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Franklin Institute Awards
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United States
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First award
1824
Website
The
Franklin Institute Awards
(or
Benjamin Franklin Medal
) is an
American science and engineering award presented by the
, a
science museum in
.
The
awards comprises the
Benjamin Franklin Medals in seven areas of science and engineering, the Bower
Awards and Prize for Achievement in Science, and the Bower Award for Business
Leadership.
Since 1824, the institute has recognized "world-changing
scientists, engineers, inventors, and industrialists—all of whom reflect
Benjamin Franklin's spirit of curiosity, ingenuity, and innovation".
Some
of the noted past laureates include
,
,
,
,
,
.
Some of the 21st century laureates of the institute awards are
,
,
,
,
,
,
, and
.
Benjamin Franklin Medals
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In 1998, the Benjamin Franklin Medals were created by reorganizing all of the endowed medals presented by The Franklin
Institute at that time into a group of medals recognizing seven areas of study: Chemistry, Computer and Cognitive
Science, Earth and Environmental Science, Electrical Engineering, Life Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Physics.
The first Benjamin Franklin Medals were presented in 1998.
Medalists are selected by a Committee on Science and the Arts (CS&A), composed of local academics and professionals
from the Philadelphia area.
Bower Awards
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The Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science and the Bower Award for Business Leadership are the newest
awards, established by a $7.5 million bequest from Henry Bower in 1988.
The annual Bower Prizes are US$250,000 each.
Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
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]
The Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award is presented to an early-career investigator for a transformative discovery,
development, innovation, or invention in science or engineering. The focus annually rotates through seven disciplines:
chemistry, civil and mechanical engineering, computer and cognitive science, earth and environmental science,
electrical engineering, life science, and physics.
Recipients are
presented with a crystal award a cash honorarium.
Former awards
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]
Further information:
List of laureates
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]
Further information:
The following table lists laureates of the Benjamin Franklin Medal (including the Bower Prizewinners), from 1998
onwards.
,
pioneer and
inventor of the
(MOS transistor), received
the 1975
in Physics.
,
inventor of the
, received the 1999
Benjamin Franklin Medal in
Physics.
,
pioneer, received the 2003
Benjamin Franklin Medal in
Computer Science.
receives the Benjamin
Franklin Medal for Leadership in
2016.
,
, received the 2018
Benjamin Franklin Medal in
Computer Science.
, pioneer
of
,
received the 2019 Benjamin
Franklin Medal in
Chemistry.
Year
Name
Field
1998
Bower Award for Business Leadership
1998
Engineering
1998
Physics
1998
Engineering
1998
Life Science
1998
Physics, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
1998
Physics
1998
Physics
1998
Chemistry
1999
Earth Science, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in
Science
1999
Computer and Cognitive Science
1999
Computer and Cognitive Science
1999
Chemistry
1999
Life Science
1999
Physics
1999
Computer and Cognitive Science
1999
Physics
1999
Bower Award for Business Leadership
1999
Computer and Cognitive Science
2000
Computer and Cognitive Science
2000
Physics
2000
Mechanical Engineering
2000
Earth Science
2000
Chemistry
2000
Physics
2000
Electrical Engineering
2000
Mechanical Engineering
2000
Life Science, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
2000
Life Science, Bower Award for Business Leadership
2000
Physics
2001
Electrical Engineering, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement
in Science
2001
Life Science
2001
Physics
2001
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2001
Computer and Cognitive Science
2001
Chemistry
2001
Earth Science
2001
Electrical Engineering
2002
Chemistry
2002
Materials Science, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in
Science
2002
Life Science
2002
Physics
2002
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2002
Engineering
2002
Earth Science
2002
Computer and Cognitive Science
2003
Electrical Engineering
2003
Physics
2003
Physics
2003
Life Science
2003
Chemistry
2003
Physics
2003
Engineering,
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
2003
Computer and Cognitive Science
2003
Earth Science
2003
Earth Science
2003
Engineering
2004
Mechanical Engineering
2004
Life Science, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
2004
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2004
Chemistry
2004
Computer and Cognitive Science
2004
Physics
2004
Electrical Engineering
2005
Life Science
2005
Computer and Cognitive Science
2005
Chemistry,
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
2005
Physics
2005
Earth Science
2005
Electrical Engineering
2005
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2006
Engineering
2006
Chemistry
2006
Electrical Engineering, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement
in Science
2006
Earth Science
2006
Computer and Cognitive Science
2006
Life Science
2006
Physics
2006
Physics
2006
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2006
Earth Science
2007
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2007
Chemistry
2007
Computer and Cognitive Science, Bower Award and Prize for
Achievement in Science
2007
Electrical Engineering
2007
Materials Science
2007
Physics
2007
Earth Science
2007
Physics
2007
Life Science
2008
Life Science
2008
Life Science
2008
Earth Science
2008
Chemistry
2008
Physics
2008
Computer and Cognitive Science, Bower Award and Prize for
Achievement in Science
2008
Computer and Cognitive Science
2008
Electrical Engineering
2008
Life Science
2008
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2008
Electrical Engineering
2009
Computer and Cognitive Science
2009
Life Science
2009
Physics, Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
2009
Earth Science
2009
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2009
Engineering
2009
Chemistry
2009
Electrical Engineering
2010
Physics
2010
Computer and Cognitive Science
2010
Life Science
2010
