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Year
1991
Subject
Leadership
Award
Fahrney
Affiliation
University of Maryland
Citation
For leadership in scientific research.
Year
1984
Subject
Engineering
Award
Clamer
Affiliation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Citation
For research on fatigue of metals.
Year
2017
Subject
Physics
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory │Berkeley, California
Citation
For making possible atomic-scale calculations of the properties of materials so detailed that new materials and their mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties can be predicted in agreement with experiments.
Year
1987
Subject
Life Science
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
Vanderbilt University
Citation
For discovery, characterization, and elucidation of the biological roles of epidermal growth factors and subsequent work on its cellular receptors.
Year
1975
Subject
Life Science
Award
Cresson
Year
1968
Subject
Engineering
Award
Wetherill
Year
1994
Subject
Physics
Award
Wetherill
Affiliation
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Citation
For fundamental contributions to understanding of stellar collapse and supernova explosions.
Year
1985
Subject
Engineering
Award
Wetherill
Affiliation
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Citation
For the method of obtaining silicon chips.
Year
1995
Subject
Leadership
Award
Bower Award for Business Leadership
Affiliation
Children's Television Workshop Executive Committee
Citation
For the Children's Television Workshop.
Year
2021
Subject
Life Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
Affiliation
National Institutes of Health │ Bethesda, Maryland
Citation
For her outstanding contributions to the field of viral immunology and vaccine development, including an mRNA-based vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Year
1978
Subject
Chemistry
Award
Franklin
Affiliation
Harvard University │ Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For methods and systems for organic syntheses.



Notes:

  • "Franklin" Medals are not the same as "Benjamin Franklin" Medals. The Benjamin Franklin Medal was initiated in 1998 to represent the combined legacies of several historic medals, including the Franklin Medal.
  • The Scott Medal is awarded by the City of Philadelphia. Prior to 1920, the Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts selected the medalists and the Scott Medals were presented on Awards Day at The Franklin Institute.
  • For more information about The Franklin Institute Awards program, contact the Awards Program Director at awards@fi.edu.