King Faisal Prize
The King Faisal Prize is an annual award sponsored by King Faisal Foundation presented to "dedicated men and women whose contributions make a positive difference". The foundation awards prizes in five categories: Service to Islam; Islamic studies; the Arabic language and Arabic literature; science; and medicine. Three of the prizes are widely considered as the most prestigious awards in the Muslim world.
The first King Faisal Prize was awarded to the Pakistani scholar Abul A'la Maududi in the year 1979 for his service to Islam. In 1981, Khalid of Saudi Arabia received the same award. In 1984, Fahd of Saudi Arabia was the recipient of the award. In 1986, this prize was co-awarded to Ahmed Deedat and French Roger Garaudy.
Award process
Designation of subjects
Each year, the selection committees designate subjects in Islamic Studies, Arabic Literature, and Medicine. Selected topics in Islamic Studies category are aimed at highlighting areas of importance in Muslim societies. Arabic Literature topics relate to specialized areas within the discipline. Topics in Medicine are supposed to reflect current areas of international concern. The Science category covers a broad range of subcategories e.g. physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology.Nomination
, universities and previous winners of the King Faisal Prize can nominate a person for the award. Nominations from ordinary individuals or political parties are not accepted. The nominee or nominated institution must be known for their leading practical or intellectual role in the service of Islam and Muslims. Nominated works must be published, benefit mankind and enrich human knowledge.Selection
Winners of the Prize for category "Service to Islam" are chosen directly by the respective selection committee. For other Prize categories, pre-selection by peer reviewers is carried out, which is followed by scrutiny of the works of worthy nominees by selected referees of each discipline. Autonomous, international, specialist selection committees are then convened at the headquarters of King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh each January to make their final decisions.Prizes
The prize in each of the five categories consists of:- A hand written Diwani calligraphy certificate, summarizing the laureate's work.
- A commemorative 24 carat, 200 gram gold medal, uniquely cast for each prize.
- A cash endowment of SR 750,000.
Country standings
The five countries with most award-winners as of 2012 were:| Position | Service to Islam | Islamic Studies | Arabic Language and Literature | Medicine | Science | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 48 | |
| 5 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 36 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 23 | |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Sydney Brenner was considered to be the first Jew to win the King Faisal Award, in 1992. Ronald Levy was reported to be a Jewish recipient in 2009.
Winners by subject
Service to Islam
| Year | Branch | Country | Winner Name | Winner Title |
| 1979 | Service to Islam | Sayyid Abul Ala'a AI-Mowdoodi | Maulana | |
| 1980 | Service to Islam | Sayyid Abul-Hasan Ali Al-Hasani Al-Nadawi | Mufakkir-e-Islam | |
| 1980 | Service to Islam | Mohammad Natsir | Doctor | |
| 1981 | Service to Islam | King Khalid Ibn Abd Al-Aziz AI-Saud | His Majesty | |
| 1982 | Service to Islam | Abd AI-Aziz Bin Baz | Shaikh | |
| 1983 | Service to Islam | Hasanein M. Makhlouf | Shaikh | |
| 1983 | Service to Islam | Tunku Abd AI-Rahman | Prince | |
| 1984 | Service to Islam | King Fahd Ibn Abd Al-Aziz AI-Saud | Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques | |
| 1985 | Service to Islam | Abel Rab AI-Rasoul Saiaf | Mr | |
| 1986 | Service to Islam | Ahmad H. Deedat | Mr | |
