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Grants and Prizes: External
Applications Invited for IAU PhD Prizes
12 September 2019
The International Astronomical Union's PhD Prize is awarded by each of its nine Divisions and recognizes outstanding scientific achievement worldwide. Application deadline: 15 December 2019.
Event Horizon Telescope Team Receives Breakthrough Prize
5 September 2019
The $3 million prize will be shared equally by the 347 co-authors of last April's six ApJ Letters papers presenting and analyzing the first image of a galaxy's central black hole.
Fund for Astrophysical Research Invites Small Grant Proposals
26 August 2019
The New York Community Trust invites applications for research grants (typically about $3,000) in astronomy and astrophysics. Deadline: 30 September 2019.
Virginia Trimble to Receive AIP's Andrew Gemant Award
21 August 2019
Virginia Trimble, the celebrated astronomer and AAS patron, is being recognized for her lifelong contributions to the cultural, artistic, and humanistic dimensions of physics.
Rick Fienberg Receives the Walter Scott Houston Award
14 August 2019
At the Stellafane convention earlier this month Rick Fienberg, AAS Press Officer and former editor in chief of Sky & Telescope, received a lifetime achievement award from the Astronomical League.
ASP Announces 2019 Award Recipients
26 July 2019
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has announced the recipients of its 2019 prizes for astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach.
Ed Stone to Receive 2019 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
21 May 2019
AAS member Edward C. Stone (Caltech), Project Scientist of NASA's ongoing Voyager mission, will receive the $1.2 million Shaw Prize in Astronomy at a ceremony in Hong Kong in September.
AAS Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
30 April 2019
Among the 100 distinguished researchers elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2019 are three members of the AAS: Marc Kamionkowski, Mark Reid, and Uros Seljak.
AAS Members Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
19 April 2019
Congratulations to astronomers Natalie Batalha, Eugene Chiang, and former AAS President Debra Elmegreen, all of whom have just been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research, and Education
8 Apr 2019
This award recognizes young scientists who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in scientific research and cooperation with scientists from other Asia Pacific economies. Application deadline: 7 May 2019.