تُعرَف الْجَائِزَةُ عَلَى نِطَاقٍ وَاسِعٍ باسم "جاائزةجائزة نوبل الآسيوية" أو "نُوبِل الشَّرق" أسوة ب[[جائزة نوبل]] العريقة.<ref name="Jackson Laboratory">{{cite web|url=http://www.jax.org/news/archives/2009/coleman_shaw_prize.html|title=Jackson Laboratory scientist wins Shaw Prize, "Nobel of the East"|date=16 June 2009|publisher=The Jackson Laboratory|accessdate=26 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newscenter.lbl.gov/press-releases/2006/06/21/berkeley-labs-saul-perlmutter-wins-shaw-prize-in-astronomy/|title=Berkeley Lab’s Saul Perlmutter Wins Shaw Prize in Astronomy|date=21 June 2006|publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory|accessdate=20 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.babraham.org/news2005/july-19.html |title=$1 million ‘Nobel of the East’ awarded to Sir Michael Berridge, Emeritus Fellow at the Babraham Institute |date=18 July 2005 |publisher=Babraham Institute |accessdate=20 November 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725030025/http://www.babraham.org/news2005/july-19.html |archivedate=25 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/solana-beach/article_3b3d1a4d-261f-5ed0-9277-6d84554b28d9.html|title=Solana Beach: Astronomy researcher gets $1 million Shaw Prize|date=17 June 2009|work=[[North County Times]]|accessdate=20 November 2009|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117150938/http://nctimes.com/news/local/solana-beach/article_3b3d1a4d-261f-5ed0-9277-6d84554b28d9.html|archivedate=17 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> وسُمِيَّتْ بِهذا الإسم تكريمًا لإِنجازَات رَائِد الأعمَال الصِّينيّ [[رن رن شو|سِير رَان رُون شُو]] (邵逸夫)، الَّذي كَانَ مُؤَسِساً لقطب صِنَاعَةِ الترفيه فِي [[هونغ كونغ|هُونغ كُونغ]].
