Calls for 2024 PIASA
PIASA Awards
Inaugurated in 1995 to honor distinguished scholars and scientists for their scholarly achievements.
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Bronisław Malinowski Award in the Social Sciences
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America
Deadline: November 1, 2024
Named for the eminent social scientist and founding member and first president of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, the Bronisław Malinowski Award recognizes a scholar in one of the fields of the social sciences who has written a book or seminal publication of particular value and significance dealing with an aspect of the Polish experience. In past instances, the Malinowski Award has also recognized a scholar’s outstanding body of published work. The book, outstanding publication, or body of work should represent exemplary scholarly research published in the fields encompassed by the social sciences, including anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology, according to standards recognized by those disciplines. The recipient of the Bronisław Malinowski Award in the Social Sciences will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during the PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Criteria:
- The book, publication, or body of work must be written in the English language.
- The book or publication must have appeared in 2023. If the nomination is based on a body of work, it must include a significant publication within the last five calendar years.
- Publications containing original research or new, original syntheses are eligible for consideration; edited collections and self-published books are ineligible.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as a “Bronisław Malinowski Award Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
- Three copies of the nominated publication, one for o member of the committee.
Questions, including those related to contact information for sending nominations to award committee members, should be directed to Robert Blobaum at
The Bronisław Malinowski Award recipient will be selected by the following group of scholars:
Michael Bernhard, University of Florida. Professor Bernhard prefers print books, which can be sent to the following address: 2333 NW 15th Place, Gainsville FL 32605. Where needed, ebooks will be accepted and sent to: .
Elżbieta Korolczuk, University of Warsaw and Södertörn University. Professor Korolczuk prefers print books, which can be sent to the following address: ul Kordeckiego 25 m 7, 04-327 Warsaw Poland. Ebooks will be accepted and may be sent to: .
Tomasz Zarycki, University of Warsaw, Professor Zarycki prefers ebooks, which may be sent to: . Where needed, print books will be accepted and may be sent to the following address: ISS UW, ul Stawki 5/7, 00-183 Warszawa, Poland.
THE POLISH REVIEW
Each year, the Ludwik Krzyżanowski Award is presented to the author of the best article published in The Polish Reviewin the preceding year. The judges for the Ludwik Krzyżanowski Award are members of the Editorial Board of The Polish Review. They select the top-ranking article and submit their nomination to the PIASA Board of Directors which votes on the nomination.
Halina Filipowicz Editor-in-Chief, The Polish Review
THE NATURAL SCIENCES
Nominations are being sought for the
2024 Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) is soliciting nominations for the Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award. The Award was established by PIASA in 1995 in an effort to recognize excellence, individual achievement and innovative contributions in the field of Natural Sciences. Exceptional Polish-American scientists, or scientists of Polish ancestry, who live and work in the United States are eligible for the Award.
Natural Sciences include life science and physical science, comprising biology, physics, chemistry, earth science, and astronomy, and related disciplines. Mathematics is also within the scope of the Casimir Funk Award.
Nominators need to provide a nomination letter stating the achievements on which the nomination is based and a curriculum vitae of the nominee that includes a bibliography of significant publications. Additional letters of support may be provided. Nomination is made by submitting the requested materials to the Chair of the Award Selection Committee, Dr. Wlodek Mandecki, at . The submission deadline is November 1, 2024.
The Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award winner will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Unsuccessful nominees will automatically be reconsidered for the Award for the subsequent four years. Nominators will be given the opportunity to update the nomination for those being reconsidered.