| 1986 | Service to Islam | Roger Garaudy | Doctor | |
| 1987 | Service to Islam | Abu Bakr Mahmoud Gumi | Shaikh | |
| 1988 | Service to Islam | Ahmad Domocao Alonto | Doctor | |
| 1989 | Service to Islam | Muhammad Al-Ghazali Al-Saqqa | Shaikh | |
| 1990 | Service to Islam | Ali At-Tantawi | Shaikh | |
| 1990 | Service to Islam | Khurshid Ahmad | Professor | |
| 1991 | Service to Islam | Dr. Abdullah Umar Nasif | His Excellency | |
| 1992 | Service to Islam | Dr. Hamed AI-Ghabid | His Excellency | |
| 1993 | Service to Islam | President Alija Begovitch | President | |
| 1994 | Service to Islam | Muhammad Ibn Al-Uthaymeen | Shaikh | |
| 1995 | Service to Islam | Shaikh Gad AI-Haq Ali Gad AI-Haq | His Eminence | |
| 1996 | Service to Islam | Abd AI-Rahman H. AI-Sumait | Doctor | |
| 1997 | Service to Islam | Dr. Mahathir bin Muhammad | Prime Minister | |
| 1998 | Service to Islam | President Abdou Diouf | His Excellency | |
| 1999 | Service to Islam | Jum'ah AI-Majid Abd Allah | Mr | |
| 2000 | Service to Islam | AI-Azhar AI-Sharif | - | |
| 2001 | Service to Islam | The Saudi Arabian High Commission for Donations to Bosnia-Herzegovina | - | |
| 2002 | Service to Islam | Shaikh Dr. Sultan Ibn Muhammad AI-Qasimi | His Highness | |
| 2003 | Service to Islam | Sultan Ibn Abd AI-Aziz AI-Saud Foundation | - | |
| 2004 | Service to Islam | Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad Siwar Adh-Dahab | Field Marshal | |
| 2005 | Service to Islam | Ahmed Mohamed Ali | His Excellency | |
| 2005 | Service to Islam | AI-Hariri Foundation | - | |
| 2006 | Service to Islam | Shaikh Salih bin Abd AlRahman AI-Husayyin | His Excellency | |
| 2006 | Service to Islam | Yusuf bin Jasim bin Mohammad AI-Hidji | Shaikh | |
| 2007 | Service to Islam | Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimev | His Excellency | |
| 2008 | Service to Islam | King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz | Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques | |
| 2009 | Service to Islam | Principal Sharie Society for Quran and Sunnah Scholars Cairo | - | |
| 2010 | Service to Islam | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Prime Minister | |
| 2011 | Service to Islam | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | His Excellency | |
| 2012 | Service to Islam | Sulaiman Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al-Rajhi | Shaikh | |
| 2015 | Service to Islam | Zakir A. Naik | Doctor | |
| 2016 | Service to Islam | Salih bin Abdullah al Humaid | Doctor | |
| 2017 | Service to Islam | Salman ibn Abdulaziz | King | |
| 2018 | Service to Islam | Irwandi Jaswir | Professor | |
| 2019 | Service to Islam | International University of Africa, Khartoum | - | |
| 2020 | Service to Islam | The Makkah Document | - |
Islamic Studies
| Year | Branch | Topic | Country | Winner Name | Winner Title |
| 1979 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with the Influence of Muslim Scholars on European Civilization | Fuat Sezgin | Professor | |
| 1980 | Islamic Studies | Studies on the Hadith of Muhammad | Muhammad Mustafa Azmi | Doctor | |
| 1981 | Islamic Studies | Studies on the Role of Shari'a in the Restoration of the Society | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1982 | Islamic Studies | Contemporary Economic Problems from an Islamic Perspective | Muhammad Najatuallah Siddiqui | Professor | |
| 1983 | Islamic Studies | Studies on the Quran | Muhammad A. Odaimah | Professor | |
| 1984 | Islamic Studies | General Theory in Islamic Jurisprudence | Mustafa A. AI-Zarka'a | Shaikh | |
| 1985 | Islamic Studies | Studies and Editions on the Islamic Doctrine | Muhammad Rashad Salim | Professor | |
| 1985 | Islamic Studies | Studies and Editions on the Islamic Doctrine | Farouk A Oesouki | Doctor | |
