15 September 2020

AAS 237 Doxsey Prize Judges Needed!

Kelly Clark American Astronomical Society (AAS)

At this time, we are in need of Doxsey Prize Judges for the 237th AAS meeting! If you’re a full member of the AAS and are willing to review and rank the ~100 dissertation abstracts that are generally entered into each year’s competition, please send us an email by Monday, 12 October. Judges will have time to read abstracts before the final judging takes place in late October/early November via a short conference call.

Doxsey Awardees AAS 235 in 2020
Rodger Doxsey Travel Prizewinners at AAS 235 in January 2020.
Photo by © CorporateEventImages/Todd Buchanan 2020


The AAS Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize provides graduate students or postdocs within one year (either side) of receipt of their PhD a monetary prize to enable the oral presentation of their dissertation research at a winter meeting of the AAS. Additionally, some are selected to receive a complementary registration to the current AAS meeting.