Mensa International award
The IQ Award is a prize donated by the high-IQ association Mensa to honor people and organisations who have made remarkable contributions to public welfare by an intelligent idea, scientific research about human intelligence or the positive image of intelligence in the public. Candidates can be nominated by Mensa members and former award winners. After being checked by an internal commission, all Mensa members can vote for which nominee to win the award.
History.
The German IQ Award is held annually since 2004. The winners are:
Since 2011 the award is issued in the two categories "Wissenschaft/Innovation" ("Science/Innovation") and "Kultur/Medien" ("Culture/Media"):