Grants and Prizes: External

Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize are invited annually from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science. Deadline: 15 December 2021.

Several AAS members are among the newly elected 2021 Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). Congratulations to all.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is currently accepting applications for new members. Application deadline: 15 December 2021.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is accepting nominations for the 2021 IAU PhD Prize, which recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in astronomy by PhD students worldwide. Application deadline: 15...

The Kavli Prize is awarded by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for outstanding scientific achievements in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. The nomination deadline is 1 December 2021.

Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize are invited annually from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science. Deadline: 15 December 2020.

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory's 2019 Robert L. Brown Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award goes to Jennifer Beth Bergner for her dissertation “Tracing Organic Complexity During Star and Planet Formation."

Nominations are now invited for the Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professorship of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, San Diego. Application deadline: Friday, 31 January 2020.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 goes to physical cosmologist James Peebles and pioneering exoplanet hunters Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.

Nominations for the Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize are invited annually from the fields of astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, and the philosophy of science. Deadline: 15 December 2019.