Grants and Prizes: AAS

2023 AAS Prize Nominations Now Open

4 May 2022
All AAS members are invited and encouraged to prepare nominations for themselves or their colleagues to honor important contributions to astronomical research, instrumentation, writing, teaching, and service to the...

HEAD Awards Rossi Prize to NICER Team

21 Mar 2022
The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) is awarding its 2022 Bruno Rossi Prize to Keith Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, and the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) team.

Eve Lee Awarded 2022 Annie Jump Cannon Award

24 Feb 2022
​​​​​​​The American Astronomical Society’s 2022 Annie Jump Cannon Award in Astronomy has been awarded to Eve Lee (McGill University) for her illuminating work on the formation of stars, debris disks, and planets.

HEAD Announces 2022 Award Winners

31 Jan 2022
The AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) has selected the winners of its 2022 Mid-Career Prize, Early Career Prize, and Innovation Prize, as well as three finalists for the Dissertation Prize.

AAS Names 23 New Fellows for 2022

5 Jan 2022
The American Astronomical Society is honoring 23 members for extraordinary achievement and service by naming them AAS Fellows. Congratulations to the Class of 2022!