National & International

Pulitzer Prize

Awarded in April, 21 prizes to U.S. writers, photographers, newspapers, includes journalism prizes, including photojournalism, literary prizes, including fiction, non-fiction, verse, music composition, and drama. Began 1917.
http://www.pulitzer.org

Nobel Prize

International prizes announced in October in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics, and peace. Prizes began in 1901, except for economics prize, which began in 1968.
http://www.nobel.se/index.html

Pritzker Architecture Awards

International award given in March to living architect. Beginning in 1979.
http://www.pritzkerprize.com/main.htm

MacArthur Fellowship Program

Announced in June, the "genius award" is a five year fellowship awarded to 20 to 30 U.S. citizens or residents who have been nominated because of their exemplary talent. The fellows are selected from a wide range of vocations. Awards began in 1989.
http://www.macfdn.org/programs/fel/fel_overview.htm

Entertainment

Academy Awards

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards began in 1929. Awards are given to almost all aspects of film production.
http://www.oscar.com

Grammy Awards

Awards of the Recording Academy established in 1957.
http://www.grammy.com/awards/

Na Hoku Hanohano Awards

Annual music awards from the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts
http://www.nahokuhanohano.org/

Tony Awards

Awards to individuals and plays in American theater, beginning in 1947.
http://www.tonys.org

Awards for Students

UH Manoa Awards

Prizes for Southeast Asia Studies Students

(University of Hawaii)
http://www.hawaii.edu/cseas/academic/prizes.html

Prizes for UH Manoa English Students

http://maven.english.hawaii.edu/major/prizes.html

National and International Awards

Community of Science Funded Research

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Database of awards and fellowships covering broad array of disciplines.
http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/details.php?dbId=38203

Fulbright Exchange Program

Opportunities for scholars to study abroad
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/fulbright/

For other resources, ask at a reference desk, or search:

UH System Libraries Catalog - Hawai'i Voyager

(http://uhmanoa.lib.hawaii.edu)

UHM Library Electronic Resources Gateway (http://micro189.lib3.hawaii.edu/ezproxy/)