Electrical Engineering
2010
Mechanical Engineering
2010
Chemistry
2010
Electrical Engineering
2010
Physics
2010
Physics
2010
Earth and Environmental Science, Bower Award for Achievement
in Science
2010
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2011
Computer and Cognitive Science
2011
Earth and Environmental Science
2011
Physics
2011
Electrical Engineering
2011
Mechanical Engineering
2011
Chemistry
2011
Life Science, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2011
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2012
Computer and Cognitive Science
2012
Earth and Environmental Science
2012
Earth and Environmental Science
2012
Life Science
2012
Electrical Engineering
2012
Physics
2012
Mechanical Engineering
2012
Chemistry, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2012
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2013
Chemistry
2013
Computer and Cognitive Science
2013
Earth and Environmental Science
2013
Life Science
2013
Mechanical Engineering
2013
Physics
2013
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2013
Electrical Engineering, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2014
Physics
2014
Chemistry
2014
Earth and Environmental Science
2014
Electrical Engineering
2014
Electrical Engineering
2014
Life Science
2014
Mechanical Engineering
2014
Computer and Cognitive Science, Bower Award for Achievement in
Science
2014
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2015
Chemistry
2015
Computer and Cognitive Science
2015
Earth and Environmental Science
2015
Electrical Engineering
2015
Life Science
2015
Physics
2015
Physics
2015
Physics
2015
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2015
Mechanical Engineering, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2016
Chemistry
2016
Computer and Cognitive Science
2016
Earth and Environmental Science
2016
Electrical Engineering
2016
Life Science
2016
Mechanical Engineering
2016
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2016
Physics, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2017
Chemistry
2017
Chemistry
2017
Computer and Cognitive Science
2017
Electrical Engineering
2017
Life Science
2017
Materials Science and Engineering
2017
Physics
2017
Earth and Environmental Science, Bower Award for Achievement
in Science
2017
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2018
Earth and Environmental Science
2018
Electrical Engineering
2018
Mechanical Engineering
2018
Physics
2018
Chemistry
2018
Computer and Cognitive Science
2018
Computer and Cognitive Science
2018
Life Science, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2018
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2019
Physics
2019
Materials Engineering
2019
Life Science
2019
Electrical Engineering
2019
Earth and Environmental Science
2019
Computer and Cognitive Science
2019
Chemistry, Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2019
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2021
Chemistry
2021
Chemistry
2021
Physics
2021
Physics
2021
Life Science
2021
Mechanical Engineering
2021
Earth and Environmental Science
2021
Computer and Cognitive Science
2021
Bower Award for Achievement in Science
2021
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2022
Earth and Environmental Science
2022
Biomedical Engineering
2022
Chemistry
2022
Electrical Engineering
2022
Electrical Engineering
2022
Life Science
2022
Life Science
2022
Physics
2023
Earth and Environmental Science
2023
Electrical Engineering
2023
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2023
Life Science
2023
Physics
2023
Computer and Cognitive Science
2023
Civil and Mechanical Engineering and Bower Award for
Achievement in Science
2023
Physics
2023
Chemistry
2024
Mechanical Engineering
2024
Life Science
2024
Chemistry
2024
Earth and Environmental Science
2024
Electrical Engineering
2024
Chemistry and Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
2024
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2024
Physics and Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
2024
Computer and Cognitive Science
2025
Electrical Engineering and Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
2025
Life Science
2025
Computer and Cognitive Science
2025
Bower Award for Business Leadership
2025
Chemistry
2025
Mechanical Engineering
2025
Physics
2025
Electrical Engineering
2025
Earth and Environmental Science and Bower Award and Prize for
Achievement in Science
See also
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References
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The Franklin Institute
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Retrieved
December 2,
2015
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www.fi.edu
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June 24,
2016
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The Franklin Institute
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Retrieved
June 24,
2016
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kwexler (May 31, 2024).
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fi.edu
. Retrieved
December 6,
2025
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Recipients are listed in a database on The Franklin Institute website:
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The Franklin Institute Awards
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. Retrieved
May 8,
2015
.
Calhoun, Dave; Lustig, Lawrence K. (1976).
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. p.
.
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Three scientists were named recipients of the Franklin lnstitute's Stuart Ballantine Medal in 1975 [...]
Martin M. Atalla, president of Atalla Technovations in California, and Dawon Kahng of Bell Laboratories were chosen "for their
contributions to semiconductor silicon-silicon dioxide technology, and for the development of the MOS insulated gate, field-
effect transistor.
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Franklin Institute Awards
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. Retrieved
August 23,
2019
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The Franklin Institute
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2015
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2015
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The Franklin Institute
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Fernandez, Bob (March 14, 2015).
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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External links
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