Le prix Newcomb Cleveland est une distinction de l'Association américaine pour l'avancement des sciences (AAAS), décernée chaque année aux auteurs d'articles scientifiques exceptionnels publiés dans les sections Articles de recherche ou Rapports de Science. Créé en 1923, financé par Newcomb Cleveland qui reste anonyme jusqu'à sa mort en 1951, et pendant cette période, il est connu sous le nom de AAAS Thousand Dollar Prize.
Histoire « Le prix a été inspiré par la conviction de M. Cleveland que c'était le scientifique qui comptait et qui avait besoin de l'encouragement qu'une récompense monétaire inattendue pouvait lui apporter. ». Les règles actuelles sont instituées en 1975, auparavant elles sont attribuées aux auteurs d'articles remarquables, représentant une contribution exceptionnelle à la science, présentés lors d'une session ordinaire, sectionnelle ou sociétale, lors de la réunion annuelle de l'AAAS. Il est désormais parrainé par le Fodor Family Trust et comprend un prix de 25 000 $ .
Lauréats La liste des lauréats est séparée en deux périodes, selon les règles appliquées.
Règles précédentes
AnnéeLauréatTitre1923Leonard Eugene Dickson On the Theory of Numbers and Generalized Quaternions1924Edwin P. HubbleCepheids in Spiral NebulaeL. R. Cleveland For two papers on the symbiosis between termites and their intestinal protozoa1925Dayton C. Miller The Michelson-Morley Ether Drift Experiment, its History and Significance1926George David Birkhoff A Mathematical Critique of Some Physical Theories1927H. J. Muller Effects of X-Radiation on Genes and Chromosomes1928Oliver Kamm Hormones from the Pituitary Gland1929Arthur J. Dempster For his work on the reflection of protons from a calcite crystal1930M. A. Tuve, L. R. Hafstad and O. DahlExperiments with High Voltage Tubes1931Carl Caskey Speidel Studies of Living Nerves II. Activities of Amoeboid Growth Cones, Sheath Cells and Myelin Segments, as Revealed by Prolonged Observation of Individual Fibers in Frog Tadpoles1932Henry Eyring Quantum Mechanics of Conjugate Double Bonds1933Reuben L. Kahn Tissue Reactions in Immunity1934Vern O. Knudsen The Absorption of Sound in Gases1935P. W. Zimmerman and A. E. HitchcockThe Initiation and Growth of Secondary Roots Induced by Growth Substances1936Wendell M. StanleyChemical Studies of the Virus of Tobacco Mosaic1937Philip R. White Root Pressure: An Unappreciated Force in Sap Movement1938Norman R. F. Maier Experimentally Produced Neurotic Behavior in the Rat1939I. I. Rabi Radio Frequency Spectra of Atoms and Molecules1940Dennis R. Hoagland and Daniel I. ArnonAvailability of Nutrients with Special Reference to Physiological Aspects1941Dugald E. S. Brown, Douglas A. Marsland and Frank H. Johnsonfor two papers on a basic mechanism in the biological effects of temperature, hydrostatic pressure, and narcosis1946T. M. Sonneborn, Ruth V. Dippel and Winifred Jacobsonfor several papers on the mechanism of heredity in ParameciumQuentin M. Geiman and Ralph W. McKeeCultural Studies on the Nutrition of Malarial Parasites1947Harrison S. Brown Elements in Meteorites and the Earth's Origin1949Armin C. Braun Thermal Inactivation Study on the Tumor-inducing Principle in Crown Gall1950Carroll M. Williams for several papers on the enzymes, hormones, and development of Cecropia silkworms1951J. Laurence Kulp Natural Radiocarbon Measurements1952A. M. GleasonNatural Coordinate Systems1953Barry CommonerStudies on the Biosynthesis of Tobacco Mosaic Virus1954Daniel H. AlpertExperiments at Very Low Pressures1955Seymour S. Cohen Molecular Bases of the Parasitism of Some Bacterial Viruses1956Neal E. MillerLearning and Performance Motivated by Direct Stimulation of the BrainJames OldsEffects of Hunger, Sex, and Tranquilizers on Localized Reward Systems in the Brain1957Martin Schwarzschild, J. B. Rogerson, Jr. and J. W. EvansSolar Photographs from 80,000 Feet1958Jerzy Neyman and Elizabeth L. ScottOn Certain Stochastic Models of Population Dynamical Phenomena1959Edward AndersMeteorites and Asteroids1960Halton C. ArpThe Stellar Content of Galaxies1961Richard D. AlexanderThe Role of Behavioral Study in Cricket Classification1962J. F. Evernden and G. H. CurtisThe Dating of Early Man and His Cultures by the Potassium-Argon Method1963Jonathan W. UhrThe Heterogeneity of the Immune Response1964John PapaconstantinouProtein and Nucleic Acid Changes in the Differentiation of Lens Cells1965David S. HognessThe Structure and Function of the DNA from Bacteriophage Lambda1966Michael K. ReedyCross Bridges and Periods in Insect Flight Muscle1967Edward O. WilsonRecent Advances in Chemical CommunicationThomas EisnerCross-Specific Chemical Communication1968Joel L. RosenbaumControl of Protein Synthesis in Flagellar Growth1969Cornelia P. ChanningControl of Luteinization in Granulosa Cell Cultures1970James W. TrumanThe Eclosion Hormone: Its Release by the Brain and Its Action on the Central Nervous Systems of Silkmoths1971Alan GelperinNeural Control Systems of Underlying Insect Feeding Behavior1972Bruce CarlsonMorphogenetic Interactions between Skin and Underlying Tissues during Limb Regeneration1974Amos NurOrigin of Velocity Changes before Earthquakes: The Dilatancy Diffusion Hypothesis and Its Confirmation
Règles actuelles