Casimir Funk (1884-1967) made important contributions to the fields of hormone research, enzymology and chemical synthesis. However, he is best known for his pioneering research that led to the discovery of vitamins and for defining the role of vitamins in nutrition. Funk postulated that nutritional deficiency diseases can be prevented and cured by the addition of certain preventive substances which we call vitamines. The term “vitamin” (coined by Funk from “vita”, Latin for life, and “amine”) has become accepted as the description of a group of functionally related but structurally distinct substances. His hypothesis has had a major impact on the direction of research in a field that, before his discoveries, was filled with controversy. His work has guided the developing science of nutrition and had an impact on biochemistry and medicine. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Funk)
The previous winners of the Casimir Funk Award are as follows:
1995 Dr. Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Cornell University
1996 Dr. Alexander Wolszczan (Astronomy), Pennsylvania State University
1997 Dr. Hilary Koprowski (Virology, Immunology), Thomas Jefferson University
1998 Dr. Peter T. Wolczanski (Chemistry), Cornell University
2001 Dr. Andrew Wojcicki (Chemistry), Ohio State University
2003 Dr. Waclaw Szybalski (Molecular Biology), McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
2005 Dr. Benoit Mandelbrodt (Mathematics), Yale University
2008 Dr. Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013 Dr. Maria Siemionow (Medicine), Cleveland Clinic
2014 Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz (Cell Biology), Brander Cancer Research Institute
2016 Dr. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Chemistry), Carnegie Mellon University
2017 Dr. Andrew V. Schally, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, University of Miami
2018 Dr. Krzysztof Palczewski (Molecular Biology), University of California-Irvine
2019 Dr. Jack William Szostak, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Harvard Med School
2020 Dr. Henryk Iwaniec (Mathematics), Rutgers University
2021 Dr. Witold Nazarewicz (Physics), Michigan State University
2022 Dr. Thomas Wisniewski (Medicine), New York University
2023 Dr. Alexander Wlodawer (Structural Biology), National Institutes of Health
THE HUMANITIES
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Wacław Lednicki Award in the Humanities
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA)
Deadline: November 1, 2024
Named after the first director of the Literature and Arts Section of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, the Wacław Lednicki Award recognizes the most outstanding book or creative work published, produced or presented in any of the fields encompassed within the Humanities as defined by the National Endowment for the Humanities, to include fine arts, history, languages, literature, philosophy, religion, etc. However, since Polish history has its own PIASA award, works in this field are ineligible. The recipient of the Wacław Lednicki Award in the Humanities will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during the PIASA’s Annual Conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Criteria:
- If the nomination is based on a book, film, play or literary translation, it must be written or rendered in the English language.
- The book or cultural product must have been published or appeared in 2023.
- Books containing original research or new, original syntheses are eligible for consideration; edited collections and self-publications are ineligible.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as “Wacław Lednicki Award Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
- Three copies of the nominated book, one for each member of the award committee.
Questions, including those related to contact information for sending nominations to award committee members, should be directed to Robert Blobaum at
The Lednicki Award winner will be selected by the following group of scholars:
Marek Haltof, Northern Michigan University. Professor Haltof prefers ebooks or PDFs, which may be sent to . Where needed, print copies may be sent to the following address: Department of English, Northern Michigan University, 1401 Presque Isle Ave., Marquette MI 49855-5301.
Michal Kobialka, University of Minnesota. Professor Kobialka prefers print copies, which may be sent to the following address: 2322 Milwaukee Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404. Where needed, PDFs may be sent to .
Joanna Trzeciak Huss, Kent State University. Professor Trzeciak Huss prefers print copies, which may be send to the following address: 2433 Edgehill Road, Cleveland OH 44106. Where needed, ebooks or PDFs may be sent to .
APPLIED SCIENCES
Nominations are being sought for the
2024 Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) is soliciting nominations for the Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award. The Award was established by PIASA in 1996 in an effort to recognize excellence, individual achievement and innovative contributions in the field of applied sciences. Exceptional Polish-American scientists or engineers who live and work in the United States are eligible for the Award.
