Award |
Sponsor |
Country |
Notes
|
Petrie Prize Lecture |
Canadian Astronomical Society |
Canada |
Outstanding astrophysicist[1] |
National Prize for Exact Sciences |
National Prize for Sciences |
Chile |
e.g., Astronomy, physics, mathematics[2] |
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Woman resident of North America, within five years of receipt of a Ph.D., for distinguished contributions to astronomy or for similar contributions in related sciences which have immediate application to astronomy[3] |
Barringer Medal |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding work in the field of impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena[4] |
Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics of an exceptionally creative or innovative character[5] |
Brouwer Award |
Division on Dynamical Astronomy, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of dynamical astronomy[6] |
Bruce Medal |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy[7] |
Bruno Rossi Prize |
High Energy Astrophysics division, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Significant contribution to High Energy Astrophysics, with particular emphasis on recent, original work[8] |
Carl Sagan Medal |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public[9] |
Carl Sagan Memorial Award |
American Astronautical Society / The Planetary Society |
United States |
Leadership in research or policies advancing exploration of the Cosmos[10] |
Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Achievement in astronomical research made by an amateur astronomer resident in North America[11][12] |
Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
For astronomy writing for an academic audience[13] |
Clifford W. Holmes Award |
RTMC Astronomy Expo |
United States |
Individual for a significant contribution to popularizing astronomy[14] |
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics |
American Astronomical Society / American Institute of Physics |
United States |
Outstanding work in astrophysics[15] |
Edgar Wilson Award |
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
United States |
Amateur comet discoverers[16][17][18] |
George Ellery Hale Prize |
Solar Physics Division, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding contributions over an extended period of time to the field of solar astronomy[19] |
George Van Biesbroeck Prize |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy, often beyond the requirements of his or her paid position[20] |
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of planetary science[21] |
Gordon A. McKay Award |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Student who gives the best oral presentation at its annual meeting[22] |
Gordon Myers Amateur Achievement Award |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Significant contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy by those not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity[23][24][25] |
Gruber Prize in Cosmology |
Gruber Foundation / International Astronomical Union |
United States |
Discoveries leading to fundamental advances in our understanding of the universe[26] |
Harold C. Urey Prize |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding achievements in planetary science by a young scientist[27] |
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Young astronomer (aged less than 36, or within 8 years of the award of their PhD) for a significant contribution to observational or theoretical astronomy[28] |
Henry Draper Medal |
National Academy of Sciences |
United States |
For investigations in astronomical physics[29][30][31][32][33] |
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Lifetime of excellence in astronomical research[34] |
J. Lawrence Smith Medal |
National Academy of Sciences |
United States |
Investigations of meteoric bodies[35] |
James Craig Watson Medal |
National Academy of Sciences |
United States |
Contributions to astronomy[36] |
Jessberger Award |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding research by a mid-career, female isotope geochemist[37] |
Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award |
Division for Planetary Sciences |
United States |
Recognize and stimulate distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences[38][39] |
Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Design, invention or significant improvement of instrumentation leading to advances in astronomy[40] |
Karen Harvey Prize |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Significant contribution to the study of the Sun early in a person’s professional career[41] |
Klumpke-Roberts Award |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy[42] |
LeRoy E. Doggett Prize |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Individuals who have significantly influenced the field of the history of astronomy by a career-long effort[43] |
Leonard Medal |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields[44] |
Leslie C. Peltier Award |
Astronomical League |
United States |
Amateur astronomer who has contributed observations of lasting significance[45] |
Marc Aaronson Memorial Lectureship |
University of Arizona |
United States |
Individual or group who … has produced a body of work in observational astronomy which has resulted in a significant deepening of our understanding of the universe[46] |
Marcel Grossmann Award
|
International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics
|
Rome, Italy
|
Institutions and individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to astrophysics.[47] |
Masursky Award |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding service to planetary science and exploration through engineering, managerial, programmatic, or public service activities[48] |
Meteoritical Society’s Service Award |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Promote research and education in meteoritics and planetary science in ways other than by conducting scientific research[49] |
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Young (less than age 36) astronomer for outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research[50] |
Nier Prize |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists[51] |
Nininger Meteorite Award |
Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University |
United States |
Outstanding student achievement in the “Science of Meteoritics” as embodied by an original research paper[52] |
Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award |
Meteoritical Society, Geological Society of America |
United States |
Best planetary science paper, published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and written by an undergraduate or graduate student (as first author)[53] |
Richard H. Emmons Award |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Outstanding achievement in teaching college-level introductory astronomy classes for non-science majors.[54] |
Rittenhouse Medal |
Rittenhouse Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding achievement in the science of Astronomy[55] |
Robert J. Trumpler Award |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Recent recipient of the Ph.D degree whose thesis is judged particularly significant to astronomy[56] |
Vera Rubin Early Career Prize |
Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Excellence in dynamical astronomy[57] |
Whipple Award |
Planetary Sciences Section, American Geophysical Union |
United States |
Outstanding contribution to the field of planetary science[58] |
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