| 1985 | Islamic Studies | Studies and Editions on the Islamic Doctrine | Mustafa M. Suliman | Doctor | |
| 1986 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Islamic History | Abd AI-Aziz AI-Duri | Professor | |
| 1987 | Islamic Studies | Principles and Practices of International Relations in Islam | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1988 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Islamic Education | Muhammad Kotb Shathly | - | |
| 1988 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Islamic Education | Mikdat Yalçın | Professor | |
| 1989 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with the Islamic City | Saleh Ahmad AI-Ali | Professor | |
| 1990 | Islamic Studies | Financial Dealings in Islamic Shari'ah | Al-Seddiq M. Al-Darir | Professor | |
| 1990 | Islamic Studies | Financial Dealings in Islamic Shari'ah | Umer Chapra | Doctor | |
| 1991 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with the Spread of Islam into an Area Outside the Present Boundaries of the Islamic World | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1992 | Islamic Studies | Origins of Research Methodologies in Contemporary | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1993 | Islamic Studies | Muslim Achievements in the Field of Sociology | Hasan As-Sa'ati Abd AI Aziz | Professor | |
| 1994 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Islamic Law | EI-Sayyid Sabiq At-Tihami | Shaikh | |
| 1994 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Islamic Law | Yousef A. AI-Qaradawi | Doctor | |
| 1995 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Thematic Commentary of the Quran | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1996 | Islamic Studies | The Life of the Muhammad | Akram Dia'a AI-Umari | Professor | |
| 1997 | Islamic Studies | Studies on the Status of Women in Islam | Abd AI-Karim Zedan Biej | Professor | |
| 1998 | Islamic Studies | Studies on Libraries or the Evolution of Islamic Book Craft | Abd AI-Sattar Al-Halwaji | Professor | |
| 1998 | Islamic Studies | Studies on Libraries or the Evolution of Islamic Book Craft | Yahia M. bin Junaid | Professor | |
| 1999 | Islamic Studies | Contributions to the Study, Verification and Authentication of the Hadith | Shaikh Muhammad Nasir Ad-Din Al-Albani | Shaikh | |
| 2000 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with the Spread and Cultural Impact of Islam Outside the Arab | Muhammad Mohar Ali | Professor | |
| 2001 | Islamic Studies | Studies on Matters with no Islamic Legal Precedent | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 2002 | Islamic Studies | Studies into the Objectives of Islamic Legislation | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 2003 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with History of Islamic Economics | Izz EI-Din Omar Mousa | Professor | |
| 2003 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with History of Islamic Economics | Ibrahim Abu Bakr Harakat | Professor | |
| 2004 | Islamic Studies | Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence | Yacoub Abd AI-wahab AIBahussain | Doctor | |
| 2004 | Islamic Studies | Basics of Islamic Jurisprudence | Ali Ahmad Ghulam Muhammad Nadvi | Doctor | |
| 2005 | Islamic Studies | Defense of the Islamic State During the 5th and 6th Centuries A.H | Carole Hillenbrand | Professor | |
| 2006 | Islamic Studies | The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 2007 | Islamic Studies | Muslims' Contribution to Pure or Applied Sciences | Roshdi Hifni Rashed | Professor | |
| 2008 | Islamic Studies | Rules Governing International Relations During Peace and War in Islam | - | Withheld | - |
| 2009 | Islamic Studies | Studies by Muslim Scholars on the Concept of "Imran" | Abdessalam M. Cheddadi | Professor | |
