Award |
Sponsor |
Country |
Notes
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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[1]
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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[2]
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Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics of an exceptionally creative or innovative character[3]
|
Brouwer Award |
Division on Dynamical Astronomy, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of dynamical astronomy[4]
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Bruce Medal |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy[5]
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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[6]
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Carl Sagan Medal |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public[7]
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Carl Sagan Memorial Award |
American Astronautical Society / The Planetary Society |
United States |
Leadership in research or policies advancing exploration of the Cosmos[8]
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Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Achievement in astronomical research made by an amateur astronomer resident in North America[9][10]
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Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
For astronomy writing for an academic audience[11]
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Clifford W. Holmes Award |
RTMC Astronomy Expo |
United States |
Individual for a significant contribution to popularizing astronomy[12]
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Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics |
American Astronomical Society / American Institute of Physics |
United States |
Outstanding work in astrophysics[13]
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Edgar Wilson Award |
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
United States |
Amateur comet discoverers[14][15][16]
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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[17]
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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[18]
|
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding lifetime achievement in the field of planetary science[19]
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Gordon A. McKay Award |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Student who gives the best oral presentation at its annual meeting[20]
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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[21][22][23]
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Gruber Prize in Cosmology |
Gruber Foundation / International Astronomical Union |
United States |
Discoveries leading to fundamental advances in our understanding of the universe[24]
|
Harold C. Urey Prize |
Division for Planetary Sciences, American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding achievements in planetary science by a young scientist[25]
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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[26]
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Henry Draper Medal |
National Academy of Sciences |
United States |
For investigations in astronomical physics[27][28][29][30][31]
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Henry Norris Russell Lectureship |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Lifetime of excellence in astronomical research[32]
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J. Lawrence Smith Medal |
National Academy of Sciences |
United States |
Investigations of meteoric bodies[33]
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James Craig Watson Medal |
National Academy of Sciences |
United States |
Contributions to astronomy[34]
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Jessberger Award |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding research by a mid-career, female isotope geochemist[35]
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Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award |
Division for Planetary Sciences |
United States |
Recognize and stimulate distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences[36][37]
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Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Design, invention or significant improvement of instrumentation leading to advances in astronomy[38]
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Karen Harvey Prize |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Significant contribution to the study of the Sun early in a person's professional career[39]
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Klumpke-Roberts Award |
Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
United States |
Outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy[40]
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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[41]
|
Leonard Medal |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields[42]
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Leslie C. Peltier Award |
Astronomical League |
United States |
Amateur astronomer who has contributed observations of lasting significance[43]
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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[44]
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Marcel Grossmann Award
|
International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics
|
Rome, Italy
|
Institutions and individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to astrophysics.[45]
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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[46]
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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[47]
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National Prize for Exact Sciences |
National Prize for Sciences |
Chile |
e.g., Astronomy, physics, mathematics[48]
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Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy |
American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Young (less than age 36) astronomer for outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research[49]
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Nier Prize |
Meteoritical Society |
United States |
Outstanding research in meteoritics and closely allied fields by young scientists[50]
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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[51]
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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)[52]
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Petrie Prize Lecture |
Canadian Astronomical Society |
Canada |
Outstanding astrophysicist[53]
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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]
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Rittenhouse Medal |
Rittenhouse Astronomical Society |
United States |
Outstanding achievement in the science of Astronomy[55]
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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]
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Vera Rubin Early Career Prize |
Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society |
United States |
Excellence in dynamical astronomy[57]
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Whipple Award |
Planetary Sciences Section, American Geophysical Union |
United States |
Outstanding contribution to the field of planetary science[58]
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