Category
page 1Astronomy prizes
Bruce Medal
award for research in astronomy
Shaw Prize
science award
Balzan Prize
annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture
Lalande Prize
award for scientific advances in astronomy, given from 1802 until 1970 by the French Academy of Sciences
Kavli Prize
award
Henry Draper Medal
American award in astronomical physics (1886–)
Prix Jules Janssen
French astronomy award (1897-)
James Craig Watson Medal
American award in astronomy
Karl Schwarzschild Medal
German award for astronomy and astrophysics
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
recognizes outstanding mid-career work in the field of astrophysics
Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
American award for women astronomers
Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
award for early-career contributions to observational or theoretical astronomy
Carl Sagan Memorial Award
award
Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
American award in observational astronomical research
Harold C. Urey Prize
recognizes outstanding achievements in planetary science by an early-career scientist
Gruber Prize in Cosmology
award
Janssen Medal
award for advances in astrophysics
Bruno Rossi Prize
American award in high energy astrophysics
Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
award conferred by the American Astronomical Society
J. Lawrence Smith Medal
American award for investigations of meteoric bodies
Carl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
American award for outstanding communication by an active planetary scientist to the general public
George Van Biesbroeck Prize
American award for astronomy
Klumpke-Roberts Award
astronomy award bestowed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Tycho Brahe Medal
prize awarded by the European Astronomical Society (2008-)
Brouwer Award
award given annually by the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society
Valz Prize
French astromomy prize
Gerard P. Kuiper Prize
American award in planetary science
Petrie Prize Lecture
Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
Japanese award in biological sciences, mathematical sciences, earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics, or life sciences
Leonard Medal
honors outstanding contributions to the science of meteoritics and closely allied fields
George Ellery Hale Prize
American award for solar astronomy
Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation
award for Astronomical Instrumentation, awarded by the American Astronomical Society
Ludwig Biermann Award
German award for astronomers under 35
Robert J. Trumpler Award
American award for astronomy research
Edgar Wilson Award
American annual award for amateur astronomers involved in identifying comets (1998-)
Bok Prize
Australian award for student research in astronomy
Rittenhouse Medal
science award
Whipple Award
American award in planetary science
Masursky Award
Award presented by Division for Planetary Sciences