Grants and Prizes: AAS

Nominations for AAS prizes and honors are open, with a deadline of 30 June. We encourage members to nominate themselves and their colleagues for prizes that best fit their career stage and accomplishments.

The AAS Solar Physics Division is awarding its 2024 George Ellery Hale Prize to Judith Lean (Naval Research Laboratory) and its 2024 Karen Harvey Prize to Kristopher Klein (University of Arizona).

The AAS Laboratory Astrophysics Division (LAD) is honoring Vincent Esposito for his PhD thesis at the University of Pennsylvania, The Spectroscopy, Photochemistry, and Dynamics of Atmospheric and Astronomical Molecules.

The Solar Physics Division (SPD) solicits nominations for the Popular Media Award, which is awarded annually to authors of popular articles/new media about the Sun or its effects on the Earth's environment. Deadline: 6...

The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) has selected the winners of its 2024 Mid-Career, Early Career, Distinguished Career, and Innovation Prizes, as well as three finalists for the Dissertation Prize.

The AAS is pleased to announce the winners of the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Awards from the 243rd AAS meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in January 2024. Congratulations, all!

The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) is awarding its 2024 Bruno Rossi Prize to Martin Weisskopf, Paolo Soffitta, and the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) team.