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]
|