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Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement — American Academy of Sciences

Overview

Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement

Status: Active annual award

Geographic Scope: International; open to scholars across diverse fields and disciplines

Focus Areas: Excellence in scholarship across all disciplines; work that has made outstanding contributions to humanity's knowledge, appreciation, and cultivation of the good, the true, and the beautiful

Eligibility:

Open to scholars across diverse fields and disciplines

Recipients are nominated by members of the Academy

Appointed by the board of directors

Award Benefits:

Cash award

Membership in the Academy

Contact: American Academy of Sciences & Letters, 8 The Green Suite #10490, Dover, DE 19901

Background: The Barry Prize is the Academy's premier recognition of excellence in scholarship. Recent winners (2025) include Joseph H. H. Weiler, David A. Relman, Leon R. Kass, Anthony Grafton, Sylvester James Gates Jr., Charles E. Butterworth, Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Richard P. Binzel, Philip Hamburger, and Danielle Allen.

Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement

Overview

Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement

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