Finding Distinct Value using SQL

Question

Show the titles and the award amounts of 20 awards that contain words discover, discoverer, discovery, discovered, and discovering in their abstracts.

My query:

Answer 1

This query assumes distinct awards per pi.

SELECT COUNT(distinct award), pi 
FROM [tablename] 
GROUP BY pi 
ORDER BY COUNT(distinct award) DESC

States with top number of awards.

SELECT TOP 20 COUNT(distinct award), state
FROM [tablename]
GROUP BY state
ORDER BY COUNT(distinct award)

Remove the TOP 20 if you are not using T-SQL.