| 2010 | Islamic Studies | Studies Dealing with Religious Endowments in Islam | - | Withheld | - |
| 2011 | Islamic Studies | Socioeconomic Aspects in the Islamic World through 10th-13th Century H; | Halil İbrahim İnalcık | Professor | |
| 2011 | Islamic Studies | Socioeconomic Aspects in the Islamic World through 10th-13th Century H; | Muhammad Adnan Bakhit Al-Sheyyab | Professor | |
| 2012 | Islamic Studies | Human Rights in Islam | Professor Adnaan Bin Muhammad Al-Wazan | His Excellency | |
| 2015 | Islamic Studies | Cultural Heritage of Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah | Abdulaziz Bin Abdulrahman Kaki | Doctor | |
| 2016 | Islamic Studies | Muslim Geography Heritage | Abdullah bin Yousif Al-Ghunaim | Professor | |
| 2018 | Islamic Studies | Critical Editions of Islamic Historical and Biographical Texts | Bashar Awad | Professor | |
| 2020 | Islamic Studies | Islamic Heritage of Alquds | Mohammed Hashim Ghosheh | Doctor |
Arabic language and literature
| Year | Branch | Topic | Country | Winner Name | Winner Title |
| 1979 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Contemporary Arabic Poetry | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1980 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Contemporary Arabic Poetry | Ihsan Abbas | Professor | |
| 1980 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Contemporary Arabic Poetry | Abd Al-Qadir Al-Qit | Professor | |
| 1981 | Arabic Language and Literature | Editing Literary Manuscripts from the 2nd and 3rd Centuries A.H. | Abd Al Salam Harun | Professor | |
| 1982 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Ancient Arabic Literature from the Pre-Islamic Era to the End of the 1st Century A.H. | Nasir Al-Din Al-Asad | Professor | |
| 1983 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Ancient Arabic Literature during the 2nd and 3rd Centuries | Ahmad Shawqi Daif | Professor | |
| 1984 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Arabic Literature During the 4th Century A.H. | Mahmoud Mohamed Shaker | - | |
| 1985 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Ancient Arabic Literary Criticism | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1986 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Arabic Literature During the 5th and 6th Centuries A.H. | Mohammad Bahjat Al-Athari | - | |
| 1987 | Arabic Language and Literature | Literary Studies on Modern Arabic Prose | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1988 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Arabic Literature in Andalusia | Mohammad Bin Sharifah | Professor | |
| 1988 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Arabic Literature in Andalusia | Mahmoud Y. Makki | Professor | |
| 1989 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Prominent Arab Writers and Poets to the end of the 3rd Century A.H. | Yousef A. Khulaif | Professor | |
| 1989 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Prominent Arab Writers and Poets to the end of the 3rd Century A.H. | Shaker Al-Fahham | Professor | |
| 1990 | Arabic Language and Literature | Short Novels | Yahia M. Haqqi | Mr | |
| 1991 | Arabic Language and Literature | Children's Literature | MAli Abd Al-Qadir Al Siqilli | Mr | |
| 1991 | Arabic Language and Literature | Children's Literature | Abd Al Tawwab Yousef | Mr | |
| 1991 | Arabic Language and Literature | Children's Literature | Ahmed M. Najeeb | - | |
| 1992 | Arabic Language and Literature | Translations of Literary and Critical Studies into Arabic | Mohammad Yousef Najm | Professor | |
| 1992 | Arabic Language and Literature | Translations of Literary and Critical Studies into Arabic | Abd Alfattah Shukri Ayyad | Professor | |
