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Physics Awards

Physics Awards
     
  • Comstock Prize in Physics - awarded by the National Academy of Sciences about every five years.
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics - awarded by American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics - awarded by American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics
  • Dirac Prize –there are two prizes with the same name. "Dirac Medal of the ICTP" is given each year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). "The Paul Dirac Medal and Prize" is awarded annually by the Institute of Physics for "outstanding contributions to theoretical (including mathematical and computational) physics".
  • Henry Draper Medal - Astrophysics (National Academy of Sciences)
  • Hughes Medal - Electricity and Magnetism (Royal Society of London)
  • J. Tuzo Wilson Medal - Geophysics (Canadian Geophysical Union)
  • Lorentz Medal - awarded every four years to a scientist in recognition of important contributions to theoretical physics.
  • Matteucci Medal - awarded each year to a physicist for fundamental contributions in the progress of science
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
  • Sakurai Prize (awarded by American Physical Society)
  • Wolf Prize in Physics (Wolf Foundation)



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