The [[IJCAI Award for Research Excellence]] is a biannual award given at the [[IJCAI]] conference to researcher in [[artificial intelligence]] as a recognition of [[excellence]] of their career.
The 2011 [[Federal Virtual World Challenge]], advertised by The White House<ref name="White House Publication, Challenge.Gov Fact Sheet">{{cite web|url=https://wwwobamawhitehouse.whitehousearchives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/challenge-gov-fact-sheet.pdf |publisher=Whitehouse.Gov |year=2010|access-date=June 7, 2013|via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] |title= White House Publication, Challenge.Gov Fact Sheet}}</ref> and sponsored by the [[U.S. Army Research Laboratory]]'s Simulation and Training Technology Center, <ref name="White House Publication, Challenge.Gov Fact Sheet" /><ref name="Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge Winners Announced">{{cite web|url=http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?page=571 |publisher=United States Army Research Laboratory |year=2011|access-date=June 7, 2013|title= Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge Winners Announced}}</ref><ref name="Army chooses winners in battle of the virtual worlds">{{cite web|url=http://defensesystems.com/articles/2011/06/02/army-names-winners-of-federal-virtual-worlds-contest.aspx |publisher=DefenseSystems.com |year=2011|access-date=June 7, 2013|title= Army chooses winners in battle of the virtual worlds}}</ref> held a competition offering a total of $52,000 USD in cash prize awards for general artificial intelligence applications, including "adaptive learning systems, intelligent conversational bots, adaptive behavior (objects or processes)" and more.<ref name="2011 FVWC">{{cite web|url=http://science.dodlive.mil/2010/09/08/announcing-the-2011-federal-virtual-worlds-challenge/ |publisher="Armed with Science," a daily blog site published by the United States Department of Defense |year=2010|access-date=September 7, 2013|title= 2011 US DoD Artificial Intelligence Competition}}</ref>
The Machine Intelligence Prize is awarded annually by the [[British Computer Society]] for progress towards machine intelligence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcs-sgai.org/micomp/|title=SGAI: BCS Machine Intelligence Competition|website=www.bcs-sgai.org}}</ref>
