KARL FERDINAND
BRAUN AWARD

1987 - PRESENT WINNERS

The Karl Ferdinand Braun award is awarded for outstanding technical achievement, which has also had substantial impact on the display industry. The Braun award is SID’s most prestigious individual award, honoring those people who have pioneered the technologies underpinning commercial displays. The Karl Ferdinand Braun award consists of an engraved medallion, a bound certificate, and a stipend of $5000.

JAN RAJCHMAN
PRIZE

1993 - PRESENT WINNERS

The Jan Rajchman Prize is awarded for outstanding scientific or technical contributions to electronic display technology. This award is open to academic achievement, in addition to notable technology developments that are recognized as groundbreaking in their field. The Jan Rajchman award consists of an engraved medallion, a bound certificate, and a stipend of $5000.

DAVID SARNOFF
INDUSTRIAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2018 - PRESENT WINNERS

The David Sarnoff Industrial Achievement Award is conferred for major impact on the business of the electronic display industry. The Sarnoff Award is not targeting technical achievement, but honors those people whose achievements have shaped the current electronic display industry. The David Sarnoff Industrial Achievement award consists of an engraved medallion, a bound certificate, and a stipend of $5000.

PETER BRODY
PRIZE

2017 - PRESENT WINNERS

The Peter Brody Prize is awarded to young researchers and engineers (under age 40) who have made major technical or scientific contributions to the science or technology of electronic displays. The Peter Brody award consists of an engraved medallion, a bound certificate, and a stipend of $5000.

OTTO SCHADE
PRIZE

2006 - PRESENT WINNERS

The Otto Schade Prize is awarded for outstanding scientific or technical achievement in the image quality of electronic displays. This award recognizes vision scientists, human factor engineers, and those engineers whose efforts have led to major improvements in the visual quality of electronic displays. The Otto Schade award consists of an engraved medallion, a bound certificate, and a stipend of $5000.

SLOTTOW–OWAKI
PRIZE

2007 - PRESENT WINNERS

The Slottow-Owaki Prize is awarded for outstanding contributions to the education and training of students, and/or professionals, in the field of electronic displays. The Slottow-Owaki award consists of an engraved medallion, a bound certificate, and a stipend of $5000.

LEWIS AND BEATRICE
WINNER AWARD

1983 - PRESENT WINNERS

The Lewis and Beatrice Winner Award is conferred for exceptional and sustained service to SID. The award is made by the Board of Directors acting on the recommendation of the Honors and Awards Committee and carries a stipend of $5000.

The membership grade of Fellow is awarded to a SID member who has made outstanding and widely recognized engineering or scientific contributions to the display field. The number of SID Fellow awards each year is limited by policy set by the SID Board of Directors.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
AWARDS

1972 - PRESENT HONOREES

Special Recognition Awards are conferred to members of the display engineering and scientific communities, for distinguished and valued contributions to the field. These contributions may be outstanding technical accomplishments, notable contributions to the literature, extraordinary entrepreneurial achievements, excellence in education, or uncommon service to SID. Unlike other SID individual awards, SID membership is not a prerequisite for a Special Recognition Award.