The phrase "award limit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where there is a restriction or cap on the amount of an award, such as in grants, scholarships, or competitions.
Example: "The scholarship has an award limit of $5,000 per student per year."
Alternatives: "maximum award" or "award cap".
The festival's programmers began talking about an award limited to movie titles but decided to include television when they realized they were all captivated by the miniature animated fable about a man in free fall over the opening titles of the AMC series "Mad Men".
Proposals with budgets exceeding the total award limits will not be considered.
Normally, our rules for handing out these awards limit the eligibility to Democrats who are public figures or are still in office.
With awards limited to these matters, it would be hard for the court to grant substantial damages for privacy invasions since awards in personal injury claims have always been comparatively modest.
They said the mayor also believed that if Gov. David A. Paterson was not re-elected, the severance award would limit the ability of a new governor to install a director.
In justifying the pay package, the company noted in its proxy filing that Citigroup net income was $11.1 billion in 2011, up 4 percent from 2010 and that it paid back the federal government billions in bailout loans and deferred cash awards to "limit incentives to take imprudent or excessive risks".
The award is limited to 10 recipients who have made significant contributions in the arts, sciences and the humanities.
(The award was limited to newer series, putting "Broad City," whose stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, hosted the live-streamed ceremony, outside the competition).
Since these awards are limited to U.S. citizens (just as scholarships and stipends given by foreign governments are almost always limited to their citizens), they are the natural tool for differentiating U.S. citizens from noncitizens.
At the same time, literary awards, previously limited to Western writers, were bestowed on Russian writers as well.
