List of computer-related awards

Google Code-in grand prize winners ceremony 2015

This list of computer-related awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for computer-related work. It excludes computer science awards and competitions, video game awards and web awards, which are covered by separate lists.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Hardware

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
International	Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award	ACM SIGARCH	Computer architecture and design
International	IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers	Outstanding contributions to information storage systems
United States	Phil Kaufman Award	Electronic System Design Alliance	Impact on electronic design by contributions to electronic design automation
United States	Maurice Wilkes Award	International Symposium on Computer Architecture	Outstanding contribution to computer architecture

Open source / freeware / shareware

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
Europe	Akademy	KDE	Free software
Israel	August Penguin	Hamakor	Free software-related achievements
United States	FSF Free Software Awards	Free Software Foundation	Advancement of Free Software and Projects of Social Benefit
United States	Google Code-in	Google	To encourage high school students to participate in open source projects
France	Les Trophées du Libre	Les Trophées du libre	Free software contest
United States	O'Reilly Open Source Award	O'Reilly Media	Individuals recognized for dedication, innovation, leadership and outstanding contribution to open source
United States	Shareware Industry Awards	Shareware Industry Awards Foundation	Shareware industry

Security

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
United States	Frank Byron Rowlett Award	National Security Agency	Outstanding organizational and individual excellence in the field of information systems security
United States	National Cyber Security Hall of Fame	National Cyber Security Hall of Fame	Contributions of key individuals in the field of cyber security

Programming

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
International	Software Process Achievement Award	IEEE Computer Society	Outstanding and innovative contributions to the field of software quality
United States	Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award	Dr. Dobb's Journal	Significant contributions to the advancement of software development
United States	Iverson Award	Association for Computing Machinery	Significant contributions to the APL programming language or to the APL community

Applications

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
Australia	AMY Awards	Digital + Technology Collective	Digital content, services and applications industry in Australia
United Kingdom	Appy Awards	Carphone Warehouse	Best apps
United States	Adobe MAX	Adobe Inc.	Applications
United States	CRM Idol	Information Today	Customer relationship management software
United States	CODiE Awards	Software and Information Industry Association	Business technology and education technology
International	World Summit Awards	World Summit on the Information Society	World’s best startup companies in digital content and innovative applications

Scholarship

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
International	W. Wallace McDowell Award	IEEE Computer Society	Outstanding recent theoretical, design, educational, practical, or other similar innovative contributions that fall within the scope of Computer Society interest
International	Dijkstra Prize	Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing, International Symposium on Distributed Computing	Outstanding papers on the principles of distributed computing
Japan	Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology	Inamori Foundation	Electronics, Biotechnology and Medical Technology, Materials Science and Engineering or Information Science
United States	Knuth reward check	Donald Knuth	For finding technical, typographical, or historical errors, or making substantial suggestions for Donald Knuth's publications
Europe	Microsoft Award	Microsoft Research	Scientists working in Europe who had made a major contribution to the advancement of science through the use of computational methods
United States	Richard W. Lyman Award	National Humanities Center	Scholars who have advanced the humanities through the use of information technology

Other

Country	Award	Sponsor	Notes
International	Computer Entrepreneur Award	IEEE Computer Society	Individuals with major technical or entrepreneurial contributions to the computer industry
International	Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility	IEEE Society for the Social Implications of Technology	Contributions by computer professionals to socially responsible use of computers
United States	Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Awards	Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology	Exceptional achievement by women in technology
United Kingdom	British Inspiration Awards	(industry)	Achievement in the creative industries of the United Kingdom
Germany	CeBIT	Deutsche Messe AG	State of the art in information technology
United States	Dvorak Awards	Ascend Communications	Excellence in Communication (1992–1997)
International	Edison Award	Edison Awards	Honoring excellence in innovation
United States	EFF Pioneer Award	Electronic Frontier Foundation	People or organizations that have made significant contributions to the empowerment of individuals in using computers.
United States	Grace Murray Hopper Award	Association for Computing Machinery	Computer professional who makes a single, significant technical or service contribution at or before age 35
Germany	Konrad Zuse Scholarship Programme 2009	Federal Foreign Office, German Investment Corporation	One-year fellowship for ICT entrepreneurs
United States	Microsoft Most Valuable Professional	Microsoft	"Technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with the community."
Austria	Prix Ars Electronica	Ars Electronica	Electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music
Russia	Runet Prize	Federal Agency on Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation	(various categories)

See also

• Lists of awards
• List of computer science awards
• Lists of science and technology awards
• List of engineering awards