The phrase 'highest award' is correct and can be used in written English.
For example, "She was awarded the highest award for her bravery during the disaster."
Lanting Award is the highest award in Chinese calligraphy.
This is the highest award for teaching in the University.
The are the highest award given by MIT to students.
In 1992, NASA gave him its Distinguished Public Service Medal, the agency's highest award.
David Newman, the younger cousin of Randy Newman, receives BMI's highest award for a film composer.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown receives the highest award: Companion of Honour.
The highest award a Girl Scout can earn is a Gold Award.
Long after receiving the nation's highest award for valor, Mr. Levitow was honored again.
In 1985, the International Olympic Committee gave him its highest award, the Olympic Order.
In 2004 he received the Paton Award, the highest award bestowed on ophthalmologists by the EBAA.
On Mr. Sulzberger's watch, The Times won the Pulitzer Prize, American journalism's highest award, 31 times.
