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Contributions from donors provide a number of endowed and annual awards. Eligible students may apply at the departments where these awards are offered.
- Noreen Anwar Prize: a cash prize awarded to the student with the best research paper in the Freshman Writing Program (FWP).
- Mohamed El Beleidy Academic Award: a cash award presented at each commencement ceremony to the graduating senior with the highest grade-point average.
- Beatrice and Roger Carlson Prize: a cash prize awarded to a female student who has demonstrated academic excellence. The prize money is to be used for the purchase of books.
- Tewfick Pasha Doss Award: an annual award given alternately to the best graduate thesis in English and Comparative Literature and Political Science.
- J. Duggan Memorial Fund: the award is directed towards providing training and development for library staff.
- Ahmed Fakhry Award in Egyptology: a cash award presented to the most outstanding junior majoring in Egyptology.
- Abdulla Mohamed Lamloum Prize: a cash award given to the highest-ranking graduating senior in economics.
- Dr. Abdel Rahman El Sawy Award: an award in the name of Dr. Abdel Rahman El Sawy presented twice a year at the commencement ceremonies to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average in the Engineering department and who has been a Public School Scholarship Fund (PSSF) scholarship recipient.
- Madalyn Lamont Memorial Prize: a cash award presented to students with an outstanding creative achievement in poetry, drama, fiction or essay-writing.
- Ahmed El Mehallawi Family Award: a cash award presented twice a year at each commencement ceremony to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellent academic achievement and is enrolled in extracurricular activities that include community service.
- Anand Mehta Award: an award to support Egyptian students participating in Model United Nations (MUN) conferences abroad.
- Magda Al-Nowaihi Award: established in 2003 in memory of Magda Al-Nowaihi, an alumna of AUC (1978) and Associate Professor of Arabic Literature at Columbia University, and awarded yearly to an MA graduate whose thesis focuses on gender relations in any of the disciplines within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Nadia Niazi Mostafa Award: an award presented to the winner of the best thesis in the Islamic Art & Architecture program.
- Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature: established in 1997 to reflect the commitment of the AUC Press to bringing the best Arabic literature to the attention of the widest possible foreign audience. Awarded annually by the AUC Press on December 11, the date of Naguib Mahfouz's birthday, to the best contemporary novel published in Arabic. The award consists of a silver medal and a cash prize.
- Parents Association Cup: a cup awarded twice yearly at the commencement ceremonies to a graduating senior who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement as well as a major contribution to student activities.
- Parents Association Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award: the winner is nominated by AUC faculty, alumni, parents, and students and is presented with a cash award in recognition of his or her excellence in undergraduate teaching.
- President's Cup: a cup awarded twice yearly at commencement to the student or students achieving the highest grade point average during their years of study at the University.
- Reda Salama Prize: two cash prizes awarded annually to the best literature and best science students in the Center for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE) Secondary-School Program.
- Samiha El Barkouky Award in Egyptology: to be awarded to an academically deserving graduating senior majoring in Egyptology who has a GPA of 3.3 or above.
- Frank G. Wisner Award for Scholarly Excellence: a cash award given annually to a graduate student who writes the best thesis on a topic related to modern Egypt.
- Dr. Hamed Kamal Eldin Award: a merit award in the name of the late Dr. Hamed Kamal Eldin for the best graduation project in the Professional Program in Project Management.
- Ahmed H. Zewail Prize for Excellence: a cash award given twice yearly at commencement to an honors graduate whose academic accomplishments demonstrate extraordinary commitment to the pursuit of scientific inquiry and the affirmation of human values.
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