| 1992 | Arabic Language and Literature | Translations of Literary and Critical Studies into Arabic | Mohammad Mustafa Badawi | Professor | |
| 1993 | Arabic Language and Literature | Plays Written in Metrical or Prose Arabic | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1994 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Ancient Arabic Prose | Wadad Afif Kadi | Professor | |
| 1994 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Ancient Arabic Prose | Aisha Abd Al Rahman "Bint ash shati" | Professor | |
| 1995 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Prominent Contemporary Arab Writers | Mohammad Abu Al-Anwar Mohammad Ali | Professor | |
| 1995 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Prominent Contemporary Arab Writers | Hamdi Sayyid Ahmed El Sakkout | Professor | |
| 1995 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Prominent Contemporary Arab Writers | Salma Lutfi Al-Haffar Al-Kowzbari | - | |
| 1996 | Arabic Language and Literature | Literature Analyzing the Writings of Early Arab Travelers | Hamad Bin Mohamad Al Jasir | Shaikh | |
| 1997 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on the Modern Arabic Novel | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1998 | Arabic Language and Literature | Autobiographies by Contemporary Arab Writers | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1999 | Arabic Language and Literature | Comparative Studies between Arabic and Other Literatures: Theoretical and Applied Aspects | Said Abd Al-Salam Allouche | - | |
| 1999 | Arabic Language and Literature | Comparative Studies between Arabic and Other Literatures: Theoretical and Applied Aspects | Makarim Ahmed Al-Ghamri | Professor | |
| 2000 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Pertaining to Early Arab Literary Critics | Izz Ad-Din Ismail Abd-Al Ghani | Professor | |
| 2000 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Pertaining to Early Arab Literary Critics | Abd Allah Al-Tayyeb | - | |
| 2001 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies dealing with Modern Arabic prose | Mansour Ibrahim Al Hazmi | Professor | |
| 2001 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies dealing with Modern Arabic prose | Ibrahim Abd Al-Rahim Al Saafin | Professor | |
| 2002 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies of Modern Palestinian Literature | Husni Mahmoud Hussein | Professor | |
| 2002 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies of Modern Palestinian Literature | Husam Aldin Al-Khatib | Professor | |
| 2003 | Arabic Language and Literature | Definitions of Literary and Critical Terms of Arabic Literature | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 2004 | Preservation of Classical Arabic to the End of the 5th Century AH | Hussain M Nassar | Professor | ||
| 2005 | Arabic Language and Literature | Arabic Prose in the 4th and 5th Centuries A.H. | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 2006 | Arabic Language and Literature | The Arabic Language in Modern Linguistics | Abdelkader Fassi Fehri | - | |
| 2006 | Arabic Language and Literature | The Arabic Language in Modern Linguistics | Tammam Hassan Omar | Professor | |
| 2007 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Ancient Arabic Rhetoric | Mustafa A. Nasif | Professor | |
| 2007 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies on Ancient Arabic Rhetoric | Muhammad A. Al-Omari | Professor | |
| 2008 | Arabic Language and Literature | Terminology Issues of the Arabic Language | Muhammad Rachad Hamzaoui | Professor | |
| 2008 | Arabic Language and Literature | Terminology Issues of the Arabic Language | Ahmed Matloob Al-Nasir | Professor | |
| 2009 | Arabic Language and Literature | Verification of Poetry, Prose and Anthology through 300 H – 700 H | Abd Al-Aziz Bin Nasir Al-Manie | Professor | |
