Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Awards

Eligibility

Summary

• Bancroft Award - For instruction and research in the science of geology.
  • The award is given for publication, instruction, and research in the earth sciences that have conspicuously contributed to public understanding and appreciation of the subject. It consists of a diploma and is offered every two years if there is a suitable candidate.
• Flavelle Medal - For meritorious achievement in biological science.
  • The medal is awarded for an outstanding contribution to biological science during the preceding ten years or for significant additions to a previous outstanding contribution to biological science. The gold-plated silver medal is offered every two years if there is a suitable candidate.
• Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies - For contributions to furthering our understanding of issues concerning gender.
  • The award, in the form of a diploma, is offered every two years if there is a suitable candidate.
• Innis-Gérin Medal - For a distinguished and sustained contribution to the literature of the social sciences.
  • The medal is awarded for a distinguished and sustained contribution to the literature of the social sciences, including human geography and social psychology. The bronze medal is offered every two years if there is a suitable candidate.
• J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal - For outstanding work in the history of Canada.
  • The medal is awarded for outstanding work in the history of Canada. The gold-plated silver medal is offered every two years if there is a suitable candidate.
• John L. Synge Award - For outstanding research in any of the branches of the mathematical sciences.
  • The award is given for outstanding research in any of the branches of the mathematical sciences. In cases where there are two or more strong candidates, some preference is given to those whose age is not over forty in the year of the award. It consists of a diploma and is offered at irregular intervals if there is a suitable candidate.
• Kitty Newman Award - For outstanding contributions from an emerging scholar in the field of philosophy.
  • The cash amount of $1500 is awarded every year if there is a suitable candidate.
• Lorne Pierce Medal - For an achievement in critical or imaginative literature.
  • The medal is awarded for an achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French (critical literature dealing with Canadian subjects has priority over critical literature of equal merit that does not deal with Canadian subjects). The gold plated silver medal is offered every two years if there is a suitable candidate.
• McLaughlin Medal - For important research of sustained excellence in medical science.
  • The medal is awarded for important research of sustained excellence in any branch of medical sciences. The gold-plated silver medal is awarded every year if there is a suitable candidate.
• Michael P. Païdoussis Medal - For outstanding contributions to research, education and leadership in applied mechanics. Solid continuum mechanics, fluid mechanics and fluid-structure interaction are all included.
  • Each candidate will be proposed by a nominator with a nomination letter (maximum three pages), together with three reference letters (maximum two pages each). In addition to the nomination letter and reference letters, the nomination package must include an updated CV (maximum five pages), a complete publication list (no page limit) and the list of the candidate’s best ten publications related to applied mechanics.
  • The three categories of research, education and leadership (including service to the scientific community, e.g. through professional organizations, conference organization and journal editorship) will have equal weight in the selection process and are to be clearly and explicitly addressed in the nomination materials.
  • A medal and cash award of $1,000 are offered in recognition of the candidate’s outstanding contribution in applied mechanics.
• Miroslaw Romanowski Medal - For scientific work relating to environmental problems.
  • The medal is awarded for significant contributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental problems or for important improvements to the quality of an ecosystem in all aspects - terrestrial, atmospheric and aqueous - brought about by scientific means. The bronze medal and a cash amount of $3,000 are awarded every year if there is a suitable candidate. An annual lecture series for the award recipient is also associated to the medal.
• RSC Eric Jackman Prize - For path-breaking and sustained scientific contributions to preventing harm, strengthening resilience, or otherwise benefiting humankind through research in one or more behavioural and social science fields.
  • A successful candidate for the RSC Eric Jackman Prize will stand out for the following reasons:
    1. The clear relevance of the work to challenges confronting humankind
    2. The path-breaking aspects of the work
    3. The recipient’s sustained focus on applying the results of the work to tangible benefits to humankind
  • The Prize includes a cash award of $10,000.
• Rutherford Memorial Medals - For outstanding research in physics and in chemistry.
  • The medals are awarded for outstanding research during the formative stage of a career in any branch of physics and chemistry and in recognition of Lord Rutherford’s own research carried out in Canada at a relatively young age. Preference will be given to candidates who have received their PhD within the previous 15 years. Each gold-plated silver medal is offered every year if there is a suitable candidate.
• Yvan Allaire Medal - For outstanding contributions in governance of public and private organizations.
  • A successful candidate for the Yvan Allaire Medal will stand out for the following reasons:
    1. The relevance and originality of the candidate’s research and publications on the subject of governance in private organizations (e.g. businesses, whether listed or not listed on a stock exchange, small to medium businesses, NGOs or a cooperative) or public organizations (state-owned or Crown corporations, municipal and para-municipal organizations, scholarly institutions and universities, general hospitals, ministry-level governance issues, indigenous and governmental organizations)
    2. The impact of his or her research and contributions
    3. The influence and reach of his or her research
  • The medal and a cash award of $5,000 are offered in recognition of outstanding contributions in governance.

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