University of Cambridge

Awards

1. 2026

   David Klenerman

   Wolf Prize — Chemistry

2. 2026

   Shankar Balasubramanian

   Wolf Prize — Chemistry

3. 2026

   Christine Holt

   Kavli Prize — Neuroscience

4. 2026

   Vasily Belokurov

   Kavli Prize — Astrophysics

5. 2025

   George Efstathiou

   Shaw Prize — Astronomy

6. 2025

   Azim Surani

   Kyoto Prize — Basic Sciences

7. 2024

   Martin Rees

   Wolf Prize — Physics

8. 2024

   Shankar Balasubramanian

   Canada Gairdner International Award

9. 2024

   David Klenerman

   Canada Gairdner International Award

10. 2024

    Douglas Gough

    Crafoord Prize — Astronomy

11. 2023

    Christine Holt

    The Brain Prize

12. 2022

    Shankar Balasubramanian

    Breakthrough Prize — Life Sciences

13. 2020

    David Klenerman

    Millennium Technology Prize

14. 2020

    Shankar Balasubramanian

    Millennium Technology Prize

15. 2020

    Andrew Fabian

    Kavli Prize — Astrophysics

16. 2018

    Azim Surani

    Canada Gairdner International Award

17. 2018

    Caucher Birkar

    Fields Medal

18. 2017

    Wolfram Schultz

    The Brain Prize

19. 2014

    Michael Green

    Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics

20. 2014

    Trevor W. Robbins

    The Brain Prize

21. 2013 (special)

    Stephen Hawking

    Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics

22. 2012

    Roy Calne

    Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

23. 2010

    David Baulcombe

    Wolf Prize — Agriculture

24. 2010

    Robert G. Edwards

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

25. 2010

    Richard Friend

    Millennium Technology Prize

26. 2009

    John B. Gurdon

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

27. 2008

    David Baulcombe

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

28. 2008

    Donald Lynden-Bell

    Kavli Prize — Astrophysics · Institute of Astronomy

29. 2005

    Martin Rees

    Crafoord Prize — Astronomy

30. 2002

    Dan McKenzie

    Crafoord Prize — Geosciences

31. 2001

    Robert G. Edwards

    Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award

32. 2000

    Sydney Brenner

    Lasker Award — Lasker–Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science

33. 1999

    Andrew H. Wyllie

    Canada Gairdner International Award

34. 1998

    W. Timothy Gowers

    Fields Medal

35. 1998

    Richard E. Borcherds

    Fields Medal

36. 1997

    Fred Hoyle

    Crafoord Prize — Astronomy

37. 1995

    Nicholas Shackleton

    Crafoord Prize — Geosciences

38. 1994/1995

    Michael Berridge

    Wolf Prize — Medicine

39. 1992

    John G. Thompson

    Wolf Prize — Mathematics

40. 1992

    Maurice Wilkes

    Kyoto Prize — Advanced Technology

41. 1990

    Dan McKenzie

    Japan Prize — Earth Science

42. 1989

    John B. Gurdon

    Wolf Prize — Medicine

43. 1989

    Alan R. Battersby

    Wolf Prize — Chemistry

44. 1988

    Stephen Hawking

    Wolf Prize — Physics

45. 1977

    Sir Nevill Francis Mott

    Nobel Prize — Physics

46. 1974

    Antony Hewish

    Nobel Prize — Physics

47. 1974

    Sir Martin Ryle

    Nobel Prize — Physics

48. 1973

    Brian David Josephson

    Nobel Prize — Physics

49. 1971

    Sydney Brenner

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

50. 1970

    Alan Baker

    Fields Medal

51. 1967

    Maurice Wilkes

    Turing Award

52. 1967

    Ronald George Wreyford Norrish

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry · Institute of Physical Chemistry

53. 1965

    Robin R.A. Coombs

    Canada Gairdner International Award

54. 1963

    Alan Lloyd Hodgkin

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

55. 1960

    Francis Harry Compton Crick

    Lasker Award — Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award

56. 1958

    Frederick Sanger

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

57. 1957

    Lord (Alexander R.) Todd

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

58. 1952

    Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

    Max Planck Medal

59. 1933

    Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

    Nobel Prize — Physics

60. 1932

    Edgar Douglas Adrian

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

61. 1929

    Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

    Nobel Prize — Medicine

62. 1927

    Charles Thomson Rees Wilson

    Nobel Prize — Physics

63. 1922

    Francis William Aston

    Nobel Prize — Chemistry

64. 1906

    Joseph John Thomson

    Nobel Prize — Physics