A badge for those who, over a career acting as principal investigator, have secured total research funding awards in excess of $10,000,000 (SN).

A badge for those who, over a career acting as principal investigator, have secured total research funding awards in excess of $1,000,000 (SN).

A badge for those who, over a career acting as principal investigator, have secured total research funding awards in excess of $100,000 (SN).

In which the recipient is the leading expert in a fieldthat few others share an interest in. (MH)

Also known as the transdiscplinary, interdiscplinary, multidisciplinary, or intradisciplinary badge. (D)

Presumably a badge with a consensus even stronger than that seen in the global warming arena.

There are probably more who are deserving of this badge than you would expect. (BZ)

(And we mean “ass” in the most holistic of ways). In which the recipient stands up to such miscreants in the work place. Places of science should know better. (SF)

In which the recipient is now probably having a lot more fun than he/she did before. (JS)