prize of $20,000. The Honorable Mention Award is accompanied by a prize totaling $10,000. Winning dissertations are published in the ACM Digital Library and the ACM Books Series.
ACM Distinguished Service Award: recognizes outstanding service contributions to the computing community as a whole. The contribution should not be limited to service to ACM but should include activities in other computing organizations and should emphasize contributions to the computing community at large.
Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award: recognizes outstanding service contributions to the Association. Candidates are selected based on the value and degree of service overall.
ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award: presented to outstanding educators appointed to a recognized educational baccalaureate institution. The award is accompanied by a prize of $10,000 with financial support provided by Pearson Education.
ACM Athena Lecturer Award: celebrates women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to Computer Science. The award carries a cash prize of $25,000 and includes travel expenses to the conference of the recipients choosing with financial support provided by Two Sigma.
ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science and Informatics: recognizes an individual or group who has made a significant contribution through the use of computing technology. This biennial award is accompanied by a prize of $5,000.
Roy Levin, ACM Awards Committee Co-Chair
John R. White, ACM Awards Committee Co-Chair
Jade Morris, ACM Awards Committee Liaison
