| Country | Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| United Kingdom | Colworth Medal | Biochemical Society | Outstanding research biochemist under the age of 35 and working mainly in the United Kingdom[1][2] |
| International | Edison Award | Edison Awards | Honoring excellence in innovation[3] |
| United States | Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry | American Chemical Society | Biological chemistry by scientists not over thirty-eight years of age[4] |
| United Kingdom | European Medal for Bio-Inorganic Chemistry | Royal Society of Chemistry | Excellence and Impact in the field of Bioinorganic chemistry[5] |
| Europe | Datta Lectureship and Medal | Federation of European Biochemical Societies | Outstanding achievement in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology or a related area[6] |
| Europe | Krebs Medal | Federation of European Biochemical Societies | Outstanding achievements in biochemistry and molecular biology or related sciences[6] |
| United States | Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize | Columbia University | Outstanding contribution in basic research in the fields of biology or biochemistry[7] |
| Australia | Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture | Australian Academy of Science | Outstanding scientific research in the biological sciences [8] |
| United States | Mildred Cohn Award in Biological Chemistry | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Substantial advances in understanding biological chemistry using innovative physical approaches[9] |
| Switzerland / United States | Novartis-Drew Award
(formerly Ciba-Drew Award) | Novartis and Drew University, New Jersey | Selected areas of biomedical research[10] |
| Germany | Otto Warburg Medal | Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Important work in the field of biological chemistry[11] |
| United States | Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry | American Chemical Society | Fundamental research in enzyme chemistry by scientists not over forty years of age[12][13] |
| United Kingdom | Portland Press Excellence in Science Award
(formerly Novartis Medal and Prize) | Biochemical Society | Research in any branch of biochemistry that was undertaken in the UK or Republic of Ireland[14] |
| Canada | Prix Michel-Sarrazin | Club de Recherches Clinique du Québec | Celebrated Québécois scientist who, by their dynamism and productivity, have contributed in an important way to the advancement of biomedical research[15] |
| Canada | Prix Wilder-Penfield | Government of Quebec | Scientists whose research aims fall within the field of biomedicine[16] |
| United States | Repligen Corporation Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes | American Chemical Society | Outstanding contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of biological processes, with particular emphasis on structure, function, and mechanism[17] |
| Germany | Schering Prize | Ernst Schering Foundation | Outstanding basic research in the fields of medicine, biology or chemistry anywhere in the world[18] |