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Standing AAS Prizes and Awards
The following prizes and awards are presented by the AAS on the basis of nominations from the community.
- Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy
For distinguished contributions by a woman. - Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
For outstanding research of an exceptionally creative or innovative character. - Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award
For exemplary research by an amateur astronomer. - Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award
For astronomy writing for an academic audience. - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics
For outstanding mid-career work in astrophysics. Awarded jointly with the American Institute of Physics (AIP). - Education Prize
For outstanding contributions to astronomy education. - George Van Biesbroeck Prize
For long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy. - Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
For significant early-career observational or theoretical research. - Henry Norris Russell Lectureship
For lifetime preeminence in astronomical research. - Joseph Weber Award for Astronomical Instrumentation
For the design, invention, or improvement of instrumentation. - Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy
For outstanding early-career achievement in observational research.
Specialty AAS Prizes and Awards
The following are specialty prizes and awards that are decided by different processes with different deadlines, rather than on a nomination basis.
- Award for Public Service to Science
- Award for Public Service to the Astronomical Sciences
- Beth Brown Memorial Award
- Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards
- Fred Kavli Plenary Lectureship
- Lancelot M. Berkeley – New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy
- Priscilla and Bart Bok Awards and the Richard D. Lines Special Award
- Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize
AAS Division Awards
AAS Divisions award additional prizes independently from AAS. Information about each Division's prizes can be found on the individual Division websites.