Scientist of the Year Award () is one of several awards given in South Korea by the . From 1985, it was awarded to one individual. From 1999, it was given to three winners, each within their own category, which changed to one category and one winner in 1996, removed the category system from 2011, and allowed multiple winners the following year. Laureates receive a medal and 3 million KRW (roughly US$3,000) cash prize.
Other awards given by the Association include the Korea Science Journalist Award, Korea Medical Scholarship Award, Korean Medical Science Award, and Contribution Award for Science and Medicine PR.
Spelling of laureates' names matches their Wikipedia page, if it exists, the remainder uses Revised Romanization of Korean. Job position and institution information are from the Korea Science Journalists Association's website.