Annual Awards Ceremony

The annual awards presentations, inaugurated in 1995 held in Williams Club and most recently on November 18, 2007 at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York City, honor distinguished scholars and scientists for their scholarly achievements with a $1000 award. The awards are given in the fields of history (The Oskar Halecki Polish and East Central European History Award), sociology (The Bronislaw Malinowski Social Science Award), natural science (The Casimir Funk Natural Science Award), applied sciences (The Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award), humanities (The Waclaw Lednicki Award). There is also The Ludwik Krzyzanowski Polish Review Award.

The distinguished awardees include:
The Oskar Halecki Polish History Award
1995 - Dr. Andrzej S. Kaminski, Georgetown University
1996 - Dr. Robert Blobaum, University of West Virginia
1997 - Dr. Piotr S. Wandycz, Yale University
1998 - Timothy Snyder, Harvard University
2001 - Dr. Brian Allen Porter, University of Michigan
2003 - Dr. Daniel Stone, University of Winnipeg
2005 - Dr. Gershon David Hundert, McGill University
2007 - Dr. Marci Shore, Yale University

The Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award
1995 - Dr. Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University
1996 - Dr. Alexander Wolszczan, Pennsylvania State University
1997 - Dr. Hilary Koprowski, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
1998 - Dr. Peter T. Wolczanski, Cornell University,
2001 - Dr. Andrew Wojcicki, State University
2003 - Dr. Waclaw Szybalski, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005 - Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, Yale University

The Bronislaw Malinowski Social Sciences Award
1995 - Dr. Helena Znaniecka Lopata, Loyola University, Chicago
1995 - Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic & International Studies
1996 - None awarded
1997 - Dr. Adam Podgorecki, Carleton University & University of Warsaw
1998 - Eva Hoffman, author
2001- Dr. Grzegorz Ekiert, Harvard University
2007 - Dr. Michael Bernhard, Pennsylvania State University

The Waclaw Lednicki Humanities Award
1995 - None awarded
1996 - Dr. Tomas A. Venclova, Yale University
1997 - None awarded
1998 - Dr. Beth C. Holmgren, University of North Carolina,
2001- Dr. Jan C. Cavanaugh, Seattle, Washington
2003 - Dr. Roman Koropeckyj, UCLA
2005 - Dr. Karen Majewski, Polish American Historical Association (PAHA),  Orchard Lake Schools, Orchard Lake, Michigan
2007 - Dr. Marek Bartelik,  Cooper Union, New York

The Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award
1995 - None awarded
1996 - Dr. Stanislaw Mrozowski, Professor Emeritus, SUNY at Buffalo
1997 - Dr. Stanislaw Gorczyca, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow
1998 - Dr. Thaddeus B. Massalski, Carnegie Mellon University
2001- Dr. Wladyslaw Koleczko,
President of the Polish Association of Inventors and Industrial Innovators in Warsaw

The Ludwik Krzyzanowski Polish Review Award
1995 - Andrzej Chmielarz, Institute of Military History, Warsaw
1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 - None awarded