| 2010 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Arabic Grammatical Thought | Ramzi Mounir Baalbaki | Professor | |
| 2010 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Arabic Grammatical Thought | Abderrahman El-Houari Hadj-Saleh | Professor | |
| 2011 | Arabic Language and Literature | Renovation Trends in Arabic Poetry up to the End of the 7th Century H. | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 2012 | Arabic Language and Literature | Computer Processing of the Arabic Language: Individual and Institutional Endeavors | Nabil Ali Mohamed | Professor | |
| 2012 | Arabic Language and Literature | Computer Processing of the Arabic Language: Individual and Institutional Endeavors | Ali Helmy Ahmed Moussa | Professor | |
| 2013 | Arabic Language and Literature | Individual and Institutional Efforts In Writing Arabic Dictionaries | Arabic Language Academy In Cairo | - | |
| 2015 | Arabic Language and Literature | Venture Towards Arabisation of Scientific and Medical Matters | - | Withheld | - |
| 2016 | Arabic Language and Literature | Analysis of the Arabic Poetic Text | Mohamed Abdalmotaleb Mostafa | Professor | |
| 2016 | Arabic Language and Literature | Analysis of the Arabic Poetic Text | Mohammed El-Ghazouani Miftah | Professor | |
| 2018 | Arabic Language and Literature | Studies Dealing with Autobiography in Arabic Literature | Shukri Mabkhout | Professor | |
| 2019 | Arabic Language and Literature | Arabic Language and Contemporary Challenges | Abdelali Mohamed Oudrhiri | Doctor | |
| 2019 | Arabic Language and Literature | Arabic Language and Contemporary Challenges | Mahmoud Fahmy Hegazi | Doctor | |
| 2020 | Arabic Language and Literature | Linguistic Studies on Arabic in Other Languages | Michael G. Carter | Professor |
Medicine
| Year | Branch | Topic | Country | Winner Name | Winner Title |
| 1982 | Medicine | Primary Health Care | David C. Morley | Professor | |
| 1983 | Medicine | Malaria | Wallace Peters | Professor | |
| 1984 | Medicine | Diarrheal Diseases | Michael Field | Professor | |
| 1984 | Medicine | Diarrheal Diseases | William B. Greenough III | Professor | |
| 1984 | Medicine | Diarrheal Diseases | John S. Fordtran | Professor | |
| 1985 | Medicine | Viral Hepatitis | R. Palmer Beasley | Professor | |
| 1985 | Medicine | Viral Hepatitis | Mario Rizzetto | Professor | |
| 1986 | Medicine | Diabetes Mellitus | Albert Renold | Professor | |
| 1986 | Medicine | Diabetes Mellitus | Lelio Orci | Professor | |
| 1986 | Medicine | Diabetes Mellitus | Gian Franco Bottazzo | - | |
| 1988 | Medicine | Leukemia | Melvin F. Greaves | ||
| 1988 | Medicine | Leukemia | Janet D. Rawley | Professor | |
| 1989 | Medicine | Infertility | Robert G. Edwards | Professor | |
| 1989 | Medicine | Infertility | Luigi Mastroianni Jr. | Professor | |
| 1990 | Medicine | Schistosomiasis | Anthony E. Butterworth | Professor | |
| 1990 | Medicine | Schistosomiasis | André Capron | Professor | |
| 1991 | Medicine | Biochemical Aspects of Mental Health | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1992 | Medicine | Coronary Artery Disease | Attilio Maseri | Professor | |
| 1993 | Medicine | Acquired Immuno-deficiency Diseases | Françoise Barré-Sinoussi | Professor | |
| 1993 | Medicine | Acquired Immuno-deficiency Diseases | Jean-Claude Chermann | Professor | |
| 1993 | Medicine | Acquired Immuno-deficiency Diseases | Luc Montagnier | Professor | |
| 1994 | Medicine | Medical Applications Of Genetic Engineering | Robert Williamson | Professor | |
| 1994 | Medicine | Medical Applications Of Genetic Engineering | W. French Anderson | Professor | |
| 1995 | Medicine | Molecular Immunology | Tak W. Mak | Professor | |
| 1995 | Medicine | Molecular Immunology | Mark M. Davis | Professor | |
