The Maxwell Finland Award for Scientific Achievement is an award given annually by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to a scientist who has made "outstanding contributions to the understanding of infectious diseases or public health," based on criteria that include "excellence in clinical and/or research activities; participation in the training of future leaders in the field; and positive impact on the health of humankind." The award is named after epidemiologist Maxwell Finland, who investigated antimicrobial resistance. The first award was given in 1988.

Past winners

• 1988: C. Everett Koop • 1989: Anthony S. Fauci • 1991: P. Roy Vagelos • 1992: Mrs. Albert Lasker and Michael E. DeBakey • 1993: Arthur Ashe • 1994: Elizabeth Dole • 1995: Dale Bumpers and Betty F. Bumpers • 1996: Paul G. Rogers • 1997: Joshua Lederberg • 1998: Maurice Hilleman • 1999: Stanley Falkow • 2000: R. Gordon Douglas, Jr. • 2001: Robert Austrian • 2002: Jerome O. Klein • 2003: George W. Comstock • 2004: George H. McCracken, Jr. • 2005: John G. Bartlett • 2006: Robert C. Moellering, Jr. • 2007: Herbert L. DuPont • 2008: Martin S. Hirsch • 2009: Stanley A. Plotkin • 2010: Richard P. Wenzel • 2011: R. Palmer Beasley • 2012: George L. Drusano • 2013: Paul Offit • 2014: Richard L. Guerrant • 2015: Samuel Katz • 2016: Diane E. Griffin • 2017: Myron M. Levine • 2018: Kathryn M. Edwards • 2019: Anne Gershon • 2020: Claire V. Broome • 2021: William A. Petri • 2022: Barney S. Graham