The President of Academy Council of the ASCR, during the first half of 2009, awarded
The Honorary Medal "DE SCIENTIA ET HUMANITATE OPTIME MERITIS"
- prof. Terence G. Langdon, PhD., DSc., Dr.h.c., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
- prof. PhDr. František Šmahel, DrSc., Dr.h.c.mult, Institute of Philosophy of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- prof. RNDr. Emil Paleček, DrSc., Institute of Biophysics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- RNDr. Zdeněk Ceplecha, DrSc., Astronomical Institute of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- doc. RNDr. Luboš Perek, DrSc., Astronomical Institute of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- prof. Patrick Bruno, PhD., European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
The František Křižík Honorary Medal for Merit in the Technical Sciences and for the Implementation of Results of Scientific Research
- prof. Otto S. Wolfbeis, PhD., University of Regensburg, Germany
The Jaroslav Heyrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in the Chemical Sciences
- Ing. Blanka Wichterlová, DrSc., J.Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i.
The Jan Evangelista Purkyně Honorary Medal for Merit in the Biomedical Sciences
- prof. Asla Pitkänen, MD, PhD., DSc., University of Kuopio, Finland
- prof. MUDr. Josef Syka, DrSc., Institute of Experimental Medicine of the ASCR, v. v. i.
The Vojtěch Náprstek Honorary Medal
- Sylva Daníčková, certificated historian
- PhDr. Jindra Jarošová, Czech Radio, Prague
- Michael Londesborough, Dr., Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the ASCR, v. v. i.
The K. Engliš Honorary Medal for Merit in the Social and Economic Science
- doc. JUDr. Josef Blahož, DrSc., Institute of State and Law of the ASCR, v. v. i.
The Jan Patočka Memorial Medal
- prof. JUDr. Monika Pauknerová, CSc., Institute of State and Law of the ASCR, v. v. i.
The Gregor Johann Mendel for Merit in the Biological Sciences
- prof. James H. McKerrow, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Honorary Medal For Merits in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- JUDr. Jan Bárta, CSc., Institute of State and Law of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- Karel Melichar, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- prof. Ing. Jiří Niederle, DrSc. Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- Miroslav Hudeček, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i. (in memoriam)
The František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in the Historical Sciences
- prof. Dr. Zdeněk V. David, Woodrow Wilson International Centrer for Scholars, Washington DC, USA
- prof. Dr. Anne Hudson, FBA, University of Oxford, Lady Margaret Hall, United Kingdom