ACM AwardsCelebrating Innovation and Recognizing Achievements and Lasting Contributions
ACM recognizes excellencein computer science and information technology through its eminent series of awards.
Award nominations deadlines occur throughout the year, with a heavy concentration in December. Please refer to the Nomination Process page for each award, which includes not only information about the deadline but also guidance for preparing each type of nomination. ACM'sconflict-of-interest guidelines apply to all award nominations.
Read "How to Nominate" instructions for each ACM Award, and consult the table below for a quick overview of ACM Awards. For questions on the above, please contact us at [email protected], or Jade Morris ([email protected]), ACM Awards Committee Liaison.
| How to Nominate | Award Description |
|---|---|
Career-Long Contributions | |
| ACM A.M. Turing Award | ACM's oldest and most prestigious award, for an individual who has made lasting technical contributions to computing |
| ACM Distinguished Service Award | Outstanding service contributions to the computing community at large |
| ACM Fellow | Leaders recognized for outstanding technical, professional, and service contributions |
Early-to-Mid-Career Contributions | |
| ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award | Outstanding young computer professional of the year, on the basis of a single major contribution |
| ACM Prize in Computing | Contributions by "young" individuals to innovations with fundamental impact and broad implications |
| ACM Distinguished Member | Leaders recognized for contributions to computing research, practice, education, or policy |
| ACM Senior Member | Members recognized for technical and professional accomplishments |
Specific Types of Contributions | |
| ACM Charles P. "Chuck" Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award | 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. |
| ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award | Individuals/groups making significant humanitarian contributions through the use of computing technology |
| ACM Frances E. Allen Award | Individuals who have shown outstanding leadership in mentoring promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in computing |
| ACM Luiz André Barroso Award | Individuals from communities historically underrepresented in computing that have made fundemental contributions to computer science. |
| ACM Gordon Bell Prize | Innovations in applying high-performance computing to science, engineering, and large-scale data analytics |
| ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award | New teaching methodologies, new curriculum development, or significant contribution to ACM's educational mission |
| ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award | Theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant, demonstrable effect on the practice of computing |
| ACM Policy Award | Significant influence on the formation or execution of public policy related to computing |
| ACM Presidential Award | Special contributions, as defined by the ACM President |
| ACM Software System Award | Institutions/individuals who developed software systems with lasting influence on computing |
| ACM Athena Lecturer Award | Outstanding women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computing |
| ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award | Contributions with significant breadth across computing, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines |
| ACM-IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award | Contributions to hardware-software design or the design/analysis of computing and digital systems |
| ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award | Contributions to programmability/productivity in high-performance computing, together with significant service |
| Outstanding Contribution to ACM Award | Individuals who have made outstanding service contributions to the Association |
| SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering | Development of mathematical/computational tools and methods for solving science and engineering problems |
Student Contributions | |
| ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | Superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering |
| ACM-IEEE CS George Michael Memorial HPC Fellowships | Exceptional PhD students focusing on HPC applications, networking, storage, or large-scale data analysis |
| ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award | Best doctoral dissertation in computing from an academic institution in India |
| ACM/CSTA Cutler-Bell Prize in High School Computing | Winners of an annual challenge to high school computer science students in the U.S. |
| International Science and Engineering Fair | Outstanding high school projects at ISEF that are related to the field of computing |
In this Tapia Conference panel, ACM CEO Vicki Hanson moderates a discussion with ACM Awards Committee Co-Chair Roy Levin and Awards Committee members Stephanie Ludi and Timothy Pinkston concerning the need to nominate deserving and diverse individuals for Awards and ACM Advanced Member Grades. This panel provides an understanding of ACM’s Awards process from submission to selection, with specific tips for working as a community to develop nominations.
