| Award | SIG | Notes |
| Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award | SIGARCH | Important service to the computer architecture community |
| CHI Academy | SIGCHI | Advancement of the field of human-computer interaction |
| Danny Lewin Best Student Paper Award | SIGACT | Best student-authored paper in Symposium on Theory of Computing |
| Dhaka Site | ICPC | University programming competition |
| Dijkstra Prize | PODC | Co-sponsor: International Symposium on Distributed Computing. For outstanding papers on the principles of distributed computing |
| Doctoral Dissertation Award | | Best doctoral dissertations in computer science and computer engineering |
| Eckert–Mauchly Award | | Co-sponsor: IEEE Computer Society. Contributions to computer and digital systems architecture |
| Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award | SIGMOD | Innovative and highly significant contributions of enduring value to the development, understanding, or use of database systems and databases |
| Eugene L. Lawler Award | | Significant contribution to the use of information technology for humanitarian purposes |
| Gerard Salton Award | SIGIR | Significant, sustained and continuing contributions to research in information retrieval |
| Gödel Prize | SIGACT | Co-sponsor: European Association for Theoretical Computer Science. For outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science |
| Gordon Bell Prize | | Outstanding achievement in high-performance computing applications |
| Grace Murray Hopper Award | | Computer professional who makes a single, significant technical or service contribution at or before age 35 |
| Ken Kennedy Award | | Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society. For substantial contributions to programmability and productivity in computing and substantial community service or mentoring contributions |
| Knuth Prize | SIGACT | Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society. For outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science |
| Mark Weiser Award | SIGOPS | Creativity and innovation in operating system research |
| Maurice Wilkes Award | SIGARCH | Outstanding contribution to computer architecture |
| Paris Kanellakis Award | | Specific theoretical accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing |
| Penny Crane Award for Distinguished Service | SIGUCCS | Significant contributions to the Special Interest Group, and to computing in higher education |
| Prize in Computing | | Early to mid-career innovative contributions in computing |
| Programming Languages Software Award | SIGPLAN | Programming Languages Software |
| SIGCOMM Award | SIGCOMM | Lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks |
| SIGUCCS Hall of Fame Award | SIGUCCS | Contributions that have had a positive impact on the ACM SIGUCCS organization |
| Software System Award | | Software system that has had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in commercial acceptance, or both |
| Turing Award | | Contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field |
| Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Claude E. Shannon Award | IEEE Information Theory Society | Consistent and profound contributions to the field of information theory |
| Computer Pioneer Award | IEEE Computer Society | Those whose efforts resulted in the creation and continued vitality of the computer industry |
| Harlan D. Mills Award | IEEE Computer Society | Contributions to the theory and practice of the information sciences, software engineering |
| Harry H. Goode Memorial Award | IEEE Computer Society | Achievements in the information processing field which are considered either a single contribution of theory, design, or technique of outstanding significance, or the accumulation of important contributions on theory or practice over an extended time period |
| Internet Award | IEEE, Nokia | Exceptional contributions to the advancement of Internet technology for network architecture, mobility and/or end-use applications |
| John von Neumann Medal | IEEE | Outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology |
| Kleene award | IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science | Best student paper |
| Machtey Award | IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science | Best student paper |
| Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award | IEEE | Outstanding contributions to information storage systems |
| Richard W. Hamming Medal | IEEE, Qualcomm | Outstanding achievements in information sciences, information systems and information technology |
| Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award | IEEE Computer Society | Significant and innovative contributions in the field of high-performance computing |
| Sidney Fernbach Award | IEEE Computer Society | Outstanding contributions in the application of high performance computers using innovative approaches |
| Test-of-Time award | IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science | Papers from LICS twenty years earlier that stood the "test of time" |
| W. Wallace McDowell Award | IEEE Computer Society | Outstanding recent theoretical, design, educational, practical, or other similar innovative contributions that fall within the scope of Computer Society interest |