The field of applied sciences includes branches of science and technology in which existing scientific knowledge is applied to develop practical applications, inventions or other technological advancements. Examples of disciplines within applied sciences include (broadly understood) computer sciences, engineering, environmental science, health science, and many others. For a more comprehensive list, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_applied_science#Branches_of_applied_science
Nominators need to provide a nomination letter and a curriculum vitae of the nominee that includes a bibliography of significant publications or a list of accomplishments. Additional letters of support may be provided. Nomination is made by submitting the requested materials to the Chair of the Award Selection Committee, Dr. Wladek Minor, at . The submission deadline is November 1, 2024.
The Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award winner will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025. Unsuccessful nominees will automatically be reconsidered for the Award for the subsequent four years. Nominators will be given the opportunity to update the nomination for those being reconsidered.
Tadeusz Sendzimir (1894-1989) received worldwide recognition for his outstanding and numerous contributions to metallurgy. By the early 1980s up to 90 percent of the world’s stainless steel passed through the Sendzimir process. Overall, Tadeusz Sendzimir, and the company he founded, has helped to alter the complete technological processes in steel rolling over the last six decades (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Sendzimir).
Previous recipients of the Sendzimir Award, starting with the most recent award, were:
Dr. Tomasz Wierzbicki (Mechanical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Marcin Zukowski (Computer Science), Co-founder and Chief Engineer, Snowflake, Inc.
Dr. Witold Krajewski (Civil and Environmental Engineering), University of Iowa
Dr. Wladek Minor (Structural Biology), University of Virginia and Dr. Zbyszek Otwinowski (also Structural Biology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Halina Zyczynski, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Dr. Tomasz Imielinski (Computer Science), Rutgers University
Anne Wojcicki, Founder and CEO of 23andMe
Dr. Wladyslaw Koleczko, President of the Polish Association of Inventors and Industrial Innovators in Warsaw
Dr. Thaddeus B. Massalski (Materials Science and Engineering), Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Stanislaw Gorczyca (Materials Science and Engineering), Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow
Dr. Stanislaw Mrozowski (Physics), SUNY at Buffalo440206229440206229
POLISH AND EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN HISTORY
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Oskar Halecki Polish and East-Central European History Award
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America
Deadline: November 1, 2024
Named for an eminent historian and founding member of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, the Oskar Halecki Award recognizes a scholar in the field of Polish and East-Central European history who has written a book of particular value and significance dealing with the Polish experience or including the Polish experience within a larger East-Central European context. The book or body of work should represent exemplary historical research and writing. The recipient of the Oskar Halecki Award in Polish and East-Central European history will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Criteria:
- The book or body of work must be written in the English language.
- The book must have been published during the 2023 calendar year.
- Books containing original research or new, original syntheses are eligible for consideration; edited collections and self-publications are ineligible.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as “Oskar Halecki Award Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
- Three copies of the nominated book, one for each member of the award committee.
Questions, including those related to contact information for sending nominations to award committee members, should be directed to Robert Blobaum at .
The winner of the Oskar Halecki Award will be selected by the following group of scholars:
Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Professor Butterwick-Pawlikowski prefers print books, which may be sent to the following address: UCL-SSEES, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW. Where needed, ebooks may be sent to: .
Małgorzata Fidelis, University of Illinois Chicago. Professor Fidelis prefers print books, which may be sent to the following address: 2795 Yountville Ct., Livermore CA 94550. Where needed, ebooks may be sent to: .
Nathaniel Wood, University of Kansas. Professor Wood prefers print books, which may be sent to the following address: 2342 Westchester Rd. Lawrence, KS 66049. Where needed, ebooks may be sent to: .
POLISH-JEWISH STUDIES
Call for Nominations
The Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award in Polish-Jewish Studies
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA)
Deadline: November 1, 2024
The award, named for Rachel Feldhay Brenner (1946-2021), an eminent Polish-Israeli-American literary scholar, is given annually to the author of the best English-language book on the history and/or culture of Polish Jews. The winner of the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award in Polish-Jewish Studies will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during PIASA’s Annual Conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Criteria:
- The nominated book must be written in the English language.
