Four distinct awards have been named for writer, chemist, andhumanistIsaac Asimov.
TheIsaac Asimov Award for Undergraduate Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Writing, now known as theDell Magazines Award,[1] is an annual award open to undergraduate college students and given to the author of the bestscience fiction orfantasyshort story. Established by the magazineAsimov's Science Fiction and theInternational Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, the award is typically given for character-driven stories of the type published in that magazine.
TheASIMOV Prize (Italian:Premio ASIMOV) for popular science books, edited in theItalian language. Its organising committee[2] is composed by several hundred of teachers and researchers from all over Italy. Originally established atGran Sasso Science Institute on the initiative of Francesco Vissani[2] ofLaboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, it grew and became a national prize thanks toINFN and many other scientific institutions. The winner is selected by a large jury of high school students, about 12,300 in the last edition.[2] The 1st recipient (2016) was the chemistPeter Atkins, the 2nd one (2017) was the medical doctorRoberto Burioni, the 3rd ones (2018) areHelen Czerski andMarco Malvaldiex aequoArchived 2020-11-30 at theWayback Machine, the 4th one the neurophysiologistLamberto Maffei. The winner of the 5th (2020) edition is the mathematicianHannah Fry.[2]
Theskeptical organizationCSICOP created anIsaac Asimov Award, established in 1994 "to honor Asimov for his extraordinary contributions to science and humanity". The first recipient was Asimov's friendCarl Sagan.[3]Stephen Jay Gould was also a winner.[4]