| 1995 | Medicine | Molecular Immunology | Gregory P. Winter | Sir | |
| 1996 | Medicine | Management of the Premature Infant | Tetsurō Fujiwara | Professor | |
| 1996 | Medicine | Management of the Premature Infant | Bengt Robertson | Professor | |
| 1997 | Medicine | Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System | Konrad Beyreuther | Professor | |
| 1997 | Medicine | Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System | James F. Gusella | Professor | |
| 1997 | Medicine | Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System | Colin L. Masters | Professor | |
| 1998 | Medicine | Control of Communicable Diseases | Robert H. Purcell | Professor | |
| 1998 | Medicine | Control of Communicable Diseases | Professor | ||
| 1999 | Medicine | Allergic Diseases | Stephen T. Holgate | ||
| 1999 | Medicine | Allergic Diseases | Professor | ||
| 2000 | Medicine | Ageing | Cynthia Jane Kenyon | Professor | |
| 2001 | Medicine | Organ Transplantation | Norman E. Shumway | Professor | |
| 2001 | Medicine | Organ Transplantation | Roy Calne | Professor | |
| 2001 | Medicine | Organ Transplantation | Thomas Starzl | Professor | |
| 2002 | Medicine | Pathophysiology of Chronic Heart Failure | Professor | ||
| 2002 | Medicine | Pathophysiology of Chronic Heart Failure | Eugene Braunwald | Professor | |
| 2003 | Medicine | Breast Cancer | Umberto Veronesi | Professor | |
| 2003 | Medicine | Breast Cancer | Axel Ullrich | Professor | |
| 2004 | Medicine | Invasive Cardiology | Ulrich Sigwart | Professor | |
| 2005 | Medicine | Tobacco Risks on Human Health | Richard Doll | Sir | |
| 2005 | Medicine | Tobacco Risks on Human Health | Richard Peto | Sir | |
| 2006 | Biology of Vascular Inflammation | Jr. | Professor | ||
| 2007 | Medicine | Prostate Cancer | Fernand Labrie | Professor | |
| 2007 | Medicine | Prostate Cancer | Professor | ||
| 2008 | Medicine | Trauma Management | Donald Trunkey | Professor | |
| 2008 | Medicine | Trauma Management | Jr. | Professor | |
| 2009 | Medicine | Molecular Targeted Therapy | Ronald Levy | Professor | |
| 2010 | Medicine | Non-Arthroplasty Management of Degenerative Joint Disease | Professor | ||
| 2010 | Medicine | Non-Arthroplasty Management of Degenerative Joint Disease | Johanne Martel-Pelletier | Professor | |
| 2010 | Medicine | Non-Arthroplasty Management of Degenerative Joint Disease | Professor | ||
| 2011 | Medicine | Stem Cell Therapy | James A. Thomson | Professor | |
| 2011 | Medicine | Stem Cell Therapy | Shinya Yamanaka | Professor | |
| 2012 | Medicine | Minimal Invasive Fetal Management | Professor | ||
| 2012 | Medicine | Minimal Invasive Fetal Management | Professor | ||
| 2013 | Medicine | The Genetics of Obesity | Jeffrey M. Friedman | Professor | |
| 2013 | Medicine | The Genetics of Obesity | Douglas L. Coleman | Professor | |
| 2014 | Medicine | Non-Invasive Diagnosis of Fetal Diseases | Yuk Ming Dennis Lo | Professor | |
| 2015 | Medicine | Intestinal Microflora and Human Health | Jeffrey Ivan Gordon | Professor | |
| 2016 | Medicine | Clinical Application of Next Generation Genetics | Professor | ||
| 2016 | Medicine | Clinical Application of Next Generation Genetics | Professor | ||
| 2017 | Medicine | Biologic Therapeutics in Autoimmune Diseases | Tadamitsu Kishimoto | Professor | |
| 2018 | Medicine | Immunotherapy for Cancer | James P. Allison | Professor | |
| 2019 | Medicine | Bone Biology and Osteoporosis | Steven L. Teitelbaum | Professor | |
| 2019 | Medicine | Bone Biology and Osteoporosis | Bjorn Reino Olsen | Professor | |
| 2020 | Medicine | Haemoglobinopathies | Stuart H. Orkin | Professor |
Science
| Year | Branch | Topic | Country | Winner Name | Winner Title |
| 1984 | Science | Physics | Heinrich Rohrer | Professor | |
| 1984 | Science | Physics | Gerd Binnig | Professor | |