- The book must have been published during the 2023 calendar year.
- Books containing original research or new, original syntheses are eligible for consideration; edited collections and self-published books are ineligible.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as “Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
- Three copies of the published book, one for each member of the award committee.
Questions, including those related to contact information for sending nominations to award committee members, should be directed to Robert Blobaum at
The winner of the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award will be selected by the following group of scholars:
Irena Grudzińska Gross, Princeton University. Professor Grudzińska Gross prefers print copies, which may be sent to the following address: 164 State Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Where needed, ebooks or PDFs may be sent to .
Yechiel Weizman, Bar-Ilan University. Professor Weizman prefers to receive both print and e-books or PDFs: Print copies may be sent to the following address: 19/1 Hagalil street, Ra’anana, Israel 4325110. Electronic copies may be sent to: .
Piotr Wrόbel, University of Toronto. Professor Wrόbel prefers print copies, which may be sent to the following address: 143 Maxome Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M2M 3K7. Where needed, ebooks or PDFs may be sent to
BEST EDITED MULTI-AUTHOR SCHOLARLY VOLUME
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Anna M. Cienciala Award for Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly Volume
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA)
Deadline: November 1, 2024
The Anna M. Cienciala Award has been established to recognize the importance of collaborative scholarship and to honor Anna Cienciala, co-editor, with Natalia S. Lebedeva and Wojciech Materski, of a major collaborative work, Katyn: A Crime without Punishment (Yale University Press, 2008). Eligible books must be edited multi-author collections of scholarly articles or essays in the various fields of Polish studies broadly understood. Editors and contributors need not be members of PIASA. The recipient(s) of the Anna M. Cienciala Award will receive a $1000 prize and will also be recognized during PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Criteria:
- The book must be written in the English language.
- The book must have appeared during the 2023 calendar year.
- Publications containing original research or new, original syntheses are eligible for consideration; self-published books are ineligible.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as a “Anna M. Cienciala Award Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the editor or editors.
- Three copies of the nominated publication, one for each member of the committee.
Questions, including those relating to contact information for sending nominations to award committee members, should be directed to Robert Blobaum at
The Anna M. Cienciala Award recipient will be selected by the following group of scholars:
Katharina Friedla, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Dr, Friedla prefers print copies which may be sent to the following address: Taube Family Curator of European Collections, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, 434 Galvez Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-6003. Where needed, ebooks or PDFs may be sent to: .
Konrad Matyjaszek, Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr. Matyjaszek prefers to receive both electronic and print copies. Ebooks or PDFs may be sent to: . Print copies may be sent to the following address: 20/4 Granton Park Avenue North, Edinburgh EH5 1GW, United Kingdom.
Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Professor Pease prefers ebooks or PDFs, which may be sent to . Where needed, print copies may be sent to the following address: 4118 North Maryland Ave., Shorewood WI 53211.
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT
Call for Nominations
The Susanne M. Lotarski Distinguished Achievement Award
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA)
Deadline: November 1, 2024
PIASA’s Susanne M. Lotarski Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes an individual with a long-standing record of exemplary scholarly publications related to Poland and/or significant professional achievements, as well as a record of distinguished service to the profession and public advocacy for Polish studies or Polish culture. The recipient of the Susanne M. Lotarski Distinguished Achievement Award will be selected by PIASA’s Board of Directors and will receive a $1000 cash prize. The recipient will also be recognized during PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Candidates from the previous year who were not selected are eligible to be considered again. However, their nominations need to be resubmitted to ensure they are included in the current year’s review process.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as “Susanne M. Lotarski Award Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
Questions regarding the award should be directed to Robert Blobaum at
PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) is pleased to announce a call for nominations for its Karol Pilarczyk Foundation Award to Promote Democracy and the Rule of Law
The Karol Pilarczyk Foundation Award furthers democracy and the rule of law by funding Polish and non-Polish citizens working in the areas of Polish studies and culture who seek to facilitate these broad goals. It is intended to support individual academics, journalists, writers, researchers, scientists, and artists by recognizing and publicizing the recipient’s accomplishments and/or promoting their future endeavors as relevant to the award’s general purpose through scholarship and creative work.
