List of general awards in the humanities

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| Canada || Molson Prize || Canada Council || One prize is awarded in the arts, one in the social sciences and humanities{{Cite web|url=http://canadacouncil.ca/-/media/Files/CCA/Funding/Prizes/Laureates/Prizes_Laureates_MolsonPrizes.pdf|title=Molson Prizes|date=2016|website=Canada Council for the Arts|access-date=2017-02-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://canadacouncil.ca:443/funding/prizes/molson-prizes|title=Molson Prizes|website=Canada Council for the Arts|language=en|access-date=2019-10-05}}

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| Chile || National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences || President of Chile || To the humanist, scientist, or academic, who has distinguished himself for his contribution in the field of Human Sciences{{Cite web |url=http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=30536&idVersion=1992-09-26 |title=Ley 19169: Establece normas sobre otorgamiento de Premios Nacionales |trans-title=Law 19169: Establishes Rules on Granting National Prizes |publisher=Ministry of Education |language=Spanish |date=26 September 1992 |access-date=8 December 2017 |via=Library of the National Congress of Chile}}

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| United States || Jefferson Lecture || National Endowment for the Humanities || For distinguished intellectual achievement in humanities[http://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture Jefferson Lecture] at NEH Website (retrieved January 22, 2009).

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| United States || Kluge Prize || John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress || For lifetime achievement in the humanities and social sciences to celebrate the importance of the Intellectual Arts for the public interest{{cite web|url = https://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/prize/|title= John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity|publisher= Library of Congress|accessdate = 21 January 2015}}

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| United States || National Humanities Medal || National Endowment for the Humanities || For individuals, groups, or institutions for work that has deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans' access to important resources in the humanities{{cite web |url=http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/awards.html |title=Awards and Honors |publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities |accessdate=January 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117133400/http://www.neh.gov///whoweare/awards.html |archive-date=January 17, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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| United States || Ralph Waldo Emerson Award || Phi Beta Kappa || For books that have made the most significant contributions to the humanities.{{cite web|title=Book Awards|url=http://www.pbk.org/infoview/PBK_InfoView.aspx?t=&id=22|website=The Phi Beta Kappa Society|accessdate=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608175513/http://www.pbk.org/infoview/PBK_InfoView.aspx?t=&id=22|archive-date=8 June 2009|url-status=dead}}

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| United States || Richard W. Lyman Award || National Humanities Center || Scholars who have advanced the humanities through the use of information technology{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/volunteering/lyman/home|title=Richard W. Lyman Award|website=alumni.stanford.edu}}

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|India

|Infosys Prize in Humanities

|[https://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/index.asp Infosys Science Foundation]

|Awards outstanding achievements of contemporary researchers and scientists across six categories, including Humanities

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| Iran || Farabi International Award || Ministry of Science, Research and Technology || To individuals who have made outstanding contributions to humanities[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_view.asp?code=162104 Farabi International Awards select winners]{{Cite web |url=http://iranianembassy.nl/en/pdf/farabi_international_award.pdf |title=Farabi International Award |access-date=2015-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203946/http://iranianembassy.nl/en/pdf/farabi_international_award.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}

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| Japan || Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy || Emperor of Japan || For humanities and natural sciences, conferred to two of the recipients of the Japan Academy Prize (academics).{{cite web|url=http://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/activities/|title=The Imperial Prize, Japan Academy Prize, Duke of Edinburgh Prize|author=|date=|publisher=Imperial Academy|accessdate=2017-06-27|language=|quote=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323135937/http://www.japan-acad.go.jp/en/activities/|archivedate=2016-03-23}}

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| Austria || Preis der Stadt Wien für Geisteswissenschaften || City of Vienna || For outstanding contributions in the humanities{{Cite web |url=http://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/ehrungen/preise/preistraeger.html#geist |title=Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger – Preise der Stadt Wien: Geisteswissenschaft (seit 1947) |access-date=2020-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607022200/https://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/ehrungen/preise/preistraeger.html#geist |archive-date=2019-06-07 |url-status=dead }}

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| Germany || Aby Warburg Prize || City of Hamburg || For excellence in the humanities and social sciences{{citation |accessdate=2020-01-28 |url=https://www.hamburg.de/bkm/kulturpreise/3605240/aby-warburg-preis/ |title=Aby Warburg-Preis |publisher=Hamburg}}

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| Germany || Herder Prize || Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. || International prize awarded every year to scholars and artists from Central and Southeast Europe whose life and work have contributed to the cultural understanding of European countries and their peaceful interrelations{{citation |accessdate=2020-01-28 |url=http://www.oesterreich-bibliotheken.at/preistraegerinnen.php?preis=preise_herder |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307023524/http://www.oesterreich-bibliotheken.at/preistraegerinnen.php?preis=preise_herder |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-07 |title=HerderpreisträgerInnen |publisher=Österreich-Bibliotheken}}

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| Germany || Meister Eckhart Prize || Identity Foundation || To thinkers who produce high-quality work on the subject of identity{{cite news |title=Meister-Eckhart-Preis für Amartya Sen |url=http://www.boersenblatt.net/152011/ |publisher=Börsenblatt Online |language=German |date=2007-07-25 |accessdate=2008-05-03 }}

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| United Kingdom || Awards of the British Academy || British Academy || Various awards{{cite web|title=Prizes and Medals|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/prizes-and-medals|website=The British Academy|accessdate=23 July 2017}}

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| United Kingdom || British Academy Medal || British Academy || For outstanding achievement that has transformed understanding of a particular subject or field of study in ... any branch of the humanities and social sciences{{cite web|title=The British Academy Medal|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/british-academy-medal|website=British Academy|accessdate=30 July 2017}}

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| United Kingdom || Medlicott Medal || Historical Association || To individuals for outstanding services and current contributions to history[http://www.history.org.uk/resources/resource_5043.html history.org.uk, Medlicott Medal.][http://www.history.org.uk/file_download.php?ts=1204285754&id=3173 history.org.uk, The Norton Medlicott Medal: Background.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929162644/http://www.history.org.uk/file_download.php?ts=1204285754&id=3173 |date=2015-09-29 }}

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| United Kingdom || President's Medal (British Academy) || British Academy || For outstanding service to the cause of the humanities and social sciences{{cite web|title=The British Academy President's Medal|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/british-academy-presidents-medal|website=British Academy|accessdate=23 July 2017}}

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