| 1985 | Science | - | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1986 | Science | Biochemistry | Michael John Berridge | Sir | |
| 1987 | Science | Mathematics | Michael Atiyah | Sir | |
| 1988 | Science | Biology | Ricardo Miledi | Professor | |
| 1988 | Science | Biology | Pierre Chambon | Professor | |
| 1989 | Science | Physics | Theodor W. Hänsch | Professor | |
| 1989 | Science | Physics | / | Ahmed Hassan Zewail | Professor |
| 1990 | Science | Chemistry | Raymond Urgel Lemieux | Professor | |
| 1990 | Science | Chemistry | / | Mustafa Amr El Sayed | Professor |
| 1990 | Science | Chemistry | Frank Albert Cotton | Professor | |
| 1991 | Science | Mathematics | - | Not Awarded | - |
| 1992 | Science | Biology | Sydney Brenner | Professor | |
| 1993 | Science | Physics | Steven Chu | Professor | |
| 1993 | Science | Physics | Herbert Walther | Professor | |
| 1994 | Science | Mathematics | Dennis Parnell Sullivan | Professor | |
| 1995 | Science | Chemistry | K. Barry Sharpless | Professor | |
| 1996 | Science | Biology | Günter Blobel | Professor | |
| 1996 | Science | Biology | James E. Rothman | Professor | |
| 1996 | Science | Biology | Hugh Pelham | Professor | |
| 1997 | Science | Physics | Eric Allin Cornell | Professor | |
| 1997 | Science | Physics | Carl E. Wieman | Professor | |
| 1998 | Science | Mathematics | Andrew John Wiles | Sir | |
| 1999 | Science | Chemistry | Dieter Seebach | Professor | |
| 1999 | Science | Chemistry | Ryoji Noyori | Professor | |
| 2000 | Science | Biology | John Craig Venter | Professor | |
| 2000 | Science | Biology | Edward O.Wilson | Professor | |
| 2001 | Science | Physics | Chen Ning Yang | Professor | |
| 2001 | Science | Physics | Sajeev O. John | Professor | |
| 2002 | Science | Mathematics | Peter W. Shor | Professor | |
| 2002 | Science | Mathematics | Yuri I. Manin | Professor | |
| 2003 | Science | Chemistry | Koji Nakanishi | Professor | |
| 2003 | Science | Chemistry | M. Frederick Hawthorne | Professor | |
| 2004 | Science | Biology | Semir Zeki | Professor | |
| 2005 | Science | Physics | Federico Capasso | Professor | |
| 2005 | Science | Physics | Anton Zeilinger | Professor | |
| 2005 | Science | Physics | Frank Wilczek | Professor | |
| 2006 | Science | Mathematics | Simon Kirwan Donaldson | Professor | |
| 2006 | Science | Mathematics | Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan | Professor | |
| 2007 | Science | Chemistry | James Fraser Stoddart | Professor | |
| 2008 | Science | Biology | Professor | ||
| 2009 | Science | Physics | Rashid A. Sunyaev | Professor | |
| 2009 | Science | Physics | Richard H. Friend | Sir | |
| 2010 | Science | Mathematics | Terence Chi-Shen Tao | Professor | |
| 2010 | Science | Mathematics | Enrico Bombieri | Professor | |
| 2011 | Science | Chemistry | George M. Whitesides | Professor | |
| 2011 | Science | Chemistry | Richard Zare | Professor | |
| 2012 | Science | Biology | Alexander Jacob Varshavsky | Professor | |
| 2013 | Science | Physics | / | Ferenc Krausz | Professor |
| 2013 | Science | Physics | Paul B. Corkum | Professor | |
| 2014 | Science | Mathematics | Gerd Faltings | Professor | |
| 2015 | Science | Chemistry | Michael Grätzel | Professor | |
| 2015 | Science | Chemistry | / | Omar Mwannes Yaghi | Professor |
| 2016 | Science | Biology | Vamsi Krishna Mootha | Professor | |
| 2016 | Science | Biology | Stephen Philip Jackson | Professor | |
| 2017 | Science | Physics | Daniel Loss | Professor | |
| 2017 | Science | Physics | Laurens Molenkamp | Professor | |
| 2018 | Science | Mathematics | John M. Ball | Sir | |
| 2019 | Science | Chemistry | Allen J. Bard | Professor | |
| 2019 | Science | Chemistry | Jean Fréchet | Professor | |
| 2020 | Science | Biology | Xiaodong Wang | Professor |