The recipient of the Karol Pilarczyk Foundation Award will receive a $5000 prize and will also be recognized during PIASA’s annual conference at Columbia University in New York, June 6-8, 2025.
Criteria:
- The nomination should be based on a book, article, film, play, literary work, or project promoting democracy and the rule of law.
- The nominee’s accomplishments or future project must be related to Poland or, if not directly related to Poland, must be authored, created, or proposed by a person of Polish heritage, broadly understood.
Nominations, including self-nominations, should include:
- A cover letter marking the submission as “The Karol Pilarczyk Foundation Nomination.”
- A curriculum vitae of the nominee.
- Description of the nominee’s accomplishments or future project for which an award is sought and its contribution to democracy and the rule of law.
The deadline for nominations is November 1, 2024. All inquiries and completed nominations should be directed to Robert Blobaum at
The Karol Pilarczyk Foundation Award recipient will be selected by the following group of scholars:
Agnieszka Graff, University of Warsaw.
Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney Law School.
Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan.
Distinguished Awardees
include
- 1995 – Dr. Andrzej S. Kaminski, Georgetown University
- 1996 – Dr. Robert Blobaum, University of West Virginia
- 1997 – Dr. Piotr S. Wandycz, Yale University
- 1998 – Dr. 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
- 2014 – Dr. M.B.B. Biskupski, Central Connecticut State University
- 2014 – Dr. James Pula, Purdue University – North Central
- 2017 – Dr. Keely Stauter-Halsted, University of Illinois-Chicago
- 2018 – Dr. Paul Knoll, University of Southern California
- 2019 – Dr. Anna Műller, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- 2020 – Dr. Dominic A. Pacyga, Columbia College (Chicago)
- 2021 – Dr. Molly Pucci, Assistant Professor of Twentieth-Century European History, Trinity College Dublin and Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Professor of Polish-Lithuanian History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London
- 2022 – Dr. Kenneth B Moss, the University of Chicago Honorable Mention: Dr. Barbara Klich-Kluczewska, Jagiellonian University
2023 – Dr. Małgorzata Fidelis, University of Illinois Honorable Mention: Dr. Kyrill Kunakhovich, University of Virginia.
- 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, Ohio State University
- 2003 – Dr. Waclaw Szybalski, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2005 – Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, Yale University
- 2008 – Dr. Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 2013 – Dr. Maria Siemionow, Cleveland Clinic
- 2014 – Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, New York Medical College
- 2016 – Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University
- 2017 – Dr. Andrew V. Schally, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Miami
- 2018 – Dr. Krzysztof Palczewski, University of California-Irviine
- 2019 – Dr. Jack W. Szostak, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
- 2020 – Dr. Henryk Iwaniec, Rutgers University
- 2021 – Witold Nazarewicz, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor and Chief Scientific Officer for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University
- 2022 – Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, New York University School of Medicine, and Director of NYU’s Alzheimer Disease Center
- 2023 – Dr. Alex Wlodawer, National Institutes of Health
- 1995 – Dr. Helena Znaniecka Lopata, Loyola University, Chicago
- 1995 – Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic & International Studies
- 1997 – Dr. Adam Podgorecki, Carleton University & University of Warsaw
- 1998 – Eva Hoffman, author
- 2001 – Dr. Grzegorz Ekiert, Harvard University and Dr. Jan Kubik, Rutgers University.