| William C. Carter Award | IEEE Technical Committee on Fault-Tolerant Computing and IFIP Working Group on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance | Significant contribution to the field of dependable and secure computing throughout his or her PhD dissertation |
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| United States | ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award | Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence | Career contributions that have breadth within computer science, or that bridge computer science and other disciplines |
| International | Azriel Rosenfeld Award | International Conference on Computer Vision | Significant contributions to the field of Computer Vision over longtime careers |
| United States | Barwise Prize | American Philosophical Association | Significant and sustained contributions to areas relevant to philosophy and computing |
| United Kingdom | BCS Lovelace Medal | British Computer Society | Individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding or advancement of computing |
| United Kingdom | Charles Babbage Premium | Institution of Electrical Engineers | Authors of an outstanding paper on the design or use of electronic computers |
| Europe | Dahl–Nygaard Prize | European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming | Senior researcher with outstanding career contributions and a younger researcher who has demonstrated great potential |
| United Kingdom | Digital Preservation Award | Digital Preservation Coalition | New initiatives in the challenging field of digital preservation |
| Europe | EATCS Award | European Association for Theoretical Computer Science | Distinguished career in theoretical computer science |
| International | Edison Award | Edison Awards | Honoring excellence in innovation |
| Europe | ERCIM Cor Baayen Award | European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics | Researcher in computer science and applied mathematics |
| United States | Erdős–Rényi Prize | Network Science Society | Outstanding early-career researcher in the field of network science |
| Germany | Heinz Billing Prize | Heinz Billing Foundation of the Max Planck Society | Those who have spent time and effort developing the hardware and software crucial for scientific advances |
| United States | Herbrand Award | Conference on Automated Deduction | Important contributions to the field of automated deduction |
| United Kingdom | IET Mountbatten Medal | Institution of Engineering and Technology and Institution of Electrical Engineers | Outstanding contribution, or contributions over a period, to the promotion of electronics or information technology and their application |
| International | IJCAI Award for Research Excellence | International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence | Researcher in artificial intelligence as a recognition of excellence of their career |
| International | IJCAI Computers and Thought Award | International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence | Outstanding young scientists in artificial intelligence |
| Canada | J. W. Graham Medal | University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics | Leadership and many innovative contributions made to the University of Waterloo, and to the Canadian computer industry |
| United States | Jonathan B. Postel Service Award | Internet Society | honor a person who has made outstanding contributions in service to the data communications community |
| Netherlands | Kalai Prize | Game Theory Society | Outstanding articles at the interface of game theory and computer science |
| Germany | Konrad Zuse Medal | Gesellschaft für Informatik | Leading German computer scientist |
| United Kingdom | Loebner Prize | Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour | Computer programs considered by the judges to be the most human-like |
| Europe | Microsoft Award | Royal Society, French Academy of Sciences | Scientists working in Europe who had made a major contribution to the advancement of science through the use of computational methods |
| Europe | Milner Award | Microsoft Research | Outstanding achievement in computer science by a European researcher |
| Europe | Nerode Prize | European Association for Theoretical Computer Science, European Symposium on Algorithms | Outstanding research in the area of multivariate algorithmics |
| Brazil | Newton Faller Award | Brazilian Computer Society | Members who have distinguished themselves throughout their lives for services to the Brazilian Computer Society |
| International | Nevanlinna Prize | International Congress of Mathematicians | Outstanding contributions in Mathematical Aspects of Information Sciences |
| United States | O'Reilly Open Source Award | O'Reilly Media | Individuals recognized for dedication, innovation, leadership and outstanding contribution to open source |
| Italy | Pirelli Internetional Award | Pirelli | Best multimedia presentations focussing on themes involving the diffusion of science and technology |
| Europe | Presburger Award | European Association for Theoretical Computer Science | Young scientist for outstanding contributions in theoretical computer science |
| Europe | Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing | International Colloquium on Structural Information and Communication Complexity | Major contribution to understanding the relationships between information and efficiency in decentralized computing |
| United Kingdom | Roger Needham Award | British Computer Society | Distinguished research contribution in computer science by a UK-based researcher |
| International | RSA Award for Excellence in Mathematics | RSA Conference | Outstanding achievements in cryptographic research defined broadly |
| United States | Sloan Research Fellowship | Alfred P. Sloan Foundation | Provide support and recognition to early-career scientists and scholars |
| International | Stevens Award | Reengineering Forum | Outstanding contributions to the literature or practice of methods for software and systems development |
| United Kingdom | Tony Kent Strix award | International Society for Knowledge Organisation UK, Royal Society of Chemistry and British Computer Society | Outstanding contribution to the field of information retrieval |
| Japan | Tsutomu Kanai Award | Hitachi | Major contributions to the state-of-the-art distributed computing systems and their applications |
| United States | Tucker Prize | Mathematical Optimization Society | Outstanding theses in the area of optimization |
| United Kingdom | Weizenbaum Award | International Society for Ethics and Information Technology | Significant contribution to the field of information and computer ethics |
| United States | White Camel award | Perl Foundation | Important contributors to the Perl Programming Language community |
| Netherlands | Van Wijngaarden Award | Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica | Mathematics and Computer Science |
| United States | J. H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | Outstanding contributions in the field of numerical software |
| United States | James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing | Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | Research in, or other contributions to, numerical analysis and scientific computing |
| International | Karen Spärck Jones Award | BCS, its Information Retrieval Specialist Group and Microsoft Research | An award to commemorate the achievements of Karen Spärck Jones and her impactful research the fields of information retrieval and NLP. |
| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Australia | Hutter Prize | Marcus Hutter | Data compression improvements on a specific 1 GB English text file |
| Canada | AI Challenge | University of Waterloo Computer Science Club | Artificial intelligence programming |
| United States | American Computer Science League | ACSL | Programming |
| United States | Arimaa Challenge | Arimaa / Omar Syed | Artificial intelligence programming |
| Sweden | CADE ATP System Competition | Association for Automated Reasoning | Fully automated theorem provers for classical logic |
| United States | World Computer-Bridge Championship | American Contract Bridge League | Contract bridge using computer software |
| United Kingdom | Cyber Centurion | Cyber Security Challenge UK | Cyber security competition for school children, |
| United States | CyberPatriot | Air Force Association | National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students |
| United States | DARPA Network Challenge | DARPA | Internet and social networking competition |
| United States | DARPA Shredder Challenge 2011 | DARPA | Competition for methods to reconstruct documents shredded by a variety of paper shredding techniques |
| Poland | Deadline24 | Tomasz Łakota and Mateusz Brzeszcz | Programming |
| United States | Halite AI Programming Competition | Two Sigma, Cornell Tech | Open-source computer programming contest |
| United States | ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge | ImageNet | Software programs compete to classify and detect objects and scenes |
| International | International Olympiad in Informatics | UNESCO and IFIP | School competition |
| United Kingdom | Loebner Prize | Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour | Computer programs considered by the judges to be the most human-like |
| United States | National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition | University of Texas at San Antonio | College-level cyber defense competition |
| United States | Netflix Prize | Netflix | Best collaborative filtering algorithm to predict user ratings for films |
| United States | Outreachy | Software Freedom Conservancy | Three-month paid internships with free and open-source software projects |
| United States | Password Hashing Competition | Jean-Philippe Aumasson | Competition to select one or more password hash functions |
| United Kingdom | Project Euler | Colin Hughes | Computational problems intended to be solved with computer programs |
| United States | SemEval | Association for Computational Linguistics SIGLEX | Evaluations of computational semantic analysis systems |
| United States | Text Retrieval Conference | National Institute of Standards and Technology, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity | Information retrieval research areas |
| Australia | UAV Outback Challenge | Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation | Competition for the development of unmanned aerial vehicles |
| United States | University Voting Systems Competition | National Science Foundation etc. | Students design, implement, and demonstrate open-source election systems |