- 2007 – Dr. Michael Bernhard, Pennsylvania State University
- 2017 – Dr. Marysia H. Galbraith, University of Alabama
- 2018 – Dr. Evgeny Finkel, Johns Hopkins University
- 2019 – Dr. Jeffrey S. Kopstein, University of California-Irvine and Dr. Jason Wittenberg, University of California-Berkeley
- 2020 – Dr. Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University
- 2021 – Geneviève Zubrzycki, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, the Center for European Studies, and the Copernicus Program in Polish Studies, University of Michigan
- 2022 – Dr. Agnieszka Graff, University of Warsaw, and Dr. Elżbieta Korolczuk, Södertörn University (Stockholm) and University of Warsaw
- 2023 – Dr. Tomasz Zarycki, University of Warsaw
- 1996 – Dr. Tomas A. Venclova, Yale University
- 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
- 2014 – Adrian Prawica, director and filmmaker, Chicago, Illinois
- 2017 – Dr. Ursula Phillips, University College London
- 2018 – Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, author and translator, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2019 – Dr. Marek Haltof, Northern Michigan University
- 2020 – Dr. Grażyna J. Kozaczka, Cazenovia College
- 2022 – Dr. Katarzyna Bartoszynska, Ithaca College Honorable Mention: Dr. Aleksandra Kremer, Harvard University
- 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
- 2017 – Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe, Los Altos Hills, California
- 2018 – Dr. Tomasz Imielinski, Rutgers University
- 2019 – Halina Zyczynski, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- 2020 – Dr. Władek Minor, University of Virginia and Dr. Zbyszek Otwinowski, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas
- 2021 – Witold F. Krajewski, Rose and Joseph Summers Chair in Water Research Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa
- 2022 – Dr. Marcin Żukowski, co-founder and vice president of engineering at Snowflake Computing
- 2023 – Dr. Tomasz Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
- 1995 – Dr. Andrzej Chmielarz, Institute of Military History, Warsaw
- 2015 – Dr. Robert Blobaum, West Virginia University
- 2017 – Dr. Rafal Wnuk, Catholic University of Lublin, and Dr. Piotr M. Majewski, Warsaw University
- 2018 – Dr. Adam Chmielewski, University of Wrocław
- 2019 – Dr. Christopher Garbowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin
- 2020 – Dr. Anna Krakus, University of Copenhagen
- 2021 – Dr. Anna Muller, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- 2022 – Dr. Dariusz Stola
- 2023 – Dr. Vitalii Borymskyi, Institute of History of Ukraine, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences
- 2007 – Dr. Anna M. Cienciala, University of Kansas
- 2014 – Dr. Paul Knoll, University of Southern California
- 2018 – Dr. Jan Kubik, Rutgers University
- 2019 – Dr. Antony Polonsky, Brandeis University
- 2020 – Dr. Anna Frajlich-Zając, Columbia University
- 2021 – Roman Koropeckyj, Professor of Slavic Languages, Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles
- 2022 - Dr. Irena Grudzińska Gross, Professor, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Madeline G. Levine, Kenan Professor of Slavic Literatures Emerita, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- 2023 - Dr. Larry Wolff, New York University
- 2021 - Dr. Eliyana Adler, Pennsylvania State University
- 2022 – Dr. Alina Molisak, Warsaw University Honorable Mention: Dr. Jan Rybak, Central European University
- 2023 - Dr. Yechiel Weizman, Bar-Ilan University and Dr. Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan
- 2021 – Dr. Silvia Dapia, City University of New York
- 2022 – Dr. Katharina Friedla, Hoover Institution Stanford and Dr. Markus Nesselrodt, Europe-Universität Viadrina
- 2023 – Dr. Irena Grudzińska Gross and Dr. Konrad Matyjaszek, both from the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences Honorable Mention: Dr. Katarzyna Fazan, Jagiellonian University, Dr. Michal Kobialka, University of Minnesota, and Dr. Bryce Lease, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 2023 – Marta Gorczynska, human rights lawyer and co-founder of the NGO Grupa Granica (The Border Group), and head of the Migration Department at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Warsaw.
- 2023 – Agnieszka Holland, filmmaker